The school is administered by the Madurai Province of the Society of Jesus.

[1] It is named after the Jesuit missionary, Saint Francis Xavier.

It traces its origins to a parochial school built in the 1600s during Portuguese rule in Tuticorin.

[2] Xavier in Thoothukudi was registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act in 1960.

SUPAM - A Fundraising program that helps poor students economically for medical treatments.