Gonzaga Preparatory School is the dominant Catholic high school in Spokane and the largest private high school in eastern Washington, enrolling around 790 students in grades 9-12 on the city's North Hill. Founded in 1887 — older than Washington statehood — the school is part of the Jesuit USA West Province network alongside Seattle Prep and Bellarmine Preparatory in Tacoma, and the 2025-26 school year marks the 50th anniversary of coeducation at G-Prep.
Within the Inland Northwest peer set, G-Prep's closest comparator is Saint George's School on Spokane's north side — a secular K-12 independent with a smaller enrollment and a different academic profile but no Jesuit pipeline. Among Western US Jesuit high schools, G-Prep sits in the middle tier: bigger than Seattle Prep, smaller and less academically intense than Loyola in Los Angeles. The Bullpups compete in the WIAA 4A Greater Spokane League — a public-school-dominated conference, distinct from the private-only leagues that house most Catholic high-school competition farther west.
PolarisList places G-Prep #24 statewide for Harvard / Princeton / MIT acceptances 2022-2025 with two HPM placements — by far the strongest selective-college signal among Inland Northwest schools, public or private. Roughly 85% of graduates matriculate to four-year colleges, with strong feeders into Gonzaga University, the University of Washington, and the broader Jesuit university network.
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