Best Catholic high schools in Pennsylvania
Catholic high schools ranked by the Compass Score: 75% faith across the four pillars and 25% academic indicators.
Best Catholic high schools in Pennsylvania30 schools
30 schools qualify, ranked by the Compass Score. The top 25 are shown.
How this list is made
- Schools in Pennsylvania.
- 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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Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School
Coraopolis, PA · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
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Cathedral Preparatory School
Erie, PA · Diocesan school- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 3
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School
Coal Township, PA · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
- 4Tie
- 4Tie
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North Catholic High School
Cranberry Township, PA · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
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Seton La Salle Catholic High School
Pittsburgh, PA · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade A
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La Salle College High School
Wyndmoor, PA · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade C
- Daily Mass on school days
- 11
Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls
Philadelphia, PA · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
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Bishop Shanahan High School
Downingtown, PA · Diocesan school- Sacramental life: grade B
- Daily Mass on school days
- 15
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
Philadelphia, PA · Independent Catholic school- Sacramental life: grade B
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Bethlehem Catholic High School
Bethlehem, PA · Diocesan school- Sacramental life: grade A
- Daily Mass on school days
- 18
Bishop Carroll Catholic High School
Ebensburg, PA · Diocesan schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
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St. Joseph's Catholic Academy
Boalsburg, PA · Independent Catholic schoolHonor Roll- Sacramental life: grade B
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Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High School
Connellsville, PA · Diocesan school - 25
Notre Dame High School
Easton, PA · Diocesan school
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
- 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
- Rhode Island 4
- Tennessee 3
- Texas 19
- Virginia 7
- Washington 8
- Wisconsin 13