Canisius High School has again been named the No. 1 Best Catholic High School in the Buffalo area and the No. 1 Best All-Boys High School in the Buffalo area by Niche.com. Additional 2025 Niche Best Schools rankings for Canisius include: * Best High Schools for STEM: Top Catholic school in the Buffalo area * Best High Schools for Athletes: Top private school in Buffalo area Canisius also earned an impressive national standing as it was one of the top 3.3% of Niche’s “Best High Schools for Athletes in America.” Canisius was highly regarded statewide: CHS was ranked as the eighth-best All-Boys High School in New York State and the 15th-best Catholic High School in New York; in both of those rankings, Canisius was the state’s top-rated school from outside the New York City metropolitan area. Niche bases its annual Best Schools rankings on “rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents. Ranking factors include the quality of colleges that ...