Best Catholic high schools in Illinois
Catholic high schools ranked by the Compass Score: 75% faith across the four pillars and 25% academic indicators.
26 schools qualify, ranked by the Compass Score. The top 25 are shown.
How this list is made
- Schools in Illinois.
- 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
Marian Central Catholic High School
Woodstock, IL · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 2
St. Teresa High School
Decatur, IL · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade C
- Daily Mass on school days
- 3
IC Catholic Prep
Elmhurst, IL · Diocesan school - 4
- 5
Marmion Academy
Aurora, IL · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 6
Loyola Academy
Wilmette, IL · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade C
- Daily Mass on school days
- 7
- 8(tie)
DePaul College Prep
Chicago, IL · Independent Catholic school - 8(tie)
St. Ignatius College Prep
Chicago, IL · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
- 10
- 11(tie)
- 11(tie)
St. Rita of Cascia High School
Chicago, IL · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade C
- Daily Mass on school days
- 13
- 14
- 15
De La Salle Institute - Institute Campus
Chicago, IL · Independent Catholic school - 16
Boylan Catholic High School
Rockford, IL · Diocesan school- Sacramental life: grade C
- Daily Mass on school days
- 17
Peoria Notre Dame High School
Peoria, IL · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
- 18
- 19
Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School
Chicago, IL · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade C
- 20
- 21
Willows Academy
Des Plaines, IL · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
- 22
Providence Catholic High School
New Lenox, IL · Diocesan school- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
- 23
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- 25
This list in other states
- Alabama 4
- Arizona 7
- California 37
- Connecticut 10
- Florida 25
- Georgia 5
- 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