Chicago Catholic High School Entrance Exam Prep
Individual HSPT Tutoring for Chicago Catholic High Schools
The Archdiocese of Chicago states that Catholic high schools administering an entrance exam use the closed HSPT. Elevate prepares students for its distinct content, pacing, and question style—not the CPS PreACT 9 format.
Apply for an HSPT ConsultationA Different Exam Requires a Different Plan
Do Not Prepare for the HSPT as Though It Were the CPS HSAT
The HSPT commonly includes verbal skills, quantitative skills, reading, mathematics, and language. Preparation should be built around the student’s target school, testing date, current foundations, and comfort with fast-paced multiple-choice work.
Analogies, logic, classifications, vocabulary relationships, and efficient reasoning.
Sequences, comparisons, patterns, number reasoning, and time-conscious problem solving.
Comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, spelling, usage, and composition conventions.
Arithmetic, fractions, ratios, percent, algebra, geometry, word problems, and accuracy under time pressure.
Chicago Admissions Context
Test at the School the Student Most Wants to Attend
Archdiocesan guidance says the Catholic high-school entrance exam is typically administered on the first Saturday in December and that students should test at the school they most want to attend. Merit scholarships may be connected to testing at that school, so families should confirm the current registration and testing details with the first-choice school.
Chicago HSPT admissions guide
What the Archdiocese says about the test and first-choice school policies.
PreACT 9 vs. HSPT
A side-by-side guide for families applying to both CPS and Catholic schools.
Discuss HSPT tutoring
Start with the student’s target school, test date, and current strengths.
Elevate Academic Prep is not affiliated with Scholastic Testing Service or the Archdiocese of Chicago.