Bishop McNamara High School named 2024 Blue Ribbon School by U.S. Department of Education
Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland was recognized Sept. 23 as one of the best schools in the nation as the U.S. Department of Education named the coeducational Catholic high school as a recipient of the National Blue Ribbon Schools Award for 2024.
A total of 356 schools were honored nationwide, with only 40 non-public schools honored. Of the 40 non-public schools nationwide, 78 percent of them were Catholic.
This is the first Blue Ribbon Schools Award for Bishop McNamara, which this year marks its 60th anniversary. It is one of only 10 Maryland schools to receive the honor this year. Bishop McNamara’s designation marks the 51st time that a Catholic school in The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has been singled out for this prestigious honor. (A complete list of past honorees in the Archdiocese of Washington is at the end of this article.)