HSPT Test Dates for the San Francisco Bay Area (2025)

Updated: 2025-09-04. This. year, all San Francisco Catholic high schools are testing on Dec 6. (In previous years, there has been one other later test date at at least one high school.)

This information applies to:

  • Students applying in fall 2025
  • To start in fall of 2026
  • Class of 2030

Bay Area Catholic High Schools administering the HSPT

Here is a quick list of Bay Area HSPT test dates for reference that we have personally researched, complete with source links.

Note: This list is not intended to be exhaustive. Please contact us with any additions or corrections you think would help Bay Area parents applying to Catholic high schools.

 Important: We have tried our best to collect accurate information, but please verify with the schools you're applying to directly.

  • Sacred Heart Cathedral (aka 'SHC' locally): Saturday, Dec 6, 2025. (source)
  • St Ignatius College Preparatory (Known as 'SI' in San Francisco): Saturday, Dec 6, 2025. (source)
  • Archbishop Riordan: Saturday, Dec 6, 2025. (Source)
  • Convent and Stuart Hall: N/A
  • Marin Catholic: N/A
  • Mercy High School Burlingame: Saturday, Dec 6, 2025. (Source)
  • Junipero Serra High School (aka 'Serra'):  Saturday, Dec 6, 2025. (Source)

Read our complete overview of the HSPT, including costs, fees, how to register and more.

HSPT Make-up Dates

Can't test on the scheduled test date? What if your child gets sick on test day? For these situations, you may be able to take your HSPT on a different day. Note that this may be possible, but it's not guaranteed.

The first thing you need to do is get in touch with the school you're applying to as soon as you can. In general, the earlier, the better.

All of the schools we've talked to really need students to take the test on the published day. (Though some schools may offer a different testing date for students with testing accommodations.)

In some cases, you may be able to take the HSPT at one school and have them share the score with the school you're applying to. For example, if you're applying to School A, but School A doesn't have a make-up test date at all, they may suggest you take the HSPT at School B, which will have one. In this case, you would take the HSPT at School B, and School B would share the HSPT score with School A. Note that the two schools may or may not be in the same town; it may be necessary to travel to a different town to take the test.

In short, it's sometimes possible to take the HSPT at a different date, but you must coordinate directly with the school you're applying to; no one else can give you this information.

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