Eastside Catholic School is a Catholic faith-based educational community where students in grades 6-12 learn to integrate their thinking and believing in ways that encourage intellectual excellence, nurture relationships and inspire a life of leadership and service to others. Founded by parents in 1980, the school is governed by an elected Board of Trustees. It is the only seven-year, co-educational Catholic school on the Eastside, and offers a comprehensive college preparatory curriculum. The Eastside Catholic community is composed of over 900 students, approximately 130 faculty and staff members, and more than 5,300 alumni.