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Catholic high school

Brother Rice High School

  • LocationBloomfield Hills, MI
  • Type and sizeIndependent Catholic school · Grades 9–12 · 548 students

All-male

Official website

Brother Rice High School is an all-boys Catholic high school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Its Campus Ministry lists daily prayer before each class, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and class retreats for freshmen and sophomores with Kairos retreats for juniors and seniors. Students are required to complete 20 hours of Christian Service each school year, and the student clubs include Warriors for LIFE.

Catholic churches nearby

Map of Brother Rice High School, its Catholic center and nearby Catholic churches1 mi2 mi3 miSaint Regis Catholic Church: 0.1 mi1Our Lady of Albanians Catholic Church: 2.2 mi2Holy Name Catholic Church: 2.3 mi3Brother Rice High School (campus)N1 mi
CampusCatholic church (numbered below)Open a street map ›
  1. Saint Regis Catholic Church — 0.1 mi · 3695 Lincoln Drive, Bloomfield Township
  2. Our Lady of Albanians Catholic Church — 2.2 mi
  3. Holy Name Catholic Church — 2.3 mi · 630 Harmon Street, Birmingham

Within 3 miles, as mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. The map may be incomplete. Confirm with the parish or diocese.

Faith scorecard

Each line is one thing we looked for. A check means yes, a half means partly, a dash means no. “Not enough information” means official sources did not say.

DSacramental life: Limited (grade D): 40 to 100 points out of 100 on what official sources document. Grades need sources for at least 60% of the checklist.

Sacramental life

46 of 100 points on what we could document.

  • Partly: the school meets some of this item and earns part of the points.
    All-school or class Masses during the school yearA few times a year (School Masses are required of students.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Brother Rice Student/Parent Handbook 2026-2027brrice.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brother-Rice-Student-Parent-Handbook-2026-2027-FINAL-7-10-26.pdf · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Participation in school retreats and at Mass is an integral part of the”
      Attendance and participation at school Mass are required of students.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Daily Mass available to students on campusNot enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Partly: the school meets some of this item and earns part of the points.
    Confession offered to students during the school yearSeasonally (Advent, Lent) or a few times a year (The Sacrament of Reconciliation is listed without a frequency.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Campus Ministry | Brother Ricebrrice.edu/faith-formation/campus-ministry · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “daily prayer as a school and before each class, the Sacrament of Reconciliation”
      Campus Ministry includes the Sacrament of Reconciliation and daily prayer before each class.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Eucharistic adoration offeredNot enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Partly: the school meets some of this item and earns part of the points.
    Priest chaplain serving the schoolVisiting or shared priest (School Mass is required.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Brother Rice Student/Parent Handbook 2026-2027brrice.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brother-Rice-Student-Parent-Handbook-2026-2027-FINAL-7-10-26.pdf · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Participation in school retreats and at Mass is an integral part of the”
      Attendance and participation at school Mass are required of students.
ATheology and curriculum: Strong (grade A): 85 to 100 points out of 100 on what official sources document. Grades need sources for at least 60% of the checklist.

Theology and curriculum

100 of 100 points on what we could document.

  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Years of theology or religion requiredFour years (Theology is 4.0 credits in the graduation requirements. Semester theology courses are 0.5 credit each; this equals one full year of theology in each of the four years.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Brother Rice Student/Parent Handbook 2026-2027brrice.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brother-Rice-Student-Parent-Handbook-2026-2027-FINAL-7-10-26.pdf · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Theology 4.0 credits”
      Graduation requires 4.0 credits of theology.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Theology courses follow the USCCB Curriculum FrameworkNot enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Philosophy, apologetics, or ethics course offeredNot enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Faith integrated across the curriculum (stated in the program of studies or mission)Yes
    Sources (1)
    1. Brother Rice Student/Parent Handbook 2026-2027brrice.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brother-Rice-Student-Parent-Handbook-2026-2027-FINAL-7-10-26.pdf · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “permeate the entire curriculum, activities, and all aspects of the”
      The school's mission states that the Gospel message permeates the entire curriculum.
ACampus culture: Strong (grade A): 85 to 100 points out of 100 on what official sources document. Grades need sources for at least 60% of the checklist.

Campus culture

100 of 100 points on what we could document.

