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Mercy High School

  • LocationMiddletown, CT
  • Type and sizeDiocesan school · Grades 9–12 · 384 students

All-female

Official website

Mercy High School is a Catholic college preparatory school in Middletown, Connecticut, guided by the values of the Sisters of Mercy. Its Campus Minister leads liturgies, prayer services and school-wide retreats, with a Peer Ministry group of seniors. Students must complete 100 hours of community service to graduate.

Catholic churches nearby

Map of Mercy High School, its Catholic center and nearby Catholic churches1 mi2 mi3 miSaint Colman Catholic Church: 1.3 mi1Saint Mary of Czestochowa Catholic Church: 2.0 mi2Saint Pius X Catholic Church: 2.2 mi3Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church: 2.3 mi4Saint Sebastian Catholic Church: 2.3 mi5Saint John Catholic Church: 2.6 mi6Campus Ministry: 0.1 miMercy High School (campus)N1 mi
CampusCatholic centerCatholic church (numbered below)Open a street map ›
  1. Saint Colman Catholic Church — 1.3 mi · 170 Hubbard Street, Middlefield
  2. Saint Mary of Czestochowa Catholic Church — 2.0 mi · 79 South Main Street, Middletown
  3. Saint Pius X Catholic Church — 2.2 mi · 310 Westfield Street, Middletown
  4. Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church — 2.3 mi · 10 Elm Street, Middletown
  5. Saint Sebastian Catholic Church — 2.3 mi · 155 Washington Street, Middletown
  6. Saint John Catholic Church — 2.6 mi · 19 Saint Johns Square, Middletown

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.

N/ASacramental life: Not enough information. Official sources do not cover enough of this to grade it yet.

Sacramental life

Not enough information: official sources cover less than 60% of this area.

  • 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 liturgies are described as frequent.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Campus Ministry | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468877&type=d&pREC_ID=2743273 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Mercy offers frequent liturgies, prayer services, school-wide retreats and the services of a full-time Campus Minister.”
      The school offers frequent liturgies, prayer services and school-wide retreats, with a full-time Campus Minister.
  • 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.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Confession offered to students during the school yearNot 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.
    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 liturgies are offered and a full-time Campus Minister is named.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Campus Ministry | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468877&type=d&pREC_ID=2743273 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Mercy offers frequent liturgies, prayer services, school-wide retreats and the services of a full-time Campus Minister.”
      The school offers frequent liturgies, prayer services and school-wide retreats, with a full-time Campus Minister.
N/ATheology and curriculum: Not enough information. Official sources do not cover enough of this to grade it yet.

Theology and curriculum

Not enough information: official sources cover less than 60% of this area.

  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Years of theology or religion requiredNot 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.
    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.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Faith integrated across the curriculum (stated in the program of studies or mission)Not enough information: not found in official sources.
BCampus culture: 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.

Campus culture

73 of 100 points on what we could document.

  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    RetreatsA retreat for every grade (School-wide retreats are offered, which cover every grade.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Campus Ministry | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468877&type=d&pREC_ID=2743273 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Mercy offers frequent liturgies, prayer services, school-wide retreats and the services of a full-time Campus Minister.”
      The school offers frequent liturgies, prayer services and school-wide retreats, with a full-time Campus Minister.
  • Partly: the school meets some of this item and earns part of the points.
    Campus ministry staffOne (One professional ministry staff member is named: the full-time Campus Minister.)
    Sources (2)
    1. Campus Ministry | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468877&type=d&pREC_ID=2743273 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Mercy offers frequent liturgies, prayer services, school-wide retreats and the services of a full-time Campus Minister.”
      The school offers frequent liturgies, prayer services and school-wide retreats, with a full-time Campus Minister.
    2. Staff Directory | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/staff · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Ann Derbacher Campus Minister”
      Ann Derbacher is the Campus Minister.
  • Partly: the school meets some of this item and earns part of the points.
    Faith-based student groups or clubsOne (One student group is described: the Peer Ministry. The Clubs and Activities page is being updated; other faith groups may not be listed.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Campus Ministry | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468877&type=d&pREC_ID=2743273 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Peer Ministers, a leadership group of selected seniors, assist the Campus Minister with the retreat program and planning liturgies and prayer services.”
      A Peer Ministry group of seniors helps plan liturgies and retreats.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Daily prayer and liturgical life built into the school dayNot enough information: not found in official sources.
N/AService and Catholic social teaching: Not enough information. Official sources do not cover enough of this to grade it yet.

Service and Catholic social teaching

Not enough information: official sources cover less than 60% of this area.

