Mercy Academy
Mercy Academy, in full, The Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, is an all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Louisville, Kentucky that opened in 1885 and is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy.
Description
Mercy Academy is in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, and is currently located on a 24-acre (97,000 m2) campus at 5801 Fegenbush Lane in Southeast Jefferson County near the Hurstbourne Lane Extension, with General Electric's Appliance Park complex on the opposite side of Fegenbush Lane, though hidden from direct view by a wooded buffer zone. Mercy was named a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 2000. Ninety-eight percent Mercy students move on to post-secondary education.
Enrollment at the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year is approximately 544 students.
Average ACT score for 2014 is 23 which is above the national average of 21.
25 students have been selected as National Merit finalists and scholars in the past 20 years.
Mercy's Service Learning Program has also been nationally recognized.