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    • U.S. Department of Education
    Secondary School Recognition Program
    Catholic High School Recipients    		 Blue Ribbon Schools Program

    The following is the list of Catholic high schools that have won the U.S. Department of Education's prestigious Blue Ribbon School Award. The schools are listed by state along with the school year or years in which they received the award. Bolded entries indicate schools whose status has changed since the award.

    AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA IL IN KY
    LA MA MD MI MN MO ND NE NJ NY OH
    OR PA PR RI SD TN TX UT VA WA WI

    Arizona

    Xavier College Preparatory School 

     

    Phoenix

    94-95, 90-91

    California

    Academy of Our Lady of Peace   San Diego 99-00, 92-93, 88-89
    Bishop Amat Memorial High School   West Covina 83-84
    Bishop O'Dowd High School  Oakland  90-91
    Chaminade College Preparatory   Chatsworth 97-98
    Convent of the Sacred Heart High School   San Francisco 97-98, 92-93
    Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy  La Canada  94-95
    Holy Names High School  Oakland  90-91, 84-85 
    Louisville High School  Woodland Hills  94-95
    Moreau High School  Hayward  88-89, 83-84
    Notre Dame Academy  Los Angeles  94-95, 90-91
    Notre Dame High School  Sherman Oaks  94-95
    Presentation High School  Berkeley  84-85
    Providence High School  Burbank  97-98
    Ramona Convent Secondary School  Alhambra  97-98, 92-93 
    Saint Francis High School  Mountain View  94-95, 90-91
    Santa Margarita Catholic High School  Rancho Santa Margarita  97-98
    St. Elizabeth High School  Oakland  83-84
    Stella Maris Academy La Jolla   04-05 
    St. lgnatius College Preparatory School  San Francisco  83-84
    Saint Joseph High School  Lakewood 01-02
    St. Joseph High School  Santa Maria 92-93
    St. Mary's College High School  Berkeley  84-85
    St. Matthias High School  Downey 01-02
    University of San Diego High School 

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    		San Diego  97-98

    Colorado

    Regis High School  Denver  97-98, 84-85 
    St. Mary's Academy  Englewood  99-00

     

    Connecticut

    East Catholic High School  Manchester  88-89
    Fairfield College Preparatory School  Fairfield  86-87
    Northwest Catholic High School  West Hartford  88-89
    Notre Dame High School  Fairfield  84-85
    Sacred Heart Academy  Hamden  92-93

    District of Columbia

    Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School 

     

    		 Washington  86-87

    Delaware

    Padua Academy  Wilmington  94-95

     

    Florida

    Cardinal Gibbons High School  Fort Lauderdale  86-87
    Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School Hollywood  92-93
    Clearwater Central Catholic High School  Clearwater  88-89
    Jesuit High School  Tampa  86-87
    Melbourne Central Catholic High School  Melbourne  90-91
    Monsignor Edward Pace High School Miami 01-02
    Our Lady of Lourdes Academy  Miami  94-95, 86-87
    Pensacola Catholic High School  Pensacola  92-93
    St. Thomas Aquinas High School  Fort Lauderdale  94-95, 84-85

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    Georgia

    Marist School  Atlanta  86-87
    Mount De Sales Academy  Macon  90-91

     

    Illinois

    Academy of Our Lady (closed)  Chicago  84-85
    Boylan Central Catholic High School  Rockford  97-98, 90-91, 86-87
    Brother Rice High School  Chicago  84-85
    Carmel High School  Mundelein   01-02, 94-95, 84-85
    De La Salle Institute  Chicago  84-85
    Fenwick High School  Oak Park  83-84
    Hales Franciscan High School  Chicago  84-85
    Immaculate Heart of Mary High School  Worchester  94-95
    Madonna High School  Chicago  90-91
    Marian High School  Chicago Heights  94-95, 84-85
    Marist High School  Chicago  86-87
    Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School  Chicago  90-91, 86-87
    Mt. Carmel High School  Chicago  83-84
    Notre Dame High School  Chicago  84-85
    Regina Dominican High School  Wilmette  92-93
    Saint Louise de Marillac High School (closed)  Northfield  86-87
    Saint Rita High School  Chicago  86-87
    Weber High School  Chicago 88-89

