St. Augustine Academy
Address
130 South Wells Road Ventura , California 93004 United States
Coordinates	34°17′38″N 119°9′35″W / 34.29389°N 119.15972°W / 34.29389; -119.15972
Information
Type	Private, coeducational
Motto	Da Nobis Recta Sapere (Grant that we may be truly wise)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1994
Headmaster	Michael Van Hecke
Grades	K-12
Average class size	12
Color(s)	Blue and white
Team name	Crusaders
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges[1]
Website	www.saintaugustineacademy.com

St. Augustine Academy is a private, independently operated Roman Catholic school situated in Ventura, California. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles The school's patron Saint is Augustine of Hippo. The school offers a classical liberal arts curriculum. The liberal arts are divided into the trivium consisting of grammar, logic and rhetoric, and the quadrivium consisting of arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. The school is accredited with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, WASC, as well as the Western Catholic Educational Association, WCEA.

Background

The school was founded in 1994 by Roy Rohter,^[2] after a meeting of Catholic parents who wanted a school where their children could receive a classical liberal arts education that would also focus on assisting their efforts to teach their children about their Catholic faith.

School

The faculty is 27% male and 73% female with an average of 8 years at the school. 68% have a graduate degree.

91% of St. Augustine graduates go on to college or university.

St. Augustine's is on the Catholic Education Honor Roll as of October 2017^[update] and was also named to it in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014.^[3]

High school students averaged 54 hours of volunteer service to the community in 2014. Total cumulative service hours totaled over 3,426.

St. Augustine's has no athletics program; some students are eligible to play sports at other schools in their district of residence via multi-school agreements.^[4]