Catholic high schools in Austin, TX

HSPT & admissions at Austin Catholic high schools

Austin's Catholic high school set is small but worth a direct answer: our directory holds two schools serving high-school grades - St. Dominic Savio (9-12, the city's standalone Catholic high school) and St. Gabriel's (PK-12). The Diocese of Austin lists about 19 Catholic schools in Central Texas, most of them PK-8, and its own site (csdatx.org) is the authority for the complete list. Neither Austin school has a source-reviewed HSPT record yet, so confirm the current entrance-test policy with each admissions office before building a prep plan - that direct question is exactly what most Austin families are missing when they search.

Austin 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.

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

How to prepare for the HSPT in Austin

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

Austin Catholic high schools sit in the Diocese of Austin, which runs csdatx.org and the austindiocese.org school finder for the full Central Texas picture. 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, Austin families typically research schools in the spring of 7th grade, visit during 8th-grade fall, and test between mid-November and mid-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.