by Fordham Institute as one of six best examples in the United States because of being the only diocesan school system in the country where every grade school and high school is financed by parish stewardship, rather than tuition, for active parish families. In addition, parishes and dioceses across the United States travel to Wichita to study the success of the diocesan Catholic schools. The diocese has four Catholic high schools, commonly known as secondary schools. Three of the schools are wholly controlled by the diocese; one is a parochial high school. All are supported chiefly through the stewardship of the parishioners. Three of the four high school facilities have been expanded in the last seven years. The diocese has thirty-four grade schools, often referred to as elementary or primary schools. Twenty-seven of these schools also contain grades 6-8, sometimes called middle school. All Elementary schools shown below cover grades Pre-K to 8th grade. High schools Bishop Carroll Catholic High School, Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, Wichita St. Mary's-Colgan High School, Pittsburg Trinity Catholic High School, Hutchinson See also Catholic Church by country Catholic Church hierarchy List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States References External links Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita Official Site Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Kansas City Wichita Culture of Wichita, Kansas Wichita Diocese of Wichita Wichita 1887 establishments in Kansas