| Established | 1927 |
| School Type | Catholic Govt. Subsidized |
| Organizing Body | Salesians of Don Bosco |
| Supervisor | Fr. Simon Lam |
| Principal | Fr. Ng Dor Lok Peter |
| Students | Boys |
| Enrolment | Approx. 1,200 students |
| Grades | Form 1 to 7 |
| Medium of Instruction | English |
| School Song | All Hail, All Hail |
| School Colours | Red, Blue and White |
| Patron Saint | St. Aloysius |
| Area | Approx. 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2). |
| Location | 179 Third Street, West Point, Hong Kong |
| Website | http://www.stlouis.edu.hk |
St. Louis School (Chinese: 聖類斯中學), located in Western District, Hong Kong, is a Catholic primary (privately-run) and secondary (government-subsidized) school run along the lines of an English grammar school.
St. Louis School was founded in 1864 by the Fathers of the Catholic Mission. St. Aloysius was chosen as the Patron of the school. The School was initially known as the West Point Reformatory[1]. The Brothers of the Christian Schools (commonly known as the La Salle Brothers) succeeded the Fathers in the management of the school in 1875.
In 1921, Bishop Pozzoni, the Ordinary of Hong Kong, asked the Maryknoll Fathers to take over. Some of the boys were orphans while the remainder were remanded by the Hong Kong government, the government giving a small monthly grant for each student. The Maryknoll Fathers renamed the School as St. Louis Industrial School and equipped it with a printing press. The students became expert in this line and seven years later when the French Foreign Mission society started their celebrated polyglot press at Nazareth in Pokfulam, they took into their employ many of these boys. When Brother Albert Staubli arrived, he added manual training to its curriculum in the way of carpentering. The famous American Maryknoller, Fr James Edward Walsh, who was one of the first four American missioners to arrive in China and the last Westerner Missioner to be released by the Communist China in 1970, spent some time at the School too[1].
Early in 1926 Maryknoll’s Father Superior and one of cofounders, Fr. James Anthony Walsh, made a visitation of his fledgling mission fields in South China, and spent some weeks in Hong Kong before visiting Kongmoon (now called Jiangmen) and Kaying (in Meixian). In the course of his stay the position of the Industrial School was reviewed, and eventually it was handed back to the Diocese[1]. In 1927 the School was further given to the Salesian Fathers and has, since then, been run by them. The School was then transformed from a vocational school to a grammar school and became one of the best grammar schools in Hong Kong. The primary section of St Louis School was particularly famous -- in the 1970’s and 1980’s she almost won all the inter-school quizzes competition organized by the television section of the Radio Hong Kong, a Hong Kong government broadcasting machine.
St. Louis School aims to "provide an education which embraces the joy of learning and stresses the spiritual, moral, intellectual, physical, communal and aesthetic development of students." The motto of the school is "Scientia et Pietas", which means "Knowledge and Piety".
The school is famed for its culture of "freedom and discipline". Students and members of staff enjoy an extent of freedom unseen in other schools in Hong Kong. As a result, its students develop a sense of responsibility, self-reliance and independence that makes them prominent in the community through their contribution and achievements.
There are currently 1,073 secondary and 800 primary school students. As of 2004, Fr. Ng Dor Lok Peter is the principal of both the secondary school and primary school sections. Fr. Simon Lam is the supervisor of St. Louis School.
The school's sports facilities include a soccer-field (with a stand for about 1,300 pupils) a basketball court and a covered playground. The school's soccer playground is the largest among those of all the schools in West Point. The St. Louis school song "All Hail, All Hail" was written by Rev. Fr. Janssen in 1957.
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