The Council for American Private Education is pleased to recognize 55 exemplary non-public schools as 2025 CAPE Blue Ribbon Schools.
The CAPE Blue Ribbon School Award honors schools in one of two performance categories:
- Exemplary High-Performing Schools as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests.
- Exemplary Achievement Gap-Closing Schools as measured by the closing of achievement gaps between a school’s student groups and all students.
The list of the 55 Blue Ribbon Schools chosen by CAPE is as follows:
Arizona
Saint John Bosco Catholic School, Phoenix
California
Chamlian Armenian School, Glendale
Ecole Notre Dame Des Victoires, San Francisco
Orange Lutheran High School, Orange
Connecticut
Saint James School, Manchester
Saint Thomas & Saint Timothy School, West Hartford
Washington, DC
Holy Trinity School
Florida
Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School, Southwest Ranches
Mount Dora Christian Academy, Mount Dora
The King’s Academy, West Palm Beach
Georgia
St. John the Evangelist Catholic School, Hapeville
Illinois
Ascension Catholic School, Oak Park
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy, Chicago
Regina Dominican High School, Wilmette
St. Giles School, Oak Park
St. Matthias School, Chicago
St. Therese Chinese Catholic School, Chicago
St. Catherine Laboure School, Glenview
St. John of the Cross Parish School, Western Springs
St. Norbert School, Northbrook
St. Anne Catholic School, Barrington
The Academy of Saint Joan of Arc, Evanston
Timothy Christian (PreK – 8), Elmhurst
Wheaton Academy, West Chicago
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart, Lake Forest
Indiana
Eman Schools, Fishers
Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Indianapolis
St. John the Evangelist School, St. John
St. Louis de Montfort School, Fishers
St. Philip School, Mt. Vernon
St. Mary’s Catholic School, North Vernon
Kentucky
Newport Central Catholic High School, Newport
Notre Dame Academy, Park Hills
Louisiana
Saint Dominic School, New Orleans
St. Jude the Apostle School, Baton Rouge
Maryland
Little Flower School, Bethesda
St. Louis School, Clarksville
Michigan
All Saints Catholic School, Canton
Bishop Foley Catholic High School, Madison Heights
Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic School, Grand Rapids
Nebraska
Mary Our Queen Catholic School, Omaha
Mount Michael Benedictine School, Elkhorn
St. Isidore Catholic Elementary School, Columbus
Nevada
Little Flower Catholic School, Reno
New Jersey
Our Lady of Czestochowa, Jersey City
The Elisabeth Morrow School, Englewood
New York
St. Pius X School, Loudonville
Ohio
Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School, Dayton
Oklahoma
Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, Oklahoma City
Pennsylvania
St. Elizabeth Parish School, Chester Springs
South Carolina
Prince of Peace Catholic School, Taylors
Texas
Jack Segal Academy of Beth Yeshurun, Houston
St. Rita Catholic School, Dallas
Virginia
St. Mark Catholic School, Vienna
Trinity Christian School, Fairfax
