| U.S. Department of Education Secondary School Recognition Program Catholic High School Recipients |
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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 |
| Xavier College Preparatory School
|
Phoenix |
94-95, 90-91 |
| 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 | San Diego | 97-98 |
| Regis High School | Denver | 97-98, 84-85 |
| St. Mary's Academy | Englewood | 99-00
|
| 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 |
| Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
|
Washington | 86-87 |
| Padua Academy | Wilmington | 94-95 |
| 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 |
| Marist School | Atlanta | 86-87 |
| Mount De Sales Academy | Macon | 90-91
|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Dowling High School | West Des Moines | 03-04 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bishop Stang High School | North Dartmouth | 94-95 |
| Cathedral High School | Springfield | 83-84 |
| Coyle and Cassidy High School | Taunton | 97-98, 90-91 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Shanley High School | Fargo | 83-84 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| O'Gorman High School | Sioux Falls | 84-85, 05-06 |
| Memphis Catholic High School | Memphis | 84-85 |
| Saint Cecilia Academy | Nashville | 90-91 |
| 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 |
| Judge Memorial Catholic High School | Salt Lake City | 97-98, 88-89 |
| Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High | Arlington | 92-93 |
| St. Gertrude High School | Richmond | 94-95 |
| 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 |
| 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 |