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    Indiana

    Bishop Dwenger High School Fort Wayne 04-05

    Cathedral High School 

    Indianapolis 

    88-89, 04-05
    Our Lady of Providence Jr./Sr. High  Clarksville  99-00
    Reitz Memorial High School  Evansville 01-02
    Roncalli High School  Indianapolis  03-04, 97-98, 92-93
    St. Joseph's High School  South Bend  03-04, 84-85
    Shawe Memorial Jr./Sr. High School Madison 06-07

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    Iowa
    Dowling High School West Des Moines 03-04

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    Kentucky

    Covington High School Covington 03-04
    Academy of Our Lady of Mercy  Louisville  99-00
    Assumption High School  Louisville  97-98, 92-93, 88-89 
    Notre Dame Academy  Louisville  94-95
    Sacred Heart Academy  Louisville  97-98
    St. Xavier High School  Louisville  92-93, 88-89, 83-84
    Trinity High School  Louisville  90-91
    Villa Madonna Academy Villa Hills 03-04, 01-02

     

    Louisiana

    Archbishop Blenk High School  Gretna  94-95
    Archbishop Chapelle High School  Metairie  94-95, 90-91, 86-87
    Archbishop Rummel High School  Metairie  88-89
    Brother Martin High School  New Orleans  86-87
    Catholic High School  Baton Rouge  03-04, 97-98, 92-93, 88-89 
    De La Salle High School  New Orleans  94-95
    Jesuit High School  New Orleans  86-87
    Mount Carmel Academy  New Orleans 97-98, 92-93
    Saint Joseph's Academy  Baton Rouge  01-02, 94-95, 90-91
    Saint Thomas More Catholic High School  Lafayette  97-98, 92-93, 86-87
    St. Mary's Dominican High School  New Orleans  94-95, 88-89
    St. Scholastica Academy  Covington  97-98
    Ursuline Academy  New Orleans  90-91
    Vermilion High School  Abbeville  94-95
    Xavier University Preparatory School  New Orleans  90-91, 86-87

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    Maryland

    Academy of the Holy Cross  Kensington  97-98
    Archbishop Keough High School (merged with Seton) Baltimore  86-87
    Archbishop Spalding High School  Severn  92-93
    Calvert Hall College High School  Towson  88-89, 84-85
    Connelly School of the Holy Child  Potomac  88-89
    Country Day School of the Sacred Heart-Stone Ridge Bethesda  92-93, 86-87
    DeMatha Catholic High School  Hyattsville  90-91, 83-84
    Elizabeth Seton High School  Bladensburg  84-85
    Our Lady of Good Counsel High School  Wheaton  01-02, 92-93
    La Reine High School (merged with McNamara)  Suitland  84-85
    Loyola High School of Baltimore  Towson  86-87
    Mercy High School  Baltimore  84-85
    Mount St. Joseph High School  Baltimore  88-89
    Notre Dame Preparatory School  Towson  84-85

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    Massachusetts

    Bishop Stang High School  North Dartmouth  94-95
    Cathedral High School  Springfield  83-84
    Coyle and Cassidy High School  Taunton  97-98, 90-91

     

    Michigan

    Bishop Foley High School  Madison Heights  83-84
    De La Salle Collegiate High School  Warren  92-93
    Lansing Catholic Central High School  Lansing  86-87
    Mercy High School  Farmington Hills  83-84

     

    Minnesota

    Academy of Holy Angels  Richfield  97-98
    Benilde-St. Margaret’s School  St. Louis Park  97-98
    Cretin-Derham Hall School  St. Paul  97-98
    Regina High School (closed 1987)  Minneapolis  84-85

