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Inspiring Excellence

Transforming Communities

College Ready

“I admire all the Cristo Rey students who do all of their schoolwork to keep their grades up…”

Chris Call, Science Teacher

Work Prepared

“I support Cristo Rey because it works. Supervisors report that these students are professional, serious and focused…”

Terry Brady, Retired CEO and President,
Underwriters Laboratories

Committed to Faith and Justice

“This school changed my life. I want to give back.”

Dulce Zarinana, CRSM ’16, Carthage College ’20,

CWSP Coordinator at Cristo Rey St. Martin

Who
we are

Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, a Catholic learning community, empowers young people of limited economic means to become men and women of faith, purpose and service. Through a rigorous college preparatory curriculum, integrated with a relevant work study experience, students graduate ready to succeed in college and in life.

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Current Students

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Business Partners

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Acceptance to Bachelor’s Programs 5 years in a row

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News & Updates

Business Partner Spotlight: First Insurance Funding

Business Partner Spotlight: First Insurance Funding

First Insurance Funding (A Wintrust Company) has been a Corporate Work Study Partner of CRSM since 2007. Currently, First Insurance employs five Cristo Rey St. Martin students, four in Office Services, and one in the Marketing Department. Our Corporate Work Study...

Ada Rios: Always Striving For Success

Ada Rios: Always Striving For Success

From traveling the globe to achieving academic milestones ahead of schedule, Ada Rios’ journey has been full of excitement. Ada is a Cristo Rey St. Martin Alum from the class of 2020. After graduating from CRSM, Ada accepted a full-tuition scholarship to Hope College...

Alumni Spotlights

Alumni Spotlight: Class of ’19 Alum is Now a Published Scholar

Alumni Spotlight: Class of ’19 Alum is Now a Published Scholar

Cristo Rey alumnus from the class of 2019, Andy Estrada, has recently earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola University Chicago, majoring in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. He has also accomplished the remarkable feat of securing a Research Assistant...

All in the Family

All in the Family

During her salutatorian speech eight years ago, Anissa Garza shared that graduating from Cristo Rey was a triumph for her whole family. Today, those words have never rung truer for the first-generation student, her two younger brothers, and parents. All their lives,...

Alumni Spotlight: Travel to Japan with Edwin Morales

Alumni Spotlight: Travel to Japan with Edwin Morales

Japanese culture and language have always fascinated CRSM '20 Alum and Posse Scholar recipient, Edwin Morales. His interest was so profound that he chose to study abroad in Nagoya, Japan during his Junior year of college and pursue Japanese as one of his majors at St....

Alumni Spotlight: Class of ’19 Alum is Now a Published Scholar

Alumni Spotlight: Class of ’19 Alum is Now a Published Scholar

Cristo Rey alumnus from the class of 2019, Andy Estrada, has recently earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola University Chicago, majoring in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. He has also accomplished the remarkable feat of securing a Research Assistant...

Admissions

Thank you for considering us! We are an affordable, safe, co-educational, Catholic high school committed to academic excellence for students of limited economic means in the greater Waukegan and North Chicago area.
Academics

In and out of the classroom, we are committed to students getting to and through college. For five consecutive years, CRSM has been named by the Wall Street Journal as one of “America’s Most Challenging High Schools.”

Work Study
We are preparing students for the future workforce while they work to cover educational costs. Our business partners span industries including financial services, engineering, architecture, law, education and nonprofit organizations.
Student Life

From soccer and volleyball to theater and volunteering to feed and clothe the homeless, we offer a variety of ways for students to get involved.

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