Honoring Our Saint Elizabeth Alumni
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We remain deeply connected to the Saint Elizabeth community—past, present, and future. As we celebrate the legacy of our alumni, we also look ahead with excitement. In 2026, we will host our first-ever Saint Elizabeth Homecoming, a milestone event that brings our entire community together to honor tradition, celebrate achievement, and reconnect with the Mustang family.
To all Saint Elizabeth alumni: thank you for the pride, passion, and excellence you continue to inspire. Once a Mustang, always a Mustang!
The History
Saint Elizabeth High School first opened its doors to children and their families living in the Fruitvale District of Oakland in 1921. Its mission was to provide an outstanding Catholic education to high school students. First staffed by Franciscan friars and Dominican nuns, Saint Elizabeth was served later by the Marist brothers. As the number of religious declined, the school’s dedicated lay staff grew to meet the needs of the students. Those transitions were virtually seamless in meeting the school’s educational mission and embracing the rich migrant culture coming into the East Bay early in Saint Elizabeth’s history: Irish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Latino, and African-American families. Each generation of families came to Saint Elizabeth with the same desire – to ensure that their children receive the best Catholic education possible.
As we recognize and honor the rich 97 year history of Saint Elizabeth High School, on August 15th, 2018 we welcomed a new school to the Fruitvale district of Oakland: Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High School. Located on the site of the former Saint Elizabeth High School Campus, Cristo Rey De La Salle’s mission as a diverse, Lasallian Catholic learning community that educates young people to become men and women of faith, purpose, and service. This approach provides a rigorous and personalized college preparatory curriculum integrated with a corporate work study experience that prepares students of limited economic means to succeed in college and in life.
Anchored in the rich history of Saint Elizabeth High School, we wanted to dedicate a page on our website to it’s legacy. Thus, we will have class photos and an In Memoriam page recognizing and honoring those Saint Elizabeth High School Alumni present and those who have gone on before us.
GO MUSTANGS!
More than 10,000 young men and women have graduated from Saint Elizabeth High School since it was founded in 1921 by the Franciscan Friars of the Province of Santa Barbara with the assistance of the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. The school building that now stands was completed in 1924 and housed both the elementary school and the high school until 1958 when the present elementary site was erected. Parish economic support decreased over time and was entirely phased out by 1960. Ownership of the high school eventually passed from the parish to the Diocese of Oakland in 1983.
In August of 1982, the Marist Brothers assigned several Brothers as faculty members, remaining at Saint Elizabeth until June of 1996. On June 15, 1984, Saint Elizabeth High School was named an Exemplary Private High School by the United States Department of Education, one of 60 throughout the country.
Saint Elizabeth High School was offically closed in the spring of 2017. The great legacy of alumni continue to keep the community alive and strong. Visit the Alumni facebook page to reach out to this community or contact the alumni office to learn about upcoming alumni events.
S.E. is still centre court!
Saint Elizabeth Wall of Fame
Our student-athletes continue to proudly represent Saint Elizabeth, competing in our beloved school colors and carrying forward the spirit of the Mustang mascot. Their dedication reflects the strong foundation built by the generations of alumni who came before them.