HSPT Test Dates for the San Francisco Bay Area (2024)

Updated: 2024-10-29

This information applies to:

• Students applying in fall 2024
• To start in fall of 2025
• Class of 2029

Bay Area Catholic High Schools administering the HSPT

Here is a quick list of Bay Area HSPT test dates for reference that I 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, December 7, 2024  8:30am-12:30pm. SHC notes: Applicants may register to take the HSPT at any location that is administering the test. If you wish to take the test at Sacred Heart Cathedral, indicate our school as your test location on our application. Once your application is submitted, you will automatically be registered to take the test on our campus on December 7, 2024 (8:30 am - 12:30 pm) // For more details review the Class of 2029 HSPT FAQ (source)
• St Ignatius College Preparatory (Known as 'SI' in San Francisco): Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. SI notes: *Reserve your spot on your online application to SI and submit by Nov. 15* (Please bring two #2 pencils). (source)
• Archbishop Riordan: Saturday, December 7, 2024 9:00 am. (Source)
• Convent and Stuart Hall: N/A (Source)
• Marin Catholic: N/A (Source)
• Mercy High School Burlingame: Saturday, Dec 7, 2024. Mercy notes: All applicants are required to take the High School Placement Test (HSPT). Applicants should register for this test from their application portal checklist. Applicants are welcome to test at any school that offers the HSPT. (Source)
• Junipero Serra High School (aka 'Serra'):  Saturday, December 7, 2024. Serra notes: You must submit your application before the HSPT event will show up on your event calendar via your applicant portal. Use your top navigation to access your "event calendar". (Source)

 

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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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