  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    RetreatsA retreat for every grade (Freshmen and sophomores have class retreats; juniors and seniors are offered the Kairos retreat.)
    Sources (2)
    1. Brother Rice Student/Parent Handbook 2026-2027brrice.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brother-Rice-Student-Parent-Handbook-2026-2027-FINAL-7-10-26.pdf · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Freshmen and sophomores have class retreats”
      Every grade has a retreat each year: class retreats for freshmen and sophomores and Kairos for juniors and seniors.
    2. Kairos | Brother Ricebrrice.edu/faith-formation/kairos · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “The Kairos experience, for juniors and seniors, is led by a team of their fellow students and faculty members.”
      Kairos is a retreat for juniors and seniors led by students and faculty.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Campus ministry staffTwo or more (Two named campus ministry staff: a campus minister and an associate campus minister.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Faith Formation | Brother Ricebrrice.edu/faith-formation · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Thane Hall Campus Minister Adam Seneski Associate Campus Minister”
      Campus ministry has two named staff: Thane Hall, campus minister, and Adam Seneski, associate campus minister.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Faith-based student groups or clubsTwo or more
    Sources (1)
    1. Student Activities | Brother Ricebrrice.edu/brotherhood-experience/student-activities · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Warriors for Life club at Brother Rice is not only dedicated to educating our student body”
      Warriors for Life is a student club focused on the pro-life cause.
      “The Brother Rice Blessed Edmund Service Corps is a program dedicated to instilling a strong sense of social and civic duty in students.”
      The Blessed Edmund Service Corps is a faith formation service program for students.
      “Brother Rice students volunteer to lead and guide the visiting children of the Christ Child program”
      Students volunteer with the Christ Child program under faith formation activities.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Daily prayer and liturgical life built into the school dayYes
    Sources (1)
    1. Brother Rice Student/Parent Handbook 2026-2027brrice.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brother-Rice-Student-Parent-Handbook-2026-2027-FINAL-7-10-26.pdf · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “regularly participate or demonstrate respect during group prayer”
      The school requires students to participate in or show respect during group prayer.
      “before school, before each class, and at the end of the school day.”
      Group prayer is held before school, before each class, and at the end of the school day.
AService and Catholic social teaching: Strong (grade A): 85 to 100 points out of 100 on what official sources document. Grades need sources for at least 60% of the checklist.

Service and Catholic social teaching

100 of 100 points on what we could document.

  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Required service hours40 or more hours over four years (20 hours of Christian Service per school year, which totals 80 hours over four years.)
    Sources (2)
    1. Brother Rice Student/Parent Handbook 2026-2027brrice.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brother-Rice-Student-Parent-Handbook-2026-2027-FINAL-7-10-26.pdf · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Brother Rice requires each student to complete twenty (20) hours of”
      Each student must complete 20 hours of Christian Service per school year.
    2. Service | Brother Ricebrrice.edu/faith-formation/service · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Every Brother Rice student seeks to serve the Lord in their neighbor by performing 20 hours of service to the community each year.”
      Service page: 20 hours of service to the community each year.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Catholic social teaching taught in theology coursesNot enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Pro-life engagement (club, March for Life, or similar)Yes
    Sources (1)
    1. Student Activities | Brother Ricebrrice.edu/brotherhood-experience/student-activities · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Warriors for Life club at Brother Rice is not only dedicated to educating our student body”
      Warriors for Life is a student club focused on the pro-life cause.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Justice and solidarity programs (immersions, service trips, justice clubs)Yes
    Sources (1)
    1. Service | Brother Ricebrrice.edu/faith-formation/service · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Each November, students join with three other Christian Brothers schools for a week of service and education in Brownsville, Texas.”
      Students serve with refugees and recent immigrants in Brownsville, Texas each November.
      “Brother Rice provides students with an international service experience working with people experiencing poverty in Lima, Peru.”
      The school offers a service immersion trip to Lima, Peru.
      “Lighthouse Thanksgiving Project: Students assist in packing food baskets for Thanksgiving for Oakland County's needy.”
      Students serve on local service projects, including the Lighthouse Thanksgiving Project.

Grades come from the documented indicators under the published rubric. “Not enough information” does not mean the school lacks it.

Strengths

  • Students complete 20 hours of Christian Service each school year, and every grade has a retreat each year.
    Sources (1)
    1. Brother Rice Student/Parent Handbook 2026-2027brrice.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brother-Rice-Student-Parent-Handbook-2026-2027-FINAL-7-10-26.pdf · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Freshmen and sophomores have class retreats”
      Every grade has a retreat each year: class retreats for freshmen and sophomores and Kairos for juniors and seniors.
      “Brother Rice requires each student to complete twenty (20) hours of”
      Each student must complete 20 hours of Christian Service per school year.
  • The school requires group prayer before school, before each class, and at the end of the school day.
    Sources (1)
    1. Brother Rice Student/Parent Handbook 2026-2027brrice.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brother-Rice-Student-Parent-Handbook-2026-2027-FINAL-7-10-26.pdf · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “regularly participate or demonstrate respect during group prayer”
      The school requires students to participate in or show respect during group prayer.
      “before school, before each class, and at the end of the school day.”
      Group prayer is held before school, before each class, and at the end of the school day.
  • The school's mission states that the Gospel message permeates the entire curriculum.
    Sources (1)
    1. Brother Rice Student/Parent Handbook 2026-2027brrice.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brother-Rice-Student-Parent-Handbook-2026-2027-FINAL-7-10-26.pdf · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “permeate the entire curriculum, activities, and all aspects of the”
      The school's mission states that the Gospel message permeates the entire curriculum.

