MONSIGNOR FARRELL HIGH SCHOOL

Monsignor Farrell is an all-boys, college-preparatory Catholic high school built around the four pillars of "Vir Fidelis": integrity, scholarship, service, and brotherhood. The school is accredited by both the New York State Board of Regents and the Middle States Association of Colleges & Schools, and offers a Scholars Program alongside its three specialized institutes.

The student body of 783 is overwhelmingly White, with smaller Hispanic, Asian, and Black populations — a reflection of Staten Island demographics more than a typical Manhattan private school mix. Families consistently describe a tight-knit brotherhood culture where faculty know students by name, in a single-sex environment that is the school's central feature. Parents should expect a faith-centered peer group rooted in Catholic tradition, not the cosmopolitan diversity you'd find at some other NYC private schools.

The school sits in the Oakwood-Richmondtown area, a middle-income residential neighborhood where the median household income is around $107,562 and roughly a third of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. It reads as a quieter, family-oriented part of Staten Island — the kind of neighborhood where many families have lived for generations. Getting there is genuinely suburban in feel: cars and the Staten Island Railway are the practical options.

The Oakwood Heights SIR station is about a 4-minute walk from campus, making the Staten Island Railway the easiest subway option, with New Dorp (about 13 minutes on foot) and Bay Terrace (about 20 minutes) also along the SIR.