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  • For the 2018-19 school year, there are 42 top blue ribbon private schools in Pennsylvania, serving 15,852 students.
  • These schools have been recognized by the Department of Education for achieving superior standards of academic excellence.
  • Read more about this national school awards program and how blue ribbon schools work.

Top Pennsylvania Blue Ribbon Private Schools (2018-19)

  • School Location Students Year
  • St. Aloysius Academy
    St. Aloysius Academy Photo - St. Aloyius Academy offers a multitude of sports programs including football, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, baseball, tennis, track and flag football. There are also after school clubs including various sports for our younger students, including chess , pottery and more. The Academy is known throughout the metro area for its athletics program. We are the Wildcats!
    (Roman Catholic)
    (6)
     401 S Bryn Mawr Avenue
    Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
    (610)525-1670
    234 students
    Year: 2008
  • Ancillae-assumpta Academy
    (Roman Catholic)
     2025 Church Road
    Wyncote, PA 19095
    (215)885-1636
    590 students
    Year: 2018
  • Corpus Christi School
    (Roman Catholic)
     920 Sumneytown Pike
    Lansdale, PA 19446
    (215)368-0582
    554 students
    Year: 2011
  • Grey Nun Academy
    Grey Nun Academy Photo
    (Roman Catholic)
    (9)
     1750 Quarry Rd
    Yardley, PA 19067
    (215)968-4151
    145 students
    Year: 2009
  • Gwynedd-mercy Academy Elementary
    Gwynedd-mercy Academy Elementary Photo - Gwynedd-Mercy Academy has kept pace with developing technology by equipping our classrooms, library and computer lab with interactive whiteboards, wireless Internet and Microsoft Surface tablets, iPads and computer work stations. Full-time Directors of Informational Technology and Educational Technology support technology integration in innovative curriculum.
    (Roman Catholic)
    (5)
     816 Norristown Road, P.O. Box 241
    Spring House, PA 19477
    (215)646-4916
    419 students
    Year: 2007, 2017
  • Holy Child School at Rosemont
    Holy Child School at Rosemont Photo
    (Roman Catholic)
    (1)
     1344 Montgomery Avenue
    Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
    (610)922-1000
    n/a students
    Year: 2005
  • Holy Family School
    (Roman Catholic)
     221 3rd Ave
    Phoenixville, PA 19460
    (610)933-7562
    396 students
    Year: 2016
  • Holy Ghost Prep
    All-boys (Roman Catholic)
    (1)
     2429 Bristol Pike
    Bensalem, PA 19020
    (215)639-2102
    485 students
    Year: 1995
  • Mary Mother Of The Redeemer School
    (Roman Catholic)
     1321 Upper State Road
    North Wales, PA 19454
    (215)412-7101
    791 students
    Year: 2010
  • Mercyhurst Preparatory School
    Mercyhurst Preparatory School Photo - Sitting atop the hill on a sprawling 7.25 acre campus, Erie's only co-educational Catholic high school and with Northwest Pennsylvania's only International Baccalaureate program, Mercyhurst Preparatory School offers a destination for students from across the region and around the world that is unmatched in Erie.
    (Roman Catholic)
     538 E Grandview Blvd
    Erie, PA 16504
    (814)824-2210
    544 students
    Year: 1993, 1998
  • Mount St Joseph Academy
    Mount St Joseph Academy Photo - Mount Saint Joseph Academy, an all-girls private Catholic High School located in the Philadelphia area suburbs, has been educating founders since 1858.
