History
The High School of Saint Thomas More is the 7th and newest high school of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria. Opening its doors in August of 2000, this comprehensive, co-educational, four-year high school with a college preparatory emphasis has a current enrollment of 295 for the 2011-2012 academic term. The first class to graduate from The High School of Saint Thomas More was the class of 2003. Ninety-nine percent of all STM graduates have attended a post-secondary college or university. Over $3.1 in merit scholarships were awarded to students in the Class of 2011. Eighty percent of this graduating class attended a four-year academic institution, and 20 percent attended a two-year institution. A total of 570 students have graduated over the last nine years from The High School of Saint Thomas More.
Student Population
The student population is made up of 295 for the 2011-2012 school year with 79 seniors and 60 freshmen. Students are admitted to STM without regard to race, religion, color, sex, nationality, or ethnic origin. Thirteen percent of students are members of minority groups. Fifteen percent are non-Catholic. Financial assistance is available to Catholic students, and approximately thirteen percent receive aid.






