Best Catholic high schools in California
Catholic high schools ranked by the Compass Score: 75% faith across the four pillars and 25% academic indicators.
Best Catholic high schools in California37 schools
37 schools qualify, ranked by the Compass Score. The top 25 are shown.
How this list is made
- Schools in California.
- 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.
- 1
Jserra Catholic High School
San Juan Capistrano, CA · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 2
Chesterton Academy of Sacramento
North Highlands, CA · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 3
Marin Catholic High School
Kentfield, CA · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
- 4
Villanova Preparatory School
Ojai, CA · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
- 5
Servite High School
Anaheim, CA · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 6Tie
Notre Dame High School
Sherman Oaks, CA · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 6Tie
St. Francis High School
Mountain View, CA · Diocesan school- Sacramental life: grade C
- Daily Mass on school days
- 8Tie
- 8Tie
- 10
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St. Pius X - St. Matthias High School
Downey, CA · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade C
- 12
Sacred Heart Schools Atherton
Atherton, CA · Independent Catholic school - 13
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St. Ignatius College Preparatory
San Francisco, CA · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade F
- 16
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- 19
- 20Tie
- 20Tie
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St. Francis High School Salesian College Prep
Watsonville, CA · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade B
- 25
De La Salle High School
Concord, CA · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade C
- Daily Mass on school days
This list in other states
- Alabama 4
- Arizona 7
- 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