St. Mary School is a pre-Kindergarten (a full-day 4-year-old pre-Kindergarten class is offered in addition to Kindergarten) through 8th grade Catholic Elementary and Middle School under the Diocese of Raleigh Catholic Schools Office.

The curriculum stresses academic achievement within a Christian community where the child feels that he/she is loved and respected by his/her peers as well as the teacher. United with each other in meaningful liturgy and prayer, the students can further come to an understanding of the Christian life. At St. Mary, we are attempting to "teach as Jesus did."

The Diocesan curriculum guidelines, consistent with the State of North Carolina guidelines, are followed for the teaching of all subject areas. The curriculum is marked by current content and “best practices” of methodology. There is emphasis on principles rather than fact, on learning through problem solving rather than by precept. We strive to offer a program that makes use of many sources of reading material, a wide variety of audio-visual and technology tools and a multi-text approach to the content areas.