St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Maryland)
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St. Frances Academy 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
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 in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. The archdiocese comprises the City of Baltimore as well as Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, and Washington Counties in Maryland...

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Background

Baltimore School for Colored Girls was opened in 1828. It was renamed St. Frances of Rome Academy in the 1850s. The school moved to its present location in 1870. It became coeducational in the 1970s.
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