  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Required service hours40 or more hours over four years (100 hours of community service are required for graduation.)
    Sources (2)
    1. Campus Ministry | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468877&type=d&pREC_ID=2743273 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “As a practical extension of their faith, students are required to complete 100 hours of community service prior to graduation.”
      Students are required to complete 100 hours of community service before graduation.
    2. Community Service | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468877&type=d&pREC_ID=2743275 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Total of 100 HOURS.”
      The community service graduation requirement is 100 hours.
  • 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.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Pro-life engagement (club, March for Life, or similar)Not enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Justice and solidarity programs (immersions, service trips, justice clubs)Yes (The service program lists mission trips among the ways students can complete their service requirement.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Community Service | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468877&type=d&pREC_ID=2743275 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Service can be completed either as a one-time service requirement (e.g., Mission Trip, CIT work at a camp)”
      Mission trips count toward the community service requirement.

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

Strengths

  • Students complete 100 hours of community service to graduate.
    Sources (2)
    1. Campus Ministry | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468877&type=d&pREC_ID=2743273 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “As a practical extension of their faith, students are required to complete 100 hours of community service prior to graduation.”
      Students are required to complete 100 hours of community service before graduation.
    2. Community Service | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468877&type=d&pREC_ID=2743275 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Total of 100 HOURS.”
      The community service graduation requirement is 100 hours.
  • Frequent liturgies, prayer services and school-wide retreats are offered through the Campus Ministry, with a full-time Campus Minister.
    Sources (1)
    1. Campus Ministry | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468877&type=d&pREC_ID=2743273 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Mercy offers frequent liturgies, prayer services, school-wide retreats and the services of a full-time Campus Minister.”
      The school offers frequent liturgies, prayer services and school-wide retreats, with a full-time Campus Minister.

Concerns

  • Several academic and faith pages, including the curriculum guide, clubs list and liturgy page, are marked as being updated.
    Sources (1)
    1. Campus Ministry | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468877&type=d&pREC_ID=2743273 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Mercy offers frequent liturgies, prayer services, school-wide retreats and the services of a full-time Campus Minister.”
      The school offers frequent liturgies, prayer services and school-wide retreats, with a full-time Campus Minister.

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Campus ministry home

Campus Ministry

  • Address: 1740 Randolph Road, Middletown, CT 06457
  • Location: On campus

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Source: mercyhigh.com, verified Oct. 12, 2026, mercyhigh.com, verified Oct. 12, 2026

Catholic clubs and student life

4 groups and regular activities · 0 on campus, 0 off campus, 4 location not published

Faith formation 1

  • Peer Ministry
    A leadership group of selected seniors that assists the Campus Minister with the retreat program and with planning liturgies and prayer services.
    mercyhigh.com

Liturgy and prayer 1

  • Liturgies and prayer services
    Frequent liturgies and prayer services are offered.
    mercyhigh.com

Retreats 1

  • School-wide retreats
    Retreats offered to the school through the Campus Ministry.
    mercyhigh.com

Service 1

  • Community service program
    A 100-hour graduation requirement, which students may complete in the community, at Mercy, or through mission trips or camp work.
    mercyhigh.com, mercyhigh.com, mercyhigh.com

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 (2)
  1. Campus Ministry | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468877&type=d&pREC_ID=2743273 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
    “Mercy offers frequent liturgies, prayer services, school-wide retreats and the services of a full-time Campus Minister.”
    The school offers frequent liturgies, prayer services and school-wide retreats, with a full-time Campus Minister.
    “Mercy offers frequent liturgies, prayer services, school-wide retreats and the services of a full-time Campus Minister.”
    The school offers frequent liturgies, prayer services and school-wide retreats, with a full-time Campus Minister.
  2. Our Campus | Mercy High Schoolmercyhigh.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4468874&type=d&pREC_ID=2743320 · verified Oct. 12, 2026
    “1740 Randolph Road, Middletown, CT 06457”
    The school is located at 1740 Randolph Road, Middletown, CT 06457.

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Academic Excellence

AAcademic Excellence: 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.
86 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.97%
  • Students per teacher 25% of scoreThis measure counts for 25% of the Academic Excellence score.12.2 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

TypeDiocesan school
DioceseDiocese of Norwich, CT
Grades9–12
Students (all grades)384
Students in grades 9–12384
Coed or single-sexAll-female
Student–teacher ratio12.2 to 1
Graduates going to 4-year colleges97%
SettingCity

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

Diocese of Norwich

The Most Reverend Richard F. Reidy, Bishop of Norwich

Formal address: “Your Excellency”

Source: norwichdiocese.org, usccb.org, verified Oct. 7, 2026.

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