Concerns

None recorded.

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Campus ministry home

Campus Ministry

  • Address: 7101 Lahser Rd., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
  • Location: On campus
  • Facilities: chapel

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Catholic clubs and student life

10 groups and regular activities · 0 on campus, 2 off campus, 8 location not published

Service 6

  • Mission Peru immersion tripOff campus
    Summer
    Ten-day service immersion trip to Lima, Peru.
    brrice.edu
  • Brownsville, Texas service weekOff campus
    Each November
    Week of service and education with refugees and recent immigrants in Brownsville, Texas, with three other Christian Brothers schools.
    brrice.edu
  • Blessed Edmund Service Corps
    Program that instills a sense of social and civic duty in students, named for Blessed Edmund Rice.
    brrice.edu
  • Christ Child program volunteers
    Students lead and guide visiting children of the Christ Child program for an afternoon of games and activities.
    brrice.edu
  • Random Acts of Charity Club
    Club that spreads acts of kindness and encourages a kindness movement in the school.
    brrice.edu
  • Lighthouse Thanksgiving and Christmas projects
    Students pack Thanksgiving food baskets and assist with Christmas gift distribution for Oakland County's needy.
    brrice.edu

Faith formation 1

  • Student ministry corps
    Student ministry corps offered through Campus Ministry.
    brrice.edu

Clubs and groups 1

  • Warriors for LIFE
    Student club dedicated to educating the student body and spreading the pro-life message on campus and in the community.
    brrice.edu

Retreats 2

  • Kairos retreat
    Juniors and seniors
    Four-day overnight retreat led by a team of students and faculty members.
    brrice.edu, brrice.edu
  • Class retreats
    Freshmen and sophomores
    Retreats for freshmen and sophomores.
    brrice.edu

Everything listed is published by the school, its campus ministry, or the parish. Ask the campus minister what’s happening this semester.

Campus ministry

Sources (4)
  1. Faith Formation | Brother Ricebrrice.edu/faith-formation · verified Oct. 12, 2026
    “Thane Hall Campus Minister Adam Seneski Associate Campus Minister”
    Campus ministry has two named staff: Thane Hall, campus minister, and Adam Seneski, associate campus minister.
  2. Campus Ministry | Brother Ricebrrice.edu/faith-formation/campus-ministry · verified Oct. 12, 2026
    “daily prayer as a school and before each class, the Sacrament of Reconciliation”
    Campus Ministry includes the Sacrament of Reconciliation and daily prayer before each class.
    “daily prayer as a school and before each class, the Sacrament of Reconciliation”
    Campus Ministry includes the Sacrament of Reconciliation and daily prayer before each class.
  3. Brother Rice Student/Parent Handbook 2026-2027brrice.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brother-Rice-Student-Parent-Handbook-2026-2027-FINAL-7-10-26.pdf · verified Oct. 12, 2026
    “the school chapel may be available”
    The school chapel may be available for individual prayer during the day.
  4. Brother Rice | Homebrrice.edu · verified Oct. 12, 2026
    “7101 Lahser Rd., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301”
    The school's address is 7101 Lahser Rd., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301.

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Academic Excellence

BAcademic Excellence: Good (grade B): 70 to 100 points out of 100 on what official sources document. Grades need sources for at least 60% of the checklist.
84 of 100
From federal data, on fixed published scales.

Each measure counts for the share shown.

  • Graduates going to four-year colleges 75% of scoreThis measure counts for 75% of the Academic Excellence score.98%
  • Students per teacher 25% of scoreThis measure counts for 25% of the Academic Excellence score.13.9 to 1

Bars show points on each measure’s scale. How Academic Excellence is computed. Federal data on private high schools is limited to these two measures.

Source: NCES Private School Survey (2023–24 school year)

School facts

TypeIndependent Catholic school
DioceseArchdiocese of Detroit, MI
Grades9–12
Students (all grades)548
Students in grades 9–12548
Coed or single-sexAll-male
Student–teacher ratio13.9 to 1
Graduates going to 4-year colleges98%
SettingSuburb

Source: NCES Private School Survey 23-24 public-use file (school year 2023–24). The college-going rate and student–teacher ratio feed Academic Excellence; nothing here changes the faith grades.

Local Church

Archdiocese of Detroit

The Most Reverend Edward J. Weisenburger, Archbishop of Detroit

Formal address: “Your Excellency”

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Source: aod.org, verified Oct. 7, 2026.

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Yes. Brother Rice High School is a Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Detroit.
What is Brother Rice High School’s Compass Score?
86 out of 100 (grade A). It combines faith (75%) and academics (25%), each rated from official sources.

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