Admissions policies for the private Catholic high schools vary. Parents are advised to review the Catholic High School Directory or contact the individual schools for this information. Acceptance to a Catholic high school is contingent upon successful completion of eighth grade. Willingness to accept the financial responsibilities of attending an Archdiocesan high school constitutes an admissions requirement. All Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of St. Louis admit students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin and do not discriminate in admissions policies, scholarships and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs.
Priority is given to non-Catholic students entering from Catholic schools.
Non-Catholic students from other schools are admitted on a space available basis. The procedure for applying to one of the 29 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese includes the following steps. 1 Following Open House and by November 13th, application forms are distributed through Catholic elementary schools and PSRs to all eighth graders who wish to apply to a Catholic high school. Students attending public schools, other private schools, or those who are home-schooled may obtain an application from the Catholic Education Office, or a Catholic high school or elementary school. 2 Completed application forms are returned to the student's elementary school by the parents no later than November 22nd.