Initiated in 1995, this scholarship program identifies academically talented eighth grade students through an independently administered competitive examination and provides full scholarships to attend one of twenty Archdiocesan high schools.

• 700 eligible eighth grade students, on

  
  Most Reverend Joseph P. McFadden with 2008 Neumann Scholars

  
  average, compete for this scholarship, representing 184 parochial grade schools in five counties
• 45 eighth grade students who excel on the Neumann Scholars exam will be awarded full scholarships to the Archdiocesan high school of their choice
• 206 Neumann Scholars currently attend Archdiocesan high schools

The Neumann Scholars Program is respected and recognized by prestigious colleges and universities locally and nationally, and the students are actively recruited.  Accomplishments over the last
eight years affirm the high academic caliber of its
444 graduates to date:

• 100% college acceptance and attendance
• $59,700,000 offered in college scholarships
• 62 National Merit Finalists
• 1 National Merit Semi-Finalist
• 105 National Merit Commended Students
• 5 National Merit Achievement Students
• Average SAT score of 1360 and a high score of 1600 (combined math and verbal/critical reading)
   

2008 Senior Class of Neumann Scholars with Josephine C. Mandeville (left), Thomas S. Connelly (right)
and Sister Maureen MacElderry, SSJ (center)