Cristo Rey Boston High School is a private, Roman Catholic coeducational high school in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally founded in 1921 as St. John's High School, the school independently opened in 1951 as North Cambridge Catholic High School. The school enrolls grades 9-12 with 311 students.
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