This is expanded from the “History of Our Present-Day Diocesan Schools” section of the article “A Chronology of Catholic Education.” Date ranges denote founding and (if applicable) closing of schools. Excepting first entry, all schools are within the present boundaries of the diocese.

1818–After 1877: Locust Grove Academy, Locust Grove (Taliaferro County) established and operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph. It relocates to nearby Sharon in 1877. In Sharon, the community eventually opened Sacred Heart Seminary. That successor institution operates until it permanently closes in the 1940’s.

1845–Present: St. Vincent’s Academy, Savannah; founded by the Sisters of Mercy from Charleston, SC, six of whom form the first faculty. Originally a co-ed grammar school, it becomes an all-girls high school in 1919.

1868 –1961: St. Joseph’s Academy, Columbus; founded by the Sisters of Mercy. It becomes Holy Family School in 1952. In 1958, the upper school of Holy Family is renamed Pacelli High School, and in 1961, the lower school is renamed St. Anne School once the new parish of St. Anne is established. In 2008, St. Anne School and Pacelli High School merge to become St. Anne-Pacelli School. In 2012, Our Lady of Lourdes School in Columbus then merges with St. Anne-Pacelli School, which is now Columbus’s only Catholic school, with grades PK–12.

1869–1940: St. Patrick School, Savannah. It is destroyed by a hurricane in 1940.

1870–1955: Sacred Heart Academy, Macon; founded by the Sisters of Mercy. It later moves to Warner Robins with the construction of a new Sacred Heart parish.

1872–Present: St. Joseph’s School, Macon; established by the Sisters of Mercy.

1876–Present: Mount De Sales Academy, Macon; previously known as the Academy of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (est. 1871). It is founded by Sisters of Mercy as a girls’ boarding school. It is the oldest independent school in the region and the first to racially integrate in 1963.

1876–1957/1960: St. Joseph’s Academy for Young Ladies, Washington; established by the Sisters of St. Joseph. It is destroyed by fire in 1912 and relocated to nearby Augusta as Mount St. Joseph Academy in 1915. In 1957, the academy’s upper school merges with Augusta's Boys' Catholic High School to form Aquinas High School, and it later becomes St. Mary on the Hill Catholic School, with grades K–8.

1878–1889: Benedictine Freedmen School is founded by monks to serve the Black community on Skidaway Island, near Savannah. Its heavily agricultural curriculum is received poorly by freedmen (formerly enslaved). With low enrollment and the island’s freshwater ruined by a tidal wave in 1889, the school is open for just 11 years.

1883–1969: Sacred Heart School, Savannah; established by Benedictine monks, operated by the Sisters of Mercy, and staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. It later becomes Sacred Heart Interparochial School, before merging in 1969 with Cathedral Day School to become Notre Dame Academy.

1900–1955: St. Joseph School, Brunswick; founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph. It becomes St. Francis Xavier School with the construction of a larger facility in 1955.

1902–Present: Benedictine Military School, Savannah; founded by Benedictine monks and originally called Benedictine College, this boys-only, military high school operates in the tradition of The Citadel and VMI.

1903–Present: St. Peter Claver Catholic School, Macon; one of 63 schools for Black and Native Americans established and funded by St. Katharine Drexel. It has been administered by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul since 1999.

1904–1929: St. Patrick’s Commercial Institute, Augusta; established by the De La Salle Christian Brothers. In 1921, it becomes known simply as Augusta’s Boys' Catholic High School.

1907–1970: St. Benedict the Moor Catholic School, Savannah; staffed by Franciscan Sisters, the school is established for the education of African-American children and operates from 1907 until its closure in 1970 due to integration. The school's alumni include U. S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

1909–1977: Most Pure Heart of Mary School, Savannah; founded by the Society of African Missions. It is staffed by Mother Mary Theodore Williams and her Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, then later by the Sisters of St. Francis and, in the school’s final year, the Daughters of Charity.

1910–1969: St. Anthony of Padua School, Savannah; founded by Alsatian priests of the Society of African Missions.

1913–Present: Immaculate Conception Academy, Augusta; primarily serving the Black community, it is established by the Society of African Missions, later absorbing the Franciscan Sisters' girls’ boarding school (est. 1902). In 2015, it is transformed into Immaculate Conception Catholic School for Special Education – the Diocese of Savannah’s first and only special education school.

1919–1939: Marist School for Boys, Savannah; founded by the Marist Brothers to take over the education of grammar school boys from St. Vincent’s Academy. It was later moved to Augusta to form the city’s Boys Catholic High School in 1939.

