▁educational ▁philosophy ▁of ▁the ▁Society ' s ▁found ress , ▁Corn elia ▁Con nel ly . ▁ ▁Description ▁May field ▁is ▁affili ated ▁with ▁the ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁Arch di oc ese ▁of ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁ ▁The ▁total ▁en roll ment ▁is ▁about ▁ 3 2 0 , ▁with ▁a ▁ 1 : 7 ▁fac ulty / student ▁ratio , ▁an ▁average ▁class ▁size ▁of ▁ 1 5 , ▁has ▁a ▁ 1 0 0 % ▁college ▁accept ance ▁rate ▁and ▁is ▁ 5 2 % ▁eth n ically ▁diverse . ▁The ▁school ▁located ▁at ▁ 5 0 0 ▁Belle font aine ▁Street ▁in ▁Pas ad ena , ▁California , ▁US , ▁in ▁Ar roy o ▁Sec o . ▁It ▁offers ▁nine ▁Conserv atory ▁of ▁the ▁Arts ▁programs ▁and ▁ 2 3 ▁compet itive ▁teams ▁in ▁ 1 2 ▁sports . ▁ ▁History ▁May field ▁School ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁by ▁the ▁Society ▁of ▁the ▁Holy ▁Child ▁Jesus ▁at ▁the ▁inv itation ▁of ▁John ▁Joseph ▁Cant well , ▁then ▁the ▁Bishop ▁of ▁Los ▁Angeles - San ▁Diego ▁( as ▁the ▁Arch di oc ese ▁of ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁was ▁then ▁known ▁as ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁the ▁school ▁split ▁into ▁ ▁Senior ▁and ▁Junior ▁School s ▁due ▁to ▁space ▁constraints ▁and ▁z oning ▁reg ulations . ▁The ▁Junior ▁School ▁( K ▁- ▁ 8 ) ▁remains ▁on ▁the ▁original ▁Eu cl id ▁Avenue ▁campus ▁while ▁the ▁Senior ▁School ▁( high ▁school ) ▁moved ▁to ▁its ▁current