    All-girls (Roman Catholic)
     120 W Wissahickon Avenue
    Flourtown, PA 19031
    (215)233-3177
    530 students
    Year: 2014
  • Mountain View Christian School
    Mountain View Christian School Photo
    (Seventh Day Adventist)
     305 Fleming St
    Williamsport, PA 17702
    (570)327-9238
    26 students
    Year: n/a
  • Nativity Of Our Lord School
    (Roman Catholic)
     585 W Street Road
    Warminster, PA 18974
    (215)675-2820
    553 students
    Year: 2011
  • Norwood-Fontbonne Academy
    Norwood-Fontbonne Academy Photo
    (Roman Catholic)
     8891 Germantown Avenue
    Philadelphia, PA 19118
    (215)247-3811
    428 students
    Year: 2014
  • Our Lady Of Mount Carmel school
    (Roman Catholic)
     225 East Ashland Street
    Doylestown, PA 18901
    (215)348-5907
    299 students
    Year: 2018
  • Our Lady Of Mount Carmel School
    (Roman Catholic)
     2329 S 3rd St
    Philadelphia, PA 19148
    (215)334-0584
    218 students
    Year: 2006
  • Our Mother Of Consolation Parish School
    (Roman Catholic)
     17 E Chestnut Hill Avenue
    Philadelphia, PA 19118
    (215)247-1060
    238 students
    Year: 2015
  • St Agnes Catholic School
    St Agnes Catholic School Photo - Our mission at Saint Agnes Catholic School is to develop every student spiritually, intellectually, physically, emotionally, and socially in a joyful, faith-based environment that inspires integrity, citizenship, leadership and service to others in the Church and in the world.
    (Roman Catholic)
     211 W Gay St
    West Chester, PA 19380
    (610)696-1260
    357 students
    Year: 2015
  • St Anastasia Elementary School
    (Roman Catholic)
     3309 West Chester Pike
    Newtown Square, PA 19073
    (610)356-6225
    646 students
    Year: 2007
  • St. Andrew School
    (Roman Catholic)
     51 Wrights Rd
    Newtown, PA 18940
    (215)968-2685
    709 students
    Year: 2013
  • St Genevieve School
    (Roman Catholic)
    (3)
     1237 Bethlehem Pike
    Flourtown, PA 19031
    (215)836-5644
    253 students
    Year: 2001, 2006, 2016
  • St Ignatius Elementary School
    (Roman Catholic)
     995 Reading Ave
    Morrisville, PA 19067
    (215)493-3867
    271 students
    Year: 2007
  • St Joan Of Arc Elementary School
    (Roman Catholic)
     329 W Areba Ave
    Hershey, PA 17033
    (717)533-2854
    349 students
    Year: 2016
  • St. John The Evangelist School
    (Roman Catholic)
     728 Big Oak Road
    Morrisville, PA 19067
    (215)295-0629
    197 students
    Year: 2008
  • St Joseph St Robert School
    (Roman Catholic)
     850 Euclid Ave
    Warrington, PA 18976
    (215)343-5100
    261 students
    Year: 2018
  • St Joseph School
    (Roman Catholic)
     420 E Simpson St
    Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
    (717)766-2564
    453 students
    Year: 2015
  • St Joseph School
    (Roman Catholic)
     340 Manor Ave
    Downingtown, PA 19335
    (610)269-8999
    674 students
    Year: 2017
  • St Jude Catholic Education Center
    (Roman Catholic)
     323 W Butler Ave
    Chalfont, PA 18914
    (215)822-9225
    364 students
    Year: 2018
  • St Jude School
    (Roman Catholic)
     422 S Mountain Blvd
    Mountain Top, PA 18707
    (570)474-5803
    261 students
    Year: 2014
  • St. Katharine Drexel Regional Catholic School
    (Roman Catholic)
     1053 Holland Rd
    Southampton, PA 18966
    (215)357-4720
    383 students
    Year: 2018
  • St Mary Interparochial School
    (Roman Catholic)
     5th & Locust Sts
    Philadelphia, PA 19106
    (215)923-7522
    254 students
    Year: 2016
  • St Mary Magdalen School
    (Roman Catholic)
     2430 N Providence Rd
    Media, PA 19063
    (610)565-1822
    387 students
    Year: 2018
  • St Maximilian Kolbe Parish School
    (Roman Catholic)
     300 Daly Dr
    West Chester, PA 19382
    (610)399-8400
    269 students
    Year: 2017
  • St. Norbert Elementary School
    (Roman Catholic)
    (3)
     6 Greenlawn Rd
    Paoli, PA 19301
    (610)644-1670
    212 students
    Year: 2015
  • St. Patrick School
    St. Patrick School Photo
    (Roman Catholic)
    (1)
     87 Marsh Drive
    Carlisle, PA 17015
    (717)249-4826
    287 students
    Year: 2007
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