Saint Rose Academy

Saint Rose Academy, located in Birmingham, Alabama atop Red Mountain, is a private, co-educational Catholic elementary school run by the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia.HistorySaint Rose Academy was established in 1956. The school was originally the home of Terence Mackin who gave his home to the Dominican sisters of Nashville so that a school could be created. His sister Sister Aloysius Mackin helped with the creation of the school. In 1962 more classrooms were added to the Mackin house. A few years later it was the first private school in Birmingham to desegregate. In 1993 the gym building was built which contains three classrooms as well as a multipurpose sport court and music room. A few years later the school bought the Discovery Place building.CampusSaint Rose Academy's campus is located just above the Red Mountain Expressway Cut. The school has three buildings on its campus - The Mackin House, a gymnasium that also houses classrooms and the primary building that was formerly part of the Discovery Place. The school is in the process of raising funds for major building renovations.Students, faculty, and administrationSaint Rose Academy has an average class size of 22 with one class per grade. The faculty is made of a mixture of Dominican sisters and lay teachers. The position of principal is filled with a Dominican sister while other positions are filled based on need. Sisters typically do not stay at Saint Rose Academy for more than a few years as their assignments are determined by the Motherhouse in Nashville.