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    Missouri

    Cardinal Ritter College Preparatory High School  St. Louis  83-84
    Cor Jesu Academy  St. Louis  90-91
    DeSmet Jesuit High School  St. Louis  84-85
    Nerinx Hall High School  Webster Groves  90-91
    Notre Dame de Sion High School  Kansas City  84-85
    Saint John Vianney High School  St. Louis  97-98
    St. Joseph's Academy  St. Louis  92-93
    St. Teresa's Academy Kansas City  83-84
    Ursuline Academy of St. Louis St. Louis  01-02, 88-89
    Villa Duchesne School  St. Louis  90-91

     

    Nebraska

    Boys Town/Father Flanagan High School  Boys Town/Omaha  88-89, 83-84
    Creighton Preparatory School  Omaha  86-87
    Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart  Omaha  94-95, 05-06
    St. Mary's High School  O'Neill  88-89
    Marian High School  Omaha  97-98, 92-93

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    New Jersey

    Academy of the Holy Angels  Demarest  99-00
    Christian Brothers Academy  Lincroft  83-84
    Delbarton School  Morristown  83-84
    Immaculata High School  Somerville  97-98
    Immaculate Heart of Mary  Township of Washington  94-95
    Morris High School  Denville  84-85
    Queen of Peace High School  North Arlington  97-98, 92-93

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    New York

    Academy of Mount Saint Ursula  Bronx  86-87
    Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel  White Plains  86-87
    Aquinas High School  Bronx  99-00, 84-85
    Archbishop Molloy High School  Briarwood  86-87
    Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School  Brooklyn  83-84
    Catherine McAuley High School  Brooklyn  90-91
    Convent of the Sacred Heart School  New York  90-91
    Fordham Preparatory School  Bronx  83-84
    Holy Trinity Diocesan High School  Hicksville  86-87
    Iona Preparatory School New Rochelle 01-02
    John F. Kennedy High School  Somers  83-84
    La Salle Academy  New York  99-00
    La Salle Institute  Troy  90-91, 86-87
    Loyola School  New York  88-89
    McQuaid Jesuit High School  Rochester  86-87
    Mercy High School  Riverhead  88-89
    Mother Cabrini High School  New York  97-98, 86-87
    Mount Saint Michael Academy  Bronx  90-91
    Nazareth Academy  Rochester  83-84
    Regis High School  New York  84-85
    Rice High School  Bronx  94-95
    Sacred Heart Academy  Hempstead  94-95
    St. Catherine Academy  Bronx  92-93
    St. Francis Preparatory School  Fresh Meadows  83-84
    St. Raymond High School for Boys  Bronx  94-95
    The Academy of Holy Names  Albany  92-93
    The Dominican Academy of the City of New York  New York  01-02, 94-95
    The Ursuline School  New Rochelle  01-02, 94-95, 84-85
    Xavier High School  New York  90-91

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    North Dakota

    Shanley High School  Fargo  83-84

     

    Ohio

    Archbishop Hoban High School  Akron  97-98
    Beaumont School  Cleveland Heights  90-91
    Bishop Watterson High School  Columbus  88-89
    Central Catholic High School  Toledo  97-98, 90-91
    Chaminade-Julienne High School  Dayton  88-89
    Elyria Catholic High School  Elyria  92-93
    Magnificat High School  Rocky River  84-85
    McAuley High School  Cincinnati  99-00
    Mother of Mercy High School Cincinnati 01-02
    Mount Notre Dame High School  Cincinnati  86-87
    Notre Dame Academy Toledo 01-02
    Regina High School  South Euclid  90-91
    St. Edward High School  Lakewood  94-95
    St. Francis DeSales High School  Columbus  01-02, 92-93
    St. Ignatius High School  Cleveland  84-85
    St. John's High School  Toledo  88-89
    St. Joseph Academy  Cleveland 90-91
    St. Peter’s High School  Mansfield  97-98
    St. Ursula Academy Cincinnati 01-02
    St. Ursula Academy  Toledo  97-98
    St. Xavier High School  Cincinnati  83-84
    Ursuline Academy of Cincinnati  Cincinnati  88-89
    Villa Angela Academy  Cleveland  86-87
    Walsh Jesuit High School  Cuyahoga Falls  01-02
    Walsh Jesuit High School  Stow  84-85

