Bishop Ireton High School

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{{Infobox school

| name = Bishop Ireton High School

| seal_image =

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| streetaddress = 201 Cambridge Road

| city = Alexandria

| state = Virginia

| zipcode = 22314

| country = USA

| oversight = Diocese of Arlington

| religious_affiliation = Catholic

| patron = St. Francis de Sales

| fundingtype = Private

| schooltype= high school

| rival= St. Stephen's and St. Agnes Upper School

| established = {{Start date and age|1964}}

| founders = Oblates of St. Francis de Sales

| gender = Coed

| grades = 9–12

| head_label = Head of School

| head = Kathleen McNutt{{Cite press release | url = https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/press-releases/2019/bishop-burbidge-appoints-new-head-of-school-for-bishop-ireton-catholic-high-school/ | title = Bishop Burbidge Appoints New Head of School for Bishop Ireton Catholic High School | first = Jennifer | last = Bigelow | date = May 15, 2019 | access-date = August 27, 2019}}

| principal =

| motto = Advance Always

| accreditation = Southern Association of Colleges and Schools{{cite web |url=http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/? |title=SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement |access-date=2009-06-23 |author=SACS-CASI |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429033455/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/ |archive-date=April 29, 2009 }}

| colors = {{Color box|#C41E3A|border=darkgray}} Cardinal
{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Gold{{Cite web|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/bishop-ireton-cardinals-(alexandria,va)/football/home.htm|title=Bishop Ireton High School Football|access-date=February 13, 2017}}

| nickname = Cardinals

| conference = Washington Catholic Athletic Conference

| newspaper = The BI Word

| enrollment = 813 (2015–16){{NCES Private School ID|01432368|school_name=School Detail for Bishop Ireton High School|access_date=May 17, 2019|do_not_render=y}}

| teaching_staff = 70.0 (FTE) (2015–16)

| ratio = {{Ratio|11.6|1}} (2015–16)

| pushpin_map = USA Virginia Alexandria#USA Virginia Northern#USA Virginia#USA

| website = {{Official website}}

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Bishop Ireton High School is a Catholic high school located in Alexandria, Virginia, less than one mile from Old Town Alexandria. The school was founded in 1964 by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, and named in honor of Peter Leo Ireton, Bishop of Richmond from 1945 to 1958.[http://legacy.bishopireton.org/Oblates/Oblates%20At%20BI.pdf History of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales at Bishop Ireton]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The school originally admitted only male students. Bishop Ireton, more commonly known as "BI" or simply "Ireton", became coeducational in 1990 after the closing of sister school, St. Mary's Academy. In 2008, the Oblates withdrew their presence from Ireton{{cite web|url=http://www.arlingtondiocese.org/news.php?id=237|title=Principal, Oblates to Leave Bishop Ireton HS|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213084345/http://www.arlingtondiocese.org/news.php?id=237|archive-date=2012-02-13|url-status=dead}} and the school is now managed by the Diocese of Arlington.

The patron of Bishop Ireton High School is St. Francis de Sales, a 16th Century apologist and writer of mystical theology, a Doctor of the Church, and patron saint of writers and journalists.