| Pius X High School | |
| Streetaddress: | 580 Third Avenue |
| City: | Bangor |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| County: | (Northampton County) |
| Zipcode: | 18013-1376 |
| Country: | USA |
| Coordinates: | 40.8744°N -75.2136°W |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
| Oversight: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown |
| President: | Fr. Patrick Lamb |
| Principal: | Jim Angeline |
| Type: | Private, Coeducational |
| Grades: | 9-12 |
| Motto: | Loyalty, Purity, Piety |
| Accreditation: | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1] |
| Team Name: | Royals |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Status: | Closed |
| Closed: | 2015 |
| Enrollment As Of: | grade 7grade 8 |
| Free Label3: | Athletic Director |
| Free Text3: | Connie Stambaugh |
| Homepage: | http://www.piusxhs.org |
Pius X High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Bangor, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown, it operated from 1951 to 2015.[2]
Pius X was established as Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in 1951 by the Salesian Sisters. It was renamed after Pope Pius X in 1953, shortly after his canonization.[3]
Due to declining enrollment, Pius X High School was forced to close its doors on June 2, 2015. At the time, the school's enrollment had dropped to just 165 students in grades 7 through 12, with the final senior class consisting of 46 students...about 27% of the student body. Students in grades 7 through 11 were forced to transfer to other nearby public or private schools following Pius X's closure.[4]
According to a statement released by the diocese, enrollment at Pius X had declined by nearly 43 percent with estimates for the coming year projecting a further decline to 150 students. At the time of the announcement, school leaders were also anticipating that they would end the school's final fiscal year with an operating debt of $1.2 million (over and above the $1 million subsidy which had been provided by the diocese for the 2009-10 school year).[5]