Cardinal Ritter offers academic scholarships to incoming freshmen based on scores from the Cardinal Ritter Placement Tests. To be eligible for these scholarships for the 2025-2026 school year, students must submit an application for admission by January 30, 2025. Eligibility for the following awards is based only on the Cardinal Ritter High School Placement Test. Scores from placement tests administered at other schools will not be used for awarding scholarships but can be used for assessment and academic placement.

Cardinal Ritter High School Scholar Awards are four-year scholarships given to incoming freshmen. Recipients must maintain a 3.0 GPA and meet the ISTEP+ standards in both math and language arts in their sophomore year in order to continue to receive their awards. Scholarship recipients will receive a notification letter by March 30, 2025.