The following is a list of schools operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, which covers Cook and Lake counties, followed by a list of former high schools closed after 1959 and former K-8 schools closed after 1983.

An August 27, 2015 article by the Chicago Tribune refers to the Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Catholic Schools as the largest private school system in the United States.

A wave of school closures after the 2014-2015 school year caused over 200 employees to change jobs and over 1,200 pupils to change schools.

At the outset of the 2020/21 academic year, the archdiocese ran 160 elementary schools and three high schools. An additional eight Catholic elementary schools and 28 Catholic high schools that are not archdiocesan-run are located within the Archdiocese of Chicago. , the Superintendent of Catholic Schools is Jim Rigg, Ph.D.

History The school construction boom ended when Cardinal John Cody, archbishop at the time, decided to limit construction of Catholic schools in Lake County and suburban areas in Cook County.

Between 1984 and 2004, the Office of Catholic Schools closed 148 schools and 10 school sites. By 2005, over 50% of the Chicago Archdiocese Catholic schools that existed in 1966 no longer did. In 1985, Joseph Bernardin, then the head of the archdiocese, stated that as costs increased to operate Catholic schools, it was likely merging or closure would result. In 1990 Bernardin stated that 18 schools were to close that year. He suggested that some parishes may change from having their own schools to having joint schools with other parishes, or regional schools. Ultimately 25 schools closed in 1990. In 1994 an additional 24 were shuttered. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com. From 1990 to 2004, the number of Catholic schools shuttered exceeded 100.

In January 2018, the archdiocese announced the closure of five of its schools. In January 2020, the archdiocese announced the permanent closure of five of its other schools. As of 2022, there are 33 Catholic high schools currently operating in Cook and Lake counties, seven all-girl high schools, seven all-boys high schools and 19 co-ed high schools.

Schools

9–12 schools

9–12 schools in Chicago

Near West and Northwest Sides Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Holy Trinity High School St. Ignatius College Preparatory School Our Lady of Tepeyac High School (girls only) Christ the King Jesuit College Prep High School

North Side DePaul College Prep – relaunch of former Gordon Tech High School, 2014 Josephinum Academy (Near west/northwest side of Chicago) (girls only) Resurrection High School (girls only)

Far Northwest Side Saint Patrick High School (boys only)

Southwest Side Brother Rice High School (boys only) Marist High School (boys and girls) Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School (girls only) St. Rita of Cascia High School (boys only)

South Side De La Salle Institute (boys and girls attend separate campuses) St. Francis de Sales High School Leo Catholic High School (boys only) Mount Carmel High School (boys only)

9–12 schools in Cook County This list excludes Chicago.

Northern Cook County Loyola Academy (Wilmette) Notre Dame College Prep (Niles) (boys only) Regina Dominican High School (Wilmette) (girls only)

Northwest Cook County

St. Viator High School (Arlington Heights)

Western Cook County Fenwick High School (Oak Park) Nazareth Academy (La Grange Park) Trinity High School (River Forest) (girls only)

Southwestern Cook County St. Laurence High School (Burbank) (boys and girls)

Southern Cook County Marian Catholic High School (Chicago Heights)

9–12 schools in Lake County Carmel Catholic High School (Mundelein) Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep (Waukegan) Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart (Lake Forest) (girls only)

PK-8 schools

PK-8 schools in Chicago PK-8 schools on the Near West and Northwest Sides Children of Peace School Epiphany School Our Lady of Grace School Our Lady of Tepeyac School St. Agnes of Bohemia School St. Angela School St. Helen School St. John Berchmans School St. Malachy School St. Mary of the Angels School St. Nicholas Ukrainian Cathedral School St. Patrick's Academy St. Pius V School St. Procopius School

PK-8 schools on the North Side Alphonsus Academy and Center for the Arts Frances Xavier Warde School In 1994 Holy Name School, which had been facing a decline in the number of enrolled students, merged into Warde, and the former Holy Name became Warde School, Old St. Patrick's Campus so it could house the increasing number of students at Xavier. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. Immaculate Conception School (7263 West Talcott Avenue) Mount Carmel Academy Northside Catholic Academy Queen of All Saints School Queen of Angels School St. Andrew School St. Benedict School St. Clement School St. Clement, located in Lincoln Park, is the parish school of St. Clement Church St. Eugene School St. Hilary School St. Josaphat School St. Juliana School St. Margaret Mary School St. Mary of the Angels School St. Mary's, located in Bucktown, is the parish school of St. Mary of the Angels Church St. Mary of the Lake School St. Mary of the Woods School St. Matthias/Transfiguration School The school, in the Lincoln Square community, is the parish school of the St. Matthias and Transfiguration of Our Lord parishes. the former Transfiguration School consolidated into St. Matthias in 2002; The St. Matthias building became the site of St. Matthias/Transfiguration as the Transfiguration building closedClosed School History: 1984 – 2004." Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. Retrieved on February 16, 2009. St. Thomas of Canterbury School

PK-8 schools on the Far Northwest Side St. Constance School St. Edward School St. Ferdinand School St. Genevieve School St. Monica Academy St. Pascal School St. Robert Bellarmine School St. Viator School St. William School

