ST. LOUIS – St. Simon School, a private institution in the South County area of St. Louis, announced that it is closing its doors.

Happening at the end of the ‘24-25 session, the school shared that it faced challenges to declining enrollment, with only 70 students registered for the ‘25-26 year. 

 “This ongoing trend means that continuing to provide quality education at St. Simon School would require financial support that would negatively impact the parish’s finances and impede other crucial ministries,” said Reverend Mitchell T. Rozanski, Archbishop of St. Louis. “After consultation with archdiocesan leaders to explore possible cost-reducing options, we have determined that such changes would take away key services and resources from students and teachers and still require a growing and unsustainable parish subsidy.”

Rozanski said that the St. Louis Archdiocese will provide placement assistance to the staff and faculty of St. Simon School. 

Families who wish to place their children in other Catholic elementary schools will also be assisted, according to Rozanski. 

Despite the school’s closure, Rozanski expressed gratitude for the institution’s members.

“I am profoundly grateful to them, to all the administrators, teachers and staff who share their gifts to help raise children in our Catholic faith, and to the parents who make a commitment to Catholic education.”