Best Catholic high schools in Massachusetts
Catholic high schools ranked by the Compass Score: 75% faith across the four pillars and 25% academic indicators.
Best Catholic high schools in Massachusetts18 schools
18 schools qualify, ranked by the Compass Score.
How this list is made
- Schools in Massachusetts.
- 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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Fontbonne Academy
Milton, MA · Independent Catholic school - 2
Austin Preparatory School
Reading, MA · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
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Boston College High School
Dorchester, MA · Independent Catholic school - 4
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Arlington Catholic High School/Saint Agnes School
Arlington, MA · Diocesan school - 7
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Central Catholic
Lawrence, MA · Independent Catholic school - 9
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Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School
Methuen, MA · Independent Catholic school - 13
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Bishop Fenwick High School
Peabody, MA · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade D
- Daily Mass on school days
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Montrose School
Medfield, MA · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade C
- Daily Mass on school days
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
- Louisiana 19
- Maryland 13
- 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