Instituto de Enseñanza La Mennais (Colegio Cardenal Copello)

What Instituto de Enseñanza La Mennais (Colegio Cardenal Copello) does

Instituto de Enseñanza La Mennais, operating as Colegio Cardenal Copello, is a private Catholic K-12 school located at Nueva York 3433 in the Villa Devoto neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Founded on April 1, 1938, with 64 founding students and named in honor of Cardinal Santiago L. Copello (the first Argentine and Latin American cardinal), the school is operated by the Congregation of Menesian Brothers (Hermanos Menesianos/Hermanos de la Instrucción Cristiana), a religious congregation established by Juan María de la Mennais in 1780. The institution delivers instruction across three educational levels — Nivel Inicial (preschool), Nivel Primario (primary), and Nivel Secundario (secondary) — and currently serves approximately 1,300 students from roughly 900 families.

The school's pedagogical model is grounded in the Menesian educational charism, integrating academic formation with Christian values, pastoral programming, and integral human development. Core infrastructure includes traditional classrooms, virtual classroom platforms (aulavirtualcopello.com), laboratories, theaters, a chapel, two on-site gyms, and a four-hectare sports field in Martín Coronado equipped with soccer fields, tennis courts, skating rink, multi-sport courts, barbecue areas, medical clinic, and cafeteria for camps, retreats, and weekend activities. The school is governed by the PEI (Proyecto Educativo Institucional) and PCI (Proyecto Curricular Institucional) and operates within the global Menesian educational network present in more than 20 countries across five continents.

Revenue is generated through tuition fees paid by individual families, with payment infrastructure spanning Pago Fácil, Billetera Virtual, Pago Mis Cuentas, Red Link, direct debit, and credit/debit card channels. Tuition terms are communicated via downloadable contracts and fee schedules on the institutional website. Enrollment is conducted directly through the school's administrative office on designated days. The school is incorporated to official CABA teaching under the regulatory oversight of the Dirección General de Educación de Gestión Privada and is required to comply with Ley N.° 2.681 governing private educational institutions. Financial figures, ownership structure beyond the parent congregation, and detailed operational metrics are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Instituto de Enseñanza La Mennais (Colegio Cardenal Copello)

Legal name

Colegio Cardenal Copello

Website

https://colegiocopello.com.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1938

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Colegio Cardenal Copello is a private Catholic K-12 school in Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires, operated by the Menesian Brothers congregation since 1938. It serves approximately 1,300 students from 900 families across preschool, primary, and secondary levels with tuition-based enrollment.

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Product category

Private K-12 Catholic Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Early Learning Academies (EDACADAH)

Keywords

• Catholic K-12 education
• Private preschool education
• Primary school education
• Secondary school education
• Christian values education

Headquarters

HQ city

Comuna 11, Buenos Aires Autonomous City

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

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Core offering

Colegio Cardenal Copello is a private Catholic K-12 school that delivers in-person and virtual classroom instruction across three educational levels: Nivel Inicial (preschool), Nivel Primario (primary), and Nivel Secundario (secondary). The institution operates under the Menesian Brothers (Hermanos Menesianos) religious congregation and integrates academic formation with pastoral, spiritual, and Christian-values-based education. It serves approximately 1,300 students from around 900 families at its Villa Devoto campus and Martín Coronado sports field.

Product overview

Colegio Cardenal Copello is a private Catholic educational institution affiliated with the Menesian (Menesianos) religious congregation, founded by Juan María de la Mennais. The school offers comprehensive educational services across three levels: Nivel Inicial (preschool/early childhood), Nivel Primario (primary school), and Nivel Secundario (secondary school). The institution operates with a Christian-Menesian pedagogical approach, emphasizing integral education with a Christian sensibility. Beyond academics, the school provides pastoral programs, sports facilities including two gyms and a four-hectare sports field in Martín Coronado, virtual classrooms, laboratories, theaters, a chapel, and multi-purpose rooms. The educational project is guided by the PEI (Proyecto Educativo Institucional) and PCI (Proyecto Curricular Institucional), grounded in the Menesian educational charism.

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Products and services

• Nivel Inicial (Preschool Education) Early childhood education program for preschool-age children delivered by Colegio Cardenal Copello under the Menesian Christian pedagogical approach, located at the Villa Devoto campus.
• Nivel Primario (Primary School Education) Primary education program for younger school-age students, providing foundational academic instruction integrated with Christian-values formation at the Villa Devoto campus.
• Nivel Secundario (Secondary School Education) Secondary education program emphasizing academic quality, analytical and critical thinking development, and Christian-values formation for adolescent students at the Villa Devoto campus.

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Direct peers

• Colegio San Andrés: Private Catholic K-12 school in Olivos/Buenos Aires. Comparable in target market (CABA families seeking faith-based holistic education) and full three-level offering.
• Northlands School: Large private bilingual K-12 school in Buenos Aires. Comparable scale and three-level offering targeting upper-middle-class CABA families, although secular rather than faith-based.
• Colegio San Agustín: Augustinian Catholic K-12 school in Buenos Aires area. Comparable religious-congregation-operated school serving similar families with parallel values-based pedagogy.
• St. George's College Buenos Aires: Private Anglo-Argentine K-12 school in Buenos Aires. Comparable as a premium-priced private K-12 serving affluent CABA families with full three-level offering.
• Belgrano Day School: Private bilingual K-12 school in Belgrano, Buenos Aires. Comparable in scale, three-level offering, and CABA middle-class family target market, though secular.
• Colegio Champagnat: Marist Brothers Catholic K-12 school in Argentina. Direct peer as another religious-congregation-operated Catholic K-12 with parallel pastoral pedagogy and similar parent demographic.
• Colegio De La Salle Buenos Aires: A Catholic K-12 school in Buenos Aires operated by the De La Salle Brothers. Directly comparable as a faith-based private K-12 serving similar middle-class CABA families with parallel Menesian-equivalent religious pedagogy.
• Colegio Lourdistas / Instituto San José: Menesian-affiliated school in Villa del Parque — one of the earliest Menesian foundations in Argentina and direct congregational peer sharing the same charism and pedagogical framework.
• Red de Colegios Menesianos del Cono Sur: Regional Menesian school network across Southern Cone including Argentine Menesian schools such as Colegio Cardenal Copello. Direct institutional peer sharing full charism and pedagogy.

Others

• Asociación Argentina de Colegios Católicos (AACC): National federation of Argentine Catholic schools. Peer as the institutional ecosystem of which Colegio Cardenal Copello is a member, providing benchmarking and standards.

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