Louisville High School is a private, Catholic, college-preparatory school for girls in grades 9 through 12, located in Woodland Hills, CA at the western end of the

San Fernando Valley The San Fernando Valley, known locally as the Valley, is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California. Located to the north of the Los Angeles Basin, it contains a large portion of the City of Los Angeles, as well as unincorporated ar ...

. Louisville educates young women in a vibrant, supportive learning community guided by the mission of the Sisters of St. Louis to “work toward a world healed, unified, and transformed.” Challenging academics and caring faculty empower each student to develop her confidence, integrity, and faith to meet the needs of an ever-changing world.

History

The school was founded by the Sisters of Saint Louis, an order established in France during the 19th century by Abbé

Louis Eugène Marie Bautain Louis Eugène Marie Bautain (17 February 179615 October 1867), was a French philosopher and theologian. Life Bautain was born at Paris. At the ''École Normale'' he came under the influence of Victor Cousin. In 1816 he adopted the profession of ...

, though most of the current Sisters hail from Ireland. The convent of the Sisters of St. Louis lies on a hill overlooking the school. The school and convent are built on what was once the Manzanita Ranch, the former estate of Oscar-nominated actress

Marjorie Rambeau Marjorie Burnet Rambeau (July 15, 1889 – July 6, 1970) was an American film and stage actress. She began her stage career at age 12, and appeared in several silent films before debuting in her first sound film, '' Her Man'' (1930). She was t ...

Manzanita Manzanita is a common name for many species of the genus ''Arctostaphylos''. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees present in the chaparral biome of western North America, where they occur from Southern British Columbia and Washington to Or ...

refers to a small evergreen shrub that grows on the hills surrounding Louisville. Under the leadership of Sister Mary Ronan, Manzanita Ranch was purchased for renovation and construction. The first class of 9th grade students entered in September of 1960.Louisville pa with the all-boys' college preparatory school

Crespi Carmelite High School Crespi Carmelite High School, shortly known as Crespi, is a private Catholic all-male four-year college preparatory high school located in Encino District, Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The ...

in Encino.

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* {{authority control Girls' schools in California Educational institutions established in 1960 Roman Catholic secondary schools in Los Angeles County, California High schools in the San Fernando Valley Woodland Hills, Los Angeles 1960 establishments in California Catholic secondary schools in California