Why do students attend St. Joseph's?

Top reasons for attending St. Joseph’s based on the 2019-20 Student Profile Report by the St. Joseph’s Indian School Child Services Department:

• Better opportunities at St. Joseph's Indian School — 18.5%
• Boarding School — 3.1%
• The child needs to be around other children — 4.4%
• Family is homeless — 9.25%
• Family members attended SJIS — 26.0%
• Gain independence — 3.5%
• Good school, better education — 51.1%
• Home is crowded — 4.0%
• It’s a good environment — 5.7%
• Religion (faith-based) — 8.8%
• Single parent family — 4.8%
• Structure/Stability — 18.5%
• The child wants to come — 7.5%
• To get away from bullying — 7.9%
• To learn about/experience their culture — 15.9%
• Wish to keep family together — 16.7%

Tax-deductible donations from people around the country give the Native American children at St. Joseph’s Indian School a safe, stable home and school environment.

The assistance of so many people make St. Joseph’s Indian School a valuable resource for the Native American community.