Scotus Central Catholic High School is a private

Private school

Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...

, Roman Catholic high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 in Columbus, Nebraska

Columbus, Nebraska

Columbus is a city in east central Nebraska, United States. Its population was 22,111 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Platte County.-Pre-settlement history:...

. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the midwestern region of the United States. Archbishop Elden Francis Curtiss...

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General information

Scotus Central Catholic is located in Columbus, Nebraska. Scotus is the only Catholic High School in Columbus, and is the largest Catholic secondary school outside of Omaha or Lincoln in Nebraska.

Elementary

Scotus has three Catholic Elementary Schools linked to it. Saint Anthony's, Saint Isidore's, Saint Bonaventure's

Background

Scotus Central Catholic was founded in 1884 as St. Francis Academy by the Sisters of the Franciscan Order. It was renamed St. Bonaventure High School in 1925 and became Scotus Central Catholic in 1965.