| St Francis Xavier’s College | |
| Motto: | Christus Lux Mea |
| Postcode: | 2303 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Coordinates: | -32.9265°N 151.7543°W |
| Established: | [1] |
| Status: | Open |
| Principal: | Greg Ptolemy[2] |
| Teaching Staff: | 95 |
| Enrolment: | 967[3] |
| Picture Caption: | Hepburn Street Entrance |
St Francis Xavier's College Hamilton is a Catholic secondary school located in Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1985 by the Marist Brothers as a Years 7 to 10 boys high school, the school is now co-educational and offers a variety of subjects to students in Year Eleven and Twelve. The school's enrolment was about 850 in 1986 and exceeded 1,000 for the first time in 1994. The school's motto, "Christus Lux Mea", is Latin for "Christ My Light".
The school primarily accepts enrolments from surrounding junior Catholic high schools in the area, including San Clemente, Mayfield and St Pius X. Until 2018, the college also provided Year 11 and 12 for students enrolled at St Mary's High School.
The school has four houses: Champagnat (named after Marcellin Champagnat), Dominic (named after Saint Dominic), MacKillop (named after Mary Mackillop) and McAuley (named after Catherine McAuley).[4]
Dave Gleeson, the Screaming Jets singer, met his band members while attending St Francis Xavier's College.[5]
Australian rugby player Paul Dan is a former student and also a staff member as of 2022.[6] Other sports people to attend the College include rugby league players: Danny Buderus, Anthony Tupou, Owen Craigie and Jarrod Mullen. Actress Sophie Lee graduated from the school in 1986.