Type
Cathedral is a four-year college preparatory, co-educational regional Catholic high school. The school offers college preparatory programs augmented by business and technology classes.

The current enrollment is 600 students who reside in Springfield and 22 surrounding towns in Hampden and Hampshire Counties in Massachusetts and Hartford County in Connecticut. They represent more than 60 parishes and come from nearly 40 different schools.

The Class of 2007 saw 96% of the graduates matriculate at schools for further study in the Fall of 2007. Among the schools that students enrolled in are American International College, Boston College, Boston University, College of the Holy Cross, Fairfield University, Fordham University, Northeastern University, Princeton University, Providence College, Springfield College, Western New England College, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, University of Rochester and Villanova University.

Cathedral’s school schedule follows a seven-period day, and the academic program includes four full credits of religion and English, three full credits of mathematics, lab sciences and social studies, at least two years of a foreign language, 2 semesters of physical education and 1 semester each of health and introduction to computers. Additional electives are available in business, computer studies, fine arts and journalism. Cathedral High School offers Advanced Placement courses in nine disciplines: English Language and Composition, English Literature, American History, Calculus, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Latin.

Accreditation
Cathedral High School is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). The current accreditation runs through 2012.

Faculty
Cathedral High School is staffed by 45 full-time faculty members. Most are certified teachers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and those who are not certified must work toward certification within five years of being hired.

More than half of the faculty members have been at Cathedral more than five years, and two-thirds hold a masters degree in education or their discipline. One person holds a doctoral degree.