Xavier High School (Appleton, Wisconsin)

Xavier High School is a private Catholic secondary school in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States, in the Diocese of Green Bay. It was opened in 1959 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Christian Brothers) and the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Manitowoc Franciscans). The school was named in honor of St. Francis Xavier, the patron saint of the Green Bay Diocese.

St. Francis Xavier High School Xavier High School
Location
1600 West Prospect Avenue Appleton , (Outagamie County) , Wisconsin 54914-5199 United States
Coordinates	44°14′56″N 88°25′59″W
Information
Type	Private
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1959
Principal	vacant
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coeducational
Number of students	500
Color(s)	Blue & white
Athletics conference	Bay Conference
Team name	Hawks
Yearbook	Xavue
Website	www.xaviercatholicschools.org

2024 firings

In November of 2024, Xavier principal Mike Mauthe was fired in the wake of a complaint to the Diocese Office of Safe Environment about a failure to comply with the Diocese of Green Bay’s “Our Promise to Protect” policy. (A report was filed with the Appleton Police Department, as required by the state's mandatory reporting laws.) As a result of the investigation into Mauthe, John Ravizza, superintendent of the Diocese' St. Francis Xavier Catholic School System of which the high school is a part, was terminated "because of a failure to meet reporting requirements".^[1]

Notable alumni

• Rocky Bleier (1964) - former NFL running back
• J. P. Hayes (1983) - PGA Tour professional golfer
• Mike Heideman (1966) - college basketball head coach^[2]
• Kristine Jarinovska (1997) - Secretary of State, Latvia^[3]
• Mee Moua (1988) - Minnesota state senator, first Hmong-American politician
• Greta Van Susteren (1972) - TV journalist^[4]