PK-8 schools on the Southwest Side

Christ the King School Our Lady of the Snows School Pope John Paul II Catholic School The sponsoring parishes of Pope John Paul II are Immaculate Conception Parish (2745 West 44th Street), St. Pancratius Parish, Our Lady of Fatima Parish, and Five Holy Martyrs Parish.Untitled Document John Paul II was formed in 1999 by the mergers of the parish schools of the four parishes; the Immaculate Conception and St. Pancriatus campus sites were immediately closed, while the Our Lady of Fatima and Five Holy Martyrs sites became a part of John Paul II. The Our Lady of Fatima site closed in 2003, leaving the Five Holy Martyrs site as the sole site for John Paul II. John Paul II, the sponsoring parishes, and the three closed sites are in the Brighton Park neighborhood.04-lent99.html Queen of the Universe School St. Barnabas School St. Bede the Venerable School St. Cajetan School St. Christina School St. Daniel the Prophet School St. Gall School St. John Fisher School St. Mary Star of the Sea School St. Nicholas of Tolentine School St. Symphorosa School St. Therese Chinese Catholic School ()"St. Therese Chinese Catholic School ." St. Therese Chinese Catholic Mission. Retrieved on April 17, 2009. - It has a campus in Chinatown and another in Bridgeport. It was established in 1941. In 1990, almost all of the students were ethnic Chinese. In 2018 the archdiocese announced that St. Barbara School would merge into St. Therese as their respective parishes were also merging. In 2019 the St. Barbara School became the St. Therese Bridgeport campus. St. Walter School

PK-8 schools on the South Side Academy of St. Benedict the African The school has two campuses, including the Laflin Campus at 6020 South Laflin and the Stewart Campus at 6547 South Stewart. The Laflin Campus is located in West Englewood. The Stewart campus is in Englewood. The school, formerly known as Englewood Catholic Academy, was formed in 1984 from the consolidation of several parish schools, including St. Benedict the African School, St. Bernard School, St. Brendan School, St. Justin Martyr School, and St. Carthage School. Annunciata School Bridgeport Catholic Academy Christ the King School Holy Angels School St. Ailbe School St. Barnabas School St. Columbanus School St. Dorothy School St. Elizabeth School It is in proximity to the former Robert Taylor Homes. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. St. Ethelreda School St. Gabriel School St. John de la Salle Academy of Fine Arts St. Margaret of Scotland School St. Michael School St. Philip Neri School St. Sabina Academy St. Therese Chinese Catholic School St. Barbara Campus St. Thomas the Apostle School Visitation School

PK-8 schools in Cook County This list excludes Chicago.

PK-8 schools in northern Cook County Mary, Seat of Wisdom School (Park Ridge) This is the parish school for Mary, Seat of Wisdom Church. Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Glenview) Pope John XXIII School (Evanston) The school is the parish school for the St. Nicholas Parish and St. Mary Parish in Evanston . The school was formed in 1986 by the merger of St. Nicholas School and St. Mary School. Pope John XXIII occupied the former St. Nicholas building, and the St. Mary building closed. In 1998 the convent was converted into a preschool . Sacred Heart School (Winnetka) St. Athanasius (St. A's) (Evanston) St. Catherine Laboure School (Glenview) SS. Faith, Hope & Charity School (Winnetka) St. Francis Xavier School (Wilmette) St. Joan of Arc School (Evanston) (Became The Academy at St. Joan of Arc, an independent school, in 2019.) St. John Brebeuf School (Niles) The parishes of St. John Brebeuf are St. John Brebeuf (Niles), St. Isaac Jogues (Niles), St. Martha (Morton Grove), and Our Lady of Ransom. The St. Isaac Jogues School closed in 1992, the St. Martha School closed in 2000, and Our Lady of Ransom School closed in 2004. St. Joseph School (Wilmette) (closed in 1986, reopened in 1998) The school is the parish school of St. Joseph Church. St. Norbert School (Northbrook) St. Paul of the Cross School (Park Ridge) The school is the parish school of St. Paul of the Cross Church.

PK-8 schools in northwest Cook County Holy Family Catholic Academy (Inverness) Our Lady of the Wayside School (Arlington Heights) Queen of the Rosary School (Elk Grove Village) St. Emily School (Mount Prospect) St. James School (Arlington Heights) St. Raymond School (Mount Prospect) St. Theresa School (Palatine)

PK-8 schools in western Cook county Ascension School (Oak Park) Divine Providence School (Westchester) Our Lady of Charity School (Cicero) St. Catherine of Siena/St. Lucy School (Oak Park) - In 2020 the school had 165 students; 80 of them lived in the southern part of Austin, Chicago, and with the remainder from other parts of Chicago, Oak Park, Bellwood, Berwyn, Forest Park, Maywood, and Westchester. St. Celestine School (Elmwood Park) St. Cletus School (La Grange) St. Frances of Rome School (Cicero) St. Francis Xavier School (La Grange) St. Giles School (Oak Park) St. John of the Cross School (Western Springs) St. John Vianney School (Northlake) St. Leonard School (Berwyn) St. Luke School (River Forest) St. Mary School (Riverside) St. Vincent Ferrer School (River Forest)

PK-8 schools in southwestern Cook County Cardinal Joseph Bernardin School (Orland Hills) (school for the parishes of St. Stephen, Deacon & Martyr and St. Julie Billiart, Tinley Park, St. Elizabeth Seton Orland Hills and St. Francis of Assisi, Orland Park Groundbreaking in 1999 occurred, making it the first newly built school building for the archdiocese after a 1966 project. It had a cost of $10,500,000, and of space. It was scheduled to open in 2000. Most Holy Redeemer School (Evergreen Park) St. Albert the Great School (Burbank) St. Alexander School (Palos Heights) St. Alphonsus/St. Patrick School (Lemont) St. Catherine of Alexandria School (Oak Lawn)