[1] The school was founded by the parish friars in 1892 and was originally staffed by the Sisters of St.
[2][3] Today it is run by lay teachers and is administered by the Partnership for Inner-City Education in conjunction with the Archdiocese of New York.
[2] The School was founded in 1892 to serve the children of parishioners of the Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels, a parish run by Capuchin Friars, in East Harlem, New York City.
[2] The Sisters of St. Agnes served as teachers, although they later left the school in the hands of laypersons.
[3] The parish church was closed with 21 others by the archdiocese in 2007, but the school remained open as an independent entity.