STEPS FOR APPLYING TO CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
 

1. Consult with your eighth-grade teacher/adviser on the high school admissions process. Obtain information and fillable PDF documents from your school.

2. Obtain the application packets from all Catholic secondary schools to which you plan to apply. Families should visit the school admission website for Open House, elementary school presentations, Shadow Day events, etc. details, and current information on recruiting events. Look below to view specific schools' admissions offices. Considering your personal strengths and aptitudes, discuss with your 7th and 8th-grade teacher(s), principal, counselor, pastor, parents, and guardians, the high school program that best meets your needs. 

3. Complete and submit your application on time.

4.  Generally, all ADSF High Schools require applicants to take the High School Placement Test (HSPT).  Due to health and safety concerns related to COVID-19, high schools will not have on campus testing this year.  ADSF high schools requiring the HSPT will conduct testing remotely for Fall 2021 admissions.  Families should inquire with the individual school(s) they are applying to for further information on the HSPT.  The HSPT may be taken only once, but on the form, list all the Catholic schools to which you have applied, so that your test scores can be sent there.  Be advised, that ADSF high schools will use the lower scores of any applicant who takes the HSPT more than once.

5. On March 19, 2021, letters will be sent regarding admissions status.  Electronic notification will be sent after 4pm on March 20, 2021.  The registration deadline for all schools will be March 26, 2021.  Prospective students should contact the school for their registration deadline.

6. Pay registration fees to the school you plan to attend.  Families should not register in more than one school. 

7. For further information, please scroll below to be directed to the appropriate admissions website. 

  ADSF Reponse to COVID-19 on High School Admissions
Click, here. 

2020-2021 Catholic San Francisco High Schools Information Booklet
Click, here. 

Click on the school link below, to be taken to the admissions page of the secondary school you are interested in.

Archbishop Riordan High School
(San Francisco) 

Convent High School
(San Francisco) 

ICA Cristo Rey Academy
(San Francisco) 

Junipero Serra High School
(San Mateo) 

Marin Catholic High School
(Kentfield) 

Mercy High School 
(Burlingame)

Notre Dame High School
(Belmont)

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
(San Francisco) 

Sacred Heart Preparatory 
(Atherton)

Saint Ignatius College Preparatory
(San Francisco) 

Stuart Hall High School
(San Francisco) 

Woodside Priory
(Portola Valley)