Christian Brothers Academy is a private Catholic college preparatory junior and senior high school for boys founded in 1859 by the De La Salle Christian Brothers (see Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools). Located within the Colonie School District and the school is located in the town of Colonie, New York near the Albany International Airport on a 126-acre (0.51 km²) campus built in 1998. Christian Brothers Academy is independently run by a board of trustees and is part of the Capital Region Independent Schools Association.