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Student achievements

A 100% pass rate in the national exam, competition winners, sport cups, and graduates who go on to the world's best universities.

100%

pass rate for LCCS Grade 12 students in the Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Exam, with unmatched results.

Top 10

LCCS has been ranked among the ten best high schools in Ethiopia.

70+ yrs

of graduates in the Cathedral Alumni Association, most of them doctors, engineers and lawyers.

42

universities abroad have admitted LCCS graduates, including Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, MIT and KAIST.

Recent achievements

LCCS congratulations poster for the 2018 E.C. national exam top scorers (photo 1)

Academic results2018 E.C. · 2026

100% pass: LCCS celebrates its 2018 E.C. national exam high scorers

Of 416 Grade 12 students who sat the Ethiopian national examination, 99.04% passed and join university. The school honours its top scorers, every one with 500 or above.

Former LCCS students in graduation gowns after graduating in medicine (photo 1)2 photos

Alumni2018 E.C. · 2026

Former Cathedral students who graduated in medicine from Tikur Anbessa return to say thank you

Former LCCS students who graduated in medicine from Addis Ababa University's Tikur Anbessa (Black Lion) Hospital in 2018 E.C. came back to their old school to offer their gratitude.

LCCS Class of 2026 graduation ceremony (photo 1)2 photos

Graduation2026

LCCS 2026 graduates

The Class of 2026 graduated in the school's blue gowns, receiving their diplomas from the clergy and school leaders.

Winners of the LCCS 2026 Mathematics Competition receiving awards (photo 1)6 photos

Competition2026

LCCS 2026 Mathematics Competition

Winners of the school's 2026 mathematics competition received trophies and prizes from school leaders in the compound.

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Sport2026

Our sport teams won 6 cups in basketball, table tennis, football, track, chess and more

LCCS teams brought home six cups across basketball, table tennis, football, track, chess and more.

LCCS graduates in blue graduation gowns

Where our graduates go

LCCS graduates have been admitted to these 42 universities abroad, as well as to Ethiopia’s leading universities and medical schools.

  • Harvard University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Stanford University
  • Yale University
  • Princeton University
  • Columbia Engineering
  • Brown University
  • Cornell University
  • Dartmouth College
  • Duke University
  • University of Chicago
  • KAIST
  • Amherst College
  • Williams College
  • Wellesley College
  • Brandeis University
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • University of British Columbia
  • NYU Abu Dhabi
  • NYU Shanghai
  • Minerva University
  • American University in Dubai
  • Augustana University
  • Bethany College
  • Bradley University
  • Calvin University
  • College of Wooster
  • Cornerstone University
  • Denison University
  • Franklin & Marshall College
  • Montgomery College
  • Morehouse College
  • Seattle University
  • Stony Brook University
  • Syracuse University
  • Trinity College
  • Union College
  • University of Winnipeg
  • University of Washington Bothell
  • West Virginia University
  • Western Michigan University

Notable alumni

Seventy years of Cathenians: doctors, engineers, lawyers and public servants. A few of the names you may know.

Gedion Timothewos

Former Attorney General of Ethiopia

Michael Tsegaye

Photographer

Hasset Dereje

Miss World Ethiopia 2024