St Xavier?s School, Durgapur, is an English Medium Catholic School (ONLY FOR BOYS) established by the Jesuit Fathers in 1963 with the sole and exclusive purpose of educating the children of Durgapur and its immediate surroundings. It is a Christian Unaided Minority School. Besides the teaching and learning of academic subjects, personal care is taken to prepare the students to be good and loyal citizens of India. The school, through the lips of its students, ever prays to the Almighty God to help it gleam LIKE GOLD IN A FURNACE? and be a peace haven? a home of freedom and joy where the spirit of love matches none. The entire student populace is divided into four houses: Loyola, Gonzaga, Berchmans and Britto, as a tribute to the quartet of Jesuit saints, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, St. John Berchmans and St. John de Britto The campus covers over 160000 square meters of land, one-third of which is full of dense greenery.