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    Oregon

    Jesuit High School  Portland  97-98, 88-89
    Marist High School  Eugene  84-85
    St. Mary's Academy  Portland  97-98, 88-89, 83-84

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    Pennsylvania

    Allentown Central Catholic High School  Allentown  97-98, 92-93, 83-84
    Central Catholic High School  Pittsburgh  86-87
    Gwynedd Mercy Academy  Gwynedd Valley  90-91
    Holy Ghost Preparatory School  Bensalem  92-93
    La Salle College High School  Wyndmoor  84-85
    Mercyhurst Preparatory School  Erie  97-98, 92-93
    Mercy Vocational High School  Philadelphia  83-84
    Merion Mercy Academy  Merion Station  94-95
    Mount Saint Joseph Academy  Flourtown  97-98, 92-93
    Scranton Preparatory School  Scranton  86-87
    St. Gabriel's Hall  Audubon 88-89
    St. Joseph's Preparatory School  Philadelphia  84-85
    Trinity High School  Camp Hill  92-93, 99-00
    Villa Joseph Marie High School  Holland  94-95
    Villa Maria  Malvern  88-89
    West Catholic High School for Boys  Philadelphia  94-95, 83-84

     

    Puerto Rico

    Academia Maria Reina  Rio Piedras  88-89
    Colegio Ponceno  Coto Laurel  90-91
    Colegio San Ignacio  Rio Piedras  84-85
    Colegio San Jose  San Juan  94-95

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    Rhode Island

    Bishop Hendriken High School  Warwick  92-93
    La Salle Academy  Providence  90-91
    Mount Saint Charles Academy  Woonsocket  99-00, 92-93
    St. Mary Academy-Bay View  Riverside  01-02, 90-91

     

    South Dakota

    O'Gorman High School  Sioux Falls  84-85, 05-06

     

    Tennessee

    Memphis Catholic High School  Memphis  84-85
    Saint Cecilia Academy  Nashville  90-91

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    Texas

    Antonian College Preparatory High School  San Antonio  03-04, 99-00
    Bishop Lynch High School  Dallas  97-98, 90-91
    Bishop Thomas K. Gorman Middle and High School Tyler  97-98
    Duchesne Academy of Sacred Heart  Houston 92-93
    Holy Cross High School  San Antonio  83-84
    Incarnate Word Academy  Corpus Christi  84-85
    Incarnate Word High School  San Antonio 01-02
    Jesuit College Preparatory School  Dallas  90-91
    Monsignor Kelly High School  Beaumont  90-91, 84-85
    Sacred Heart High School  Muenster  97-98
    St. Agnes Academy  Houston  88-89, 83-84
    Ursuline Academy of Dallas  Dallas  92-93

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    Utah

    Judge Memorial Catholic High School  Salt Lake City  97-98, 88-89

     

    Virginia

    Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High  Arlington  92-93
    St. Gertrude High School  Richmond  94-95

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    Washington

    Bellarmine Preparatory School  Tacoma  88-89, 83-84
    Blanchet High School  Seattle  97-98
    Gonzaga High School  Spokane  92-93
    Holy Names Academy  Seattle  01-02, 94-95, 90-91, 84-85

     

    Wisconsin

    Divine Savior/Holy Angels High School  Milwaukee  84-85
    Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart  Madison  86-87
    Marquette University High School  Milwaukee  83-84
    Pius XI High School  Milwaukee  94-95, 83-84
    St. Joseph Academy (merged)  Green Bay  88-89
    St. Peter Middle School  Stevens Point  99-00
    Thomas More High School  Milwaukee  97-98

     

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