Saint Francis de Sales School is a Catholic elementary school delivering an exemplary education to students of all faiths and backgrounds. We accept students from all faiths, backgrounds, creeds, and nations of origin. We have an outstanding reputation for serving minority and immigrant communities. Today, our school proudly enrolls an incredibly diverse student body of over 450 children from 46 different countries in and around the Philadelphia area. 

Saint Francis de Sales School was established to provide students with an academically excellent education in accordance with Catholic tradition. We inspire students to be stewards of peace in their community and moral leaders of tomorrow while fostering academic excellence and expanding access to quality education. At De Sales, we know that high-quality education empowers people to be the best versions of themselves. We strive to provide students with the tools they will need to succeed in all the things they choose to do with their lives. 

Our graduating class of 2024 earned $4,897,476 in scholarships for high school AND college. Our graduates have been the recipients of a number of prestigious scholarships, including the Gates Millenium Scholarship, the Howley Scholarship, and the Josephine C. Connelly Achievement Award.

You can find our alumni on the campus of Archdiocesan high schools such as West Catholic Preparatory High School, Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast,  Merion Mercy Academy, Roman Catholic High School, Mercy Career & Technical High School, and Saint Joseph's Preparatory High School, every major university in the city of Philadelphia, proudly serving in the US Armed Forces, and building a better world in their professional lives all over the country.

Top Notch Academics
Saint Francis de Sales School is a proud recipient of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s School of Distinguished Instruction Award in 2024 and every year since the award's inception in 2020. Our faculty and administration partner with families to ensure the highest quality possible education is given to each child who comes to our doors. For more information on the Archdiocesan curriculum, please visit www.aopcatholicschools.org. 

We believe a quality education should be well-rounded. In addition to our academic program and faith education, we offer a wide variety of intra and extracurricular programs, including in-school STEM, art, general music, and physical education classes, language education through Rosetta Stone, English as a Second Language, honors math and First in Math, after-school STEM classes, art Club, choral and instrumental music through Play on Philly, Reading Olympics, financial literacy programs and lessons, girls and boys basketball, and after school tutoring.