Catholic high schools in Dallas, TX
4 Roman Catholic schools serve high-school grades in Dallas. Use the school pages below for location, grade range, enrollment, and verified HSPT information where available.
If a school on this list uses the HSPT, start with the free 25-question HSPT practice test before you compare campuses or decide how much prep the fall needs.
Dallas Catholic school overview
- Schools
- 4 serving high-school grades
- Students listed
- 2,208 across 4 schools reporting enrollment
- Average enrollment
- 552 students among schools with published NCES enrollment
- Grade ranges
- 5-12, 6-12, 9-12
- County
- Dallas
- Verified HSPT guides
- 0
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HSPT & admissions at Dallas Catholic high schools
Families searching 'best Catholic schools in Dallas' are usually weighing the four schools in our Dallas directory - Bishop Lynch, Bishop Dunne, Cristo Rey Dallas, and St. Cecilia - plus the metro options in Irving and Fort Worth. Two schools Dallas families ask about most, Jesuit Dallas (all-boys) and Ursuline Academy (all-girls), are not yet in this NCES-based directory, so check the Diocese of Dallas school finder for them. None of the in-city schools has a source-reviewed HSPT record yet, though Cistercian in nearby Irving does - confirm each school's current entrance-test policy with its admissions office before building a prep plan.
Dallas 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 Dallas-area 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 Dallas
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 Dallas families ask:
When to start HSPT prep
How far ahead to start, based on your test date, school list, and how much prep your child can sustain.
Best order to prep for HSPT sections
Which sections to attack first for the fastest score gains instead of random practice.
4-week HSPT study plan
A realistic one-month plan for families starting late but still wanting to move the score.
How should my 8th grader prepare for the HSPT?
When to start, what to practice, how much daily work, and how to keep it sustainable.
HSPT scholarships by city
Where school-list width, selectivity, and tuition make scholarship research matter most.
What is a good HSPT score?
What different percentile bands actually mean to a family, admissions-wise.
Dallas Catholic high schools sit in the Diocese of Dallas, which runs its own school finder (csodallas.org) and sets the common calendar for many of the city's schools. 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, Dallas 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.
Planning a Catholic high school application
Entrance-test rules are set by the school or diocese and can differ even within the same city. Check each school’s admissions site before registering. If a school is confirmed in our HSPT guide, its directory page links directly to the current admissions and preparation notes.
- Confirm whether each school requires the HSPT or another entrance test for the current cycle.
- Record application, transcript, recommendation, financial-aid, and scholarship deadlines separately.
- Ask whether one HSPT sitting can be shared with other schools in the same diocese.
- Compare the daily commute as well as tuition, aid, academic programs, and school size.
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Questions about Catholic high schools in Dallas
How many Catholic high schools are in Dallas, TX?
NCES lists 4 Roman Catholic schools in Dallas that include grade 9. The directory uses 2023–24 school data.
Do Catholic high schools in Dallas require the HSPT?
We do not currently have a source-reviewed HSPT record for a school in Dallas. Catholic affiliation alone does not establish which entrance test a school requires.
What should families compare between Catholic high schools in Dallas?
Compare grade range, commute, enrollment size, admissions deadlines, entrance-test policy, tuition and aid, academic programs, student support, and whether test scores affect scholarship consideration.
What is the best Catholic high school in Dallas?
There is no official ranking. Bishop Lynch is the largest in-city option (~1,002 students) and the city's most-often-shortlisted school; Bishop Dunne is known for its International Baccalaureate program; Cristo Rey Dallas runs the corporate work-study model. Jesuit Dallas and Ursuline Academy are the other two schools families usually ask about - both are not yet in this directory, so check the Diocese of Dallas finder. Compare on commute, size, programs, and fit rather than a headline rank.
Do Dallas Catholic high schools require the HSPT?
Policy varies by school and year. None of the four in-city schools has a source-reviewed HSPT record in our directory yet, though Cistercian in nearby Irving does. Confirm the current test policy with each school's admissions office before registering.
Are there all-boys or all-girls Catholic high schools in Dallas?
The two best-known ones - Jesuit Dallas (all-boys) and Ursuline Academy (all-girls) - are not yet in this NCES-based directory. The schools in our Dallas directory are coeducational; for single-gender options, see Cistercian in Irving and the Houston and San Antonio pages.
What Catholic high schools are near Dallas?
Irving and Fort Worth add Cistercian, The Highlands, Nolan Catholic, Cristo Rey Fort Worth, and Cassata within a normal commute. The metro totals about 10 high-school-serving Catholic schools across Dallas, Irving, and Fort Worth.
Compare the full statewide list of Catholic high schools in Texas.
Source: NCES Private School Locator 2023–24. Inclusion does not establish that a school uses the HSPT.
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