The Montfort Academy

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| motto = Instaurare omnia in Christo

| motto_translation = "To restore all things in Christ"

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| streetaddress = 125 East Birch Street

| city = Mt. Vernon

| county = (Westchester County)

| state = New York

| zipcode = 10552

| country = United States

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| type = Private, co-educational

| religion = Roman Catholic

| patron = St. Louis de Montfort

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| headmaster = Lt. Col. David Petrillo, USAF (ret.)

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| grades = 9–12

| enrollment = 150{{when | date = December 2022}}

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| slogan = Seek Wisdom, Practice Virtue, Keep the Faith

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| president = Richard Greco, Jr.

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The Montfort Academy is an American private, Roman Catholic high school in Mt. Vernon, New York.

It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.

==Background==

As of 2012, the school had been ranked for seven years in a row as one of America's 50-best Catholic high schools.{{cite web|url=http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/1567/Nation’s-Top-50-Catholic-High-Schools-Announced.aspx |title=Nation's Top 50 Catholic High Schools Announced|publisher=Cardinal Newman Society|date=September 20, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011152042/http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/1567/Nation%E2%80%99s-Top-50-Catholic-High-Schools-Announced.aspx |archive-date=October 11, 2013}}

The school has a 100 percent college-acceptance rate, and an average SAT score in the 85th percentile. Seventy percent of students achieve the Mastery Level of the New York Regents Examinations, which is 85 percent or above.

The school was founded in 1998 by a small group of businessmen and educators, including Richard Greco, Jr., a corporate finance executive and former Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

The class of 2013 was awarded more than $3 million in scholarship money and financial aid to attend college.

150 students attend the school, which has a maximum enrollment of 160.

The school is located in the Fleetwood section of Mt. Vernon.{{cite news|url=http://patch.com/new-york/newrochelle/an--the-montfort-academy-announces-move-to-fleetwood-e6287fb105#.VCoXP76FkyE|title=Montfort Academy Announces Move to Fleetwood From Katonah, Offers Sept. Admission |date=May 8, 2014| publisher = New Rochelle Patch |author= Gold, Nancy}}