St. Paul's Catholic School is a Pre K - 8th grade school where faith formation and quality academics go hand in hand. The school is located in the Riverside area of Jacksonville, Florida, close to downtown. The campus sits one block north of the intersection of Park and King on Park St. in the historic Riverside area of Jacksonville.

•    Small class size.
•    Above average ITBS scores.
•    Universal Pre-K accepted.
• Extended day program and summer camp
• State of the art computer lab and library
• Computers in every classroom.
• Guidance counselor and school nurse.
• Daily religious instruction and weekly mass.
• Foreign language instruction.
• Music, art and humanities programs.
• Cafeteria hot lunches.
• National Junior Honor Society.
• Athletic program.

The mission of St. Paul's Catholic School is to nurture the growth and development of the whole child from Pre-K through 8th grade within the framework of a Christ centered environment. St. Paul's school community conscientiously strives to provide a quality Catholic education that prepares youth to become persons who through their promotion of Catholic Christian principles become contributing members of society. St. Paul's School fosters academic, ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity by serving families and children from throughout metropolitan Jacksonville.

A sentence from the first paragraph of the Second Vatican Council's Declaration of Christian Education sums up the philosophy of St. Paul's Catholic School:

"True education is directed toward the formation of the human person in view of his or her final end and the good of society to which he or she belongs."

Our first goal is to help young people develop as persons. after creating His first human, God said, "It is not good for him to be alone." Our personalities develop only in relationship with others. Therefore, we must provide ample opportunities for students to pray, work and play together. The Vatican Council also says that it is by making decisions that children will develop as persons, and so we must constantly challenge each child to self-expression.

Secondly, we must keep the heavenly destiny of children before them. Children are made in the image and likeness of God, but this likeness has a potential, as yet fully realized. It is in need of the nourishment we give when helping them develop as persons. In school and in church, we bring children into contact with Jesus that they may grow in the resemblance to God. "No one can come to the Father except through me." Since the personalities of children can become encrusted with sin and trivia, we must help them cleanse themselves to bring out their true selves.