1925–1939: St. Vincent’s Grammar School, Savannah; established to take over the education of grammar school girls from St. Vincent’s Academy.

1939–1990: All-girls St. Vincent’s Grammar School, Savannah; it was transformed into the co-ed Cathedral Grammar School, Savannah, then renamed Cathedral Day School in 1954 with the construction of a new facility.

1939–Present: Blessed Sacrament School, Savannah; founded by Fr. James H. Conlin with assistance from Sr. Mary Stella Maris of the Sisters of Mercy.

1941–Present: St. John the Evangelist School, Valdosta; established by the Sisters of St. Joseph.

1945–2025: St. Teresa School, Albany; founded and staffed by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ Sisters. The school operates for nearly 80 years before closing in 2025.

1948–2010: St. Michael’s School, Tybee Island; established by Franciscan Sisters.

1948–1976: St. Joseph Academy, Waycross; founded by the Sisters of St. Francis.

1951–1993: Nativity of Our Lord School, Thunderbolt; founded by two Sisters of Mercy in 1951. The school relocates to nearby Wilmington Island in 1980, and it is later renamed St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School in 1993.

1952–1971: Blessed Pius X High School, Savannah; established to serve Savannah’s Black community. Staffed by the Society of African Missions and Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, the school’s name is later changed to “St. Pius” after the canonization of Pope Pius X in 1954. It Closes in 1971 as part of the diocese’s integration plan. Notable alumni include US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

1955–Present: St. Francis Xavier Catholic School, Brunswick; originally established as St. Joseph School in 1900, the school is renamed with construction of a larger facility. It is administered by the Sisters of St. Joseph until 1993.

1955-Present: Sacred Heart Catholic School, Warner Robins; founded by the Presentation Sisters, who withdraw for another assignment in 2003. The school’s first wooden building is a surplus military barrack.

1956–Present: St. James School, Savannah; founded by Bishop Thomas J. McDonough and staffed by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

1957–Present: Aquinas High School, Augusta; established with the merger of Augusta's Boys' Catholic High School (dating to 1919) and the upper school of all-girls Mount St. Joseph Academy (dating to 1876). Aquinas is operated by six Marist Brothers and six Sisters of St. Joseph with genders separated until becoming co-educational in 1969.

1958–2008: Pacelli High School, Columbus; originally called Holy Family High School (est. 1952), it is renamed Pacelli High School in honor of Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli), after his death in October 1958. In 2008, it merges with St. Anne School to form St. Anne–Pacelli School, Columbus, with a preschool opening in 2015.

1960–Present: St. Mary on the Hill Catholic School, Augusta; It is originally named Mount St. Joseph Academy, before its upper school merged with Augusta’s Boys' Catholic High School to form Aquinas High School. It now operates as an elementary school with grades K–8.

1960–2012: Our Lady of Lourdes School, Columbus; administered by the Ursuline Sisters from Cork, Ireland, who withdraw in 1997. The school merges with St. Anne-Pacelli School 2012.

1961–2008: St. Anne School, Columbus; founded when the lower school of Holy Family School (est. 1952) is renamed St. Anne School, once the new St. Anne parish is established. In 2008, it is joined with Pacelli High School to form St. Anne-Pacelli School.

1969–1990: Sacred Heart Inter-parochial School, Savannah; operated adjacent to Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Bull Street, under the direction of the Franciscan Sisters. It transitiones to an inter-parochial school in 1969 before merging with Cathedral Day School in 1990 to become Notre Dame Academy.

1990–2015: Notre Dame Academy, Savannah; established in the merger of Sacred Heart Inter-parochial School and Cathedral Day School. Initially founded by Franciscan Sisters, it is closed in 2015.

1993–Present: St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School, Savannah; established on Savannah’s Wilmington Island on the grounds where Nativity School was located. Nativity School is officially renamed “St. Peter the Apostle” in 1993.

2000–2016: St. Frances Cabrini School, Savannah; it closes in 2016 due to changing economic conditions and enrollment issues.

2008–Present: St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School, Columbus; established in the merger of St. Anne School and Pacelli High School in 2008. Four years later, Our Lady of Lourdes School also merges with St. Anne-Pacelli, and a preschool is opened in 2015. It is now Columbus’s only Catholic school, with grades PK–12.

2015–Present: Immaculate Conception Catholic School for Special Education, Augusta; originally called Immaculate Conception Academy, it is founded by the Society of African Missions and later absorbes the Franciscan Sisters' girls’ boarding school (est. 1902). In 2015, it is transformed into Immaculate Conception Catholic School for Special Education – the Diocese of Savannah’s first and only special education school.