▁Dioc es an ▁schools ▁The ▁county ▁is ▁also ▁served ▁by ▁the ▁Dioc ese ▁of ▁Sc r anton . ▁The ▁Dioc ese ▁of ▁Sc r anton ▁oper ates ▁four ▁regional ▁systems ▁of ▁dioc es an ▁schools , ▁which ▁were ▁established ▁after ▁the ▁area ▁received ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁Catholic ▁imm igr ants . ▁The ▁Holy ▁Cross ▁School ▁System ▁serves ▁L ack aw anna ▁County , ▁and ▁is ▁currently ▁composed ▁of ▁seven ▁elementary ▁cent ers ▁and ▁one ▁secondary ▁center . ▁The ▁Holy ▁Cross ▁System ▁is ▁the ▁second - larg est ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁systems , ▁and ▁Holy ▁Cross ▁High ▁School ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁dioc es an ▁high ▁school ▁operating ▁a ▁capacity . ▁The ▁Holy ▁Cross ▁System ▁is ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁dioc ese - wide ▁cons olid ations ▁made ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁dec ades ▁of ▁decl ining ▁en roll ment ▁as ▁population ▁decl ined ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁ ▁As ▁recently ▁as ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁L ack aw anna ▁County ▁was ▁home ▁to ▁four ▁Catholic ▁high ▁schools ▁and ▁nearly ▁fifteen ▁elementary ▁schools . ▁While ▁the ▁current ▁configuration ▁of ▁sites ▁and ▁schools ▁educ ates ▁a ▁fraction ▁of ▁the ▁students ▁once ▁en rolled ▁in ▁Catholic ▁schools ▁in ▁L ack aw anna ▁County , ▁vast ▁improvements ▁have ▁been ▁made ▁to ▁the ▁curr icul um . ▁Mill ions ▁of ▁dollars ▁of ▁capital ▁g ains ▁have ▁been ▁inv ested ▁in ▁the ▁buildings ▁and ▁techn ologies ▁of ▁the ▁schools . ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁on going ▁effort ▁to ▁stabil ize ▁en roll ment