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{{Infobox school
| name = Khrist Raja High School, Bettiah
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| type = [[Private school|Private]] primary and secondary school
| founder = [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]]
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| gender = Co-educational
| religion = [[Catholic church|Catholicism]]
| denomination = [[Jesuit]]s
| affiliation = BSEB and CBSE
| oversight = Khrist Raja Educational Association
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| rector = Fr. Joy Karrypuram SJ
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| principal = Fr. Chritopher Kerketta
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| enrollment = 2,146 (468 girls)
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| established = {{Start date and age|1927}}
| streetaddress = Belbagh Bangalore Colony, Baswariya Bettiah
| city = [[Bettiah]]
| state = [[Bihar]]
| area = 35 acres
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| country = India
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| campus = K.R
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| nickname = K.R
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| publication = ''Satyarthy''
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| national_ranking= 1
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'''Khrist Raja High School''' is a [[Private school|private]] [[Catholic school|Catholic]] primary and secondary school located in [[Bettiah]], in the state of [[Bihar]], [[India]]. Founded by the [[Jesuits]] in 1927, the school became coeducational in 1998.{{fact|date=February 2019}}

==History==
Khrist Raja High School (K.R.), Bettiah, was founded by the [[Society of Jesus]] in 1927 and in 1930 moved to its present campus. Khrist Raja High School has been considered the "premier school of north Bihar", with students attending from all over the state and staying at its residential facilities.<ref name="Kalapura2015"/>

The Khrist Raja High School has served the [[Bettiah Christian]]s, the northern Indian subcontinent's oldest Christian community, with statistics showing that 83.6% of Christian pupils from 1927 to 1928 were from the Bettiah Christian community (including the Bettiah Christian diaspora).<ref name="Kalapura2015">{{cite journal |last1=Kalapura |first1=Jose |title=Philanthropic Organizations and Community Development: The Case of the Bettiah Christians in India |journal=Asian Journal of Social Science |date=1 January 2015 |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=409 |doi=10.1163/15685314-04304005}}</ref>

It went coeducational in 1998. In 2007, 136 out of 148 students passed the exit exam in the First Division, for which it received a "best school certificate." In 2008 there were 2,146 students, including 468 girls.{{fact|date=February 2019}}

==Notable alumni==
{{alumni|date=April 2021}}
* [[Manoj Bajpayee]] - Indian Film Actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/patna/aligarh-acclaimed-actor-essays-double-role-in-bettiah/articleshow/51448217.cms|
title=Aligarh Acclaimed actor essays double role in Bettiah|access-date=2021-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ul0O5gNwKGArQhedU17b7J/Manoj-Bajpayee-The-original-indie-star.html|title=Manoj Bajpayee: The original indie star|date=5 December 2015|access-date=2021-05-03}}</ref>
* Cajetan Francis Osta - bishop of Muzaffarpur<ref>[http://www.fides.org/en/news/36082-ASIA_INDIA_Resignation_of_the_Bishop_of_Muzaffarpur_and_appointment_of_successor#.V6ZkOvkrIrg ''Agenzia Fides''. Accessed 6 August 2016.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915050231/http://www.fides.org/en/news/36082-ASIA_INDIA_Resignation_of_the_Bishop_of_Muzaffarpur_and_appointment_of_successor |date=15 September 2016 }}</ref>

==See also==
{{stack|{{portal|Schools|Catholicism|India}}}}
* [[List of Jesuit educational institutions#Schools|List of Jesuit schools]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Jesuit Schools of India|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Jesuit secondary schools in India]]
[[Category:Jesuit primary schools in India]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Bihar]]
[[Category:West Champaran district]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1927]]
[[Category:1927 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Christian schools in Bihar]]

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