Catholic high schools in Miami, FL

HSPT & admissions at Miami Catholic high schools

Miami families comparing Catholic high schools are looking at the state's densest Catholic school market: seven schools serving high-school grades in the city itself — Belen Jesuit, Christopher Columbus, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, Immaculata-La Salle, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, and St. Brendan (Belen appears twice in the directory because NCES carries two records for the same school) — plus Monsignor Edward Pace in Miami Gardens, Cristo Rey in North Miami, and more across Miami-Dade. None of them has a source-reviewed HSPT record in our directory yet, so Catholic affiliation alone does not tell you which entrance test a school requires — confirm the current policy with each school's admissions office before registering.

Miami Catholic high schools and their admissions pages

Each school sets its own admissions and testing process. Link opens the school's own page for the current cycle. The directory lists Belen Jesuit twice because NCES carries two records for the same school.

Most Catholic high schools give the HSPT between mid-November and mid-January of 8th grade, and Miami-area schools test during the fall admission cycle. Each school posts its own date, usually by early fall, so confirm with each school and plan prep around the earliest date on your list rather than assuming one shared sitting.

How to prepare for the HSPT in Miami

Start with the free diagnostic to establish a baseline, then build a study plan around the date your schools post. These guides cover the practical questions Miami families ask:

Miami's Catholic high schools sit in the Archdiocese of Miami, and the city has one of Florida's notable single-gender sets: Belen Jesuit and Christopher Columbus are all-boys, and Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Lourdes Academy are all-girls; the rest are coed. Each school runs its own application process. Ask each school whether one HSPT sitting can be shared across the schools you are applying to, and whether the test is used for admission only or also for placement and scholarship consideration.

For the fall admission cycle, Miami families typically research schools in the spring of 7th grade, visit during 8th-grade fall, and test between November and January. Application, financial-aid, and scholarship deadlines differ by school, so collect them in one place early and treat them as planning inputs, not reasons to choose one school over another.