Covington Latin School

Covington Latin School is a co-educational, Catholic, accelerated, college preparatory high school offering a classical education. Since its inception in 1923, Latin School has operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky. CLS is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (S.A.C.S.) and has been certified by the US Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School since 2003. Latin School has been profiled in U.S. News & World Report, featured as a "Cool School" by Fox 19 Cincinnati and ranked the #1 private school in Northern Kentucky by Cincinnati Magazine.

Covington Latin School offers a unique program for academically talented students in the tri-state area. As its central purpose, CLS aims to form Christian leaders by challenging its students to attain their academic, intellectual, social and moral potential. The School's commitment to acceleration, allows advanced fifth, sixth and seventh grade students the opportunity to begin their high school career. For many of these students, acceleration offers a more challenging and rewarding educational experience than a regular grade process.

Student Body

Incoming Latin School students accelerate one to two years as a condition of admission, and thereby graduate one to two years earlier than their peers in traditional 9-12 schools. Admission to Latin School is highly competitive and consideration for admissibility is reserved for students testing above the 85th national percentile of Scholastic Testing Service’s Educational Development Series, which serves as the School's entrance examination. CLS students come from a wide variety of educational, ethnic and economic backgrounds and while a day school, CLS draws extensively throughout Northern Kentucky, Greater Cincinnati and Southern Indiana. Though a Catholic institution, Latin School welcomes students of all faiths.

Faculty

Covington Latin School has 26 carefully selected faculty members, 22 of which have advanced or terminal degrees. The average CLS faculty member has over 18 years teaching experience and over 11 years teaching at Latin School. The student to faculty ratio is 9:1. The average class size is approximately 16.