Best Catholic high schools in Louisiana
Catholic high schools ranked by the Compass Score: 75% faith across the four pillars and 25% academic indicators.
19 schools qualify, ranked by the Compass Score.
How this list is made
- Schools in Louisiana.
- 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
St. Thomas More Catholic High School
Lafayette, LA · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
- 2
Cabrini High School
New Orleans, LA · Independent Catholic school - 3
- 4(tie)
- 4(tie)
Pope John Paul II Catholic High School
Slidell, LA · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
- 6
Loyola College Preparatory High School
Shreveport, LA · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
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- 9
Berchmans Academy of the Sacred Heart / Schools of
Grand Coteau, LA · Diocesan school- Sacramental life: grade A
- 10
Vandebilt Catholic High School
Houma, LA · Diocesan school- Sacramental life: grade C
- Daily Mass on school days
- 11
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Archbishop Rummel High School
Metairie, LA · Diocesan school - 13
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De La Salle High School
New Orleans, LA · Independent Catholic school - 15
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Archbishop Shaw High School
Marrero, LA · Diocesan school- Sacramental life: grade C
- Daily Mass on school days
- 17
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Edward Douglas White Catholic High School
Thibodaux, LA · Diocesan school- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
- 19
This list in other states
- Alabama 4
- Arizona 7
- California 37
- Connecticut 10
- Florida 25
- Georgia 5
- Illinois 26
- Indiana 16
- Iowa 6
- Kansas 5
- Kentucky 11
- 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