The Catholic High School Honor Roll, an independent project of the Acton Institute, an international research and educational organization, recently announced its best 50 secondary schools. From over 1,300 applicants, the Honor Roll, with consultation from a national advisory board comprised of Catholic college presidents and noted Catholic scholars, chose the honorees based on high academic standards, Catholic identity, and their preparation of students to actively engage the world.
Here is a list of the top fifty schools. Other category leaders in academics, Catholic identity, and civic education are were also named.
Also, please note a link to a news story on one of the honored schools, Bishop Machebeuf Catholic High School of Denver. and how the school superintendent in the Archdiocese of Denver has worked with other leaders to develop a plan to help maintain Catholic education for low income, urban children.
2007 Catholic High School Honor Roll
Alaska
Holy Rosary Academy
California
J Serra Catholic High School
Saint Augustine Academy
Saint Michael's Prepatory School
Sierra Madre Academy
Colorado
Bishop Machebeuf Catholic High School
Delaware
Salesianum School
Florida
Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
Christopher Columbus Catholic High School
Saint Thomas Aquinas High School
Georgia
Holy Spirit Preparatory School
Pinecrest Academy
Illinois
Brother Rice High School
Indiana
Saint Joseph's High School
Saint Theodore Guerin High School
Kentucky
Holy Angels Academy
Maryland
Mount de Sales Academy
The Heights School
Michigan
Catholic Central High School
Notre Dame Preparatory School
Nouvel Catholic Central High School
West Catholic High School
Minnesota
Providence Academy
Missouri
Gateway Academy
Notre Dame Regional High School
North Carolina
Cardinal Gibbons High School
Saint Thomas More Academy
Nebraska
Pius X Catholic High School
New York
All Hallows High School
Holy Cross Academy
The Montfort Academy
Ohio
Calvert High School
Cardinal Stritch High School
Oklahoma
Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School
Pennsylvania
Aquinas Academy
Quigley Catholic High School
Saint Joseph High School
South Carolina
Saint Joseph's Catholic School
South Dakota
O'Gorman High School
Tennessee
Saint Cecillia Academy
Texas
Antonian College Preparatory High School
Bishop Thomas K. Gorman Catholic School
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Saint Thomas High School
Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
The Highlands School
Virginia
Seton School
Wisconsin
McDonell Central Catholic High School
Xavier High School
Congratulations to all of the honored schools!
