| Saint Demetrios Preparatory School | |
| Motto: | Aien Aristeuein ("Ever to Excel") |
| Established: | 1956 |
| Type: | Private high school |
| Religion: | Greek Orthodox |
| Grades: | PK-12 |
| Enrollment: | 700 |
| Ratio: | 18:1 |
| Mascot: | Knight |
| City: | Astoria, Queens |
| State: | New York |
| Country: | United States |
| Address: | 30-03 30th Street |
| Zipcode: | 11102 |
| Website: | www.sdprep.org |
Saint Demetrios Preparatory School is a private Greek Orthodox Christian school located in Astoria, Queens, New York City. It is the largest Greek-American and Greek Orthodox day school in the United States, as well as the only Greek Orthodox high school in the United States.[1] It enrolls students from preschool to twelfth grade.
The school is associated with the Saint Demetrios Cathedral.[2]
The school was founded in 1956.
The elementary school building was purchased in 1974, after a wave of immigration by Greek Cypriots to Astoria created a need for additional classrooms. A $1 million donation in 2017 allowed the school to modernize the elementary school facilities.[3]
Greek and Greek-American dignitaries have visited the school, including Antonis Samaras in 2013, Alexis Tsipras in 2016, and Archbishop Elpidophoros of America in 2019.[4] [5] [6]