Best Catholic high schools
Catholic high schools ranked by the Compass Score: 75% faith across the four pillars and 25% academic indicators.
419 schools qualify, ranked by the Compass Score. The top 25 are shown.
How this list is made
- Catholic high schools on the Compass.
- Each school needs a complete Compass Score, so every row shows a rating.
- Ordered by Compass Score, highest first. Schools with the same score share a rank.
Updated Oct. 13, 2026. Methodology. Spot an error? Send a correction.
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- 2(tie)
St. John XXIII College Preparatory
Katy, TX · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 4
Newark Catholic High School
Newark, OH · Diocesan school - 5
- 6
Nolan Catholic High School
Fort Worth, TX · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 7
Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School
Arlington, VA · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
- 8(tie)
Don Bosco Preparatory High School
Ramsey, NJ · Independent Catholic school - 8(tie)
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School
Coraopolis, PA · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
- 10
Fontbonne Academy
Milton, MA · Independent Catholic school - 11(tie)
Blessed Trinity Catholic High School
Roswell, GA · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
- 11(tie)
St. Joseph Academy
Brownsville, TX · Parish school - 11(tie)
Subiaco Academy
Subiaco, AR · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 14(tie)
Austin Preparatory School
Reading, MA · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
- 14(tie)
Cathedral Preparatory School
Erie, PA · Diocesan school- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 16
Holy Spirit Preparatory School
Atlanta, GA · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
- 17
Charlotte Catholic High School
Charlotte, NC · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 18(tie)
Jserra Catholic High School
San Juan Capistrano, CA · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 18(tie)
St. Thomas More Catholic High School
Lafayette, LA · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
- 20(tie)
Benedictine High School
Cleveland, OH · Independent Catholic school - 20(tie)
Chesterton Academy of Sacramento
North Highlands, CA · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 22
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Olney, MD · Independent Catholic school - 23(tie)
St. Louis Priory School
Saint Louis, MO · Independent Catholic school - 23(tie)
Strake Jesuit College Prep School
Houston, TX · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
- 25
Academy of the Holy Family
Baltic, CT · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
By state
- Alabama 4
- Arizona 7
- California 37
- Connecticut 10
- Florida 25
- Georgia 5
- Illinois 26
- Indiana 16
- Iowa 6
- Kansas 5
- Kentucky 11
- Louisiana 19
- Maryland 13
- Massachusetts 18
- Michigan 16
- Minnesota 6
- Mississippi 3
- Missouri 15
- Nebraska 10
- New Hampshire 4
- New Jersey 12
- New York 17
- North Carolina 3
- North Dakota 3
- Ohio 20
- Oklahoma 3
- Oregon 4
- Pennsylvania 30
- Rhode Island 4
- Tennessee 3
- Texas 19
- Virginia 7
- Washington 8
- Wisconsin 13