Yesterday, I gave you information on how the St. Louis area’s private high schools compare on the ACT and SAT test scores. As a follow up, take a look below to see the hardest private schools to get accepted into in St. Louis based on St. Louis Magazine’s survey.
The chart below lists the top 16 most competitive schools based on the percentage of applicants that were accepted for the 2007-2008 school year. (NOTE: Some of the surveyed schools choose to not disclose their acceptance rate, and as a result are not included in the rankings.)
| School | % Accepted | Grades |
| City Academy | 36% | 4 yrs – 6 |
| Loyola Academy | 38% | 6-8 |
| John Burroughs | 47% | 7-12 |
| The College School | 48% | 3 yrs – 8 |
| Mary Institute & Country Day (MICDS) | 52% | JK-12 |
| The St. Michael School | 67% | 3 yrs – 6 |
| St. Louis Christian Academy | 70% | PK – 12 |
| New City School | 70% | 3 yrs – 6 |
| Crossroads | 70% | 7-12 |
| Villa Di Maria Montessori | 80% | 3 yrs – 6 |
| Chaminade | 80% | 6-12 |
| Visitation Academy | 82% | 2 yrs – 12 |
| St. Jospeh’s Academy | 83% | 9-12 |
| Ursaline Academy | 84% | 9-12 |
| Nerinx Hall High School | 85% | 9-12 |
| Lutheran High School North | 85% | 9-12 |
And since I am writing about St. Louis, I can’t close a series on schools without asking the classic question – “Which high school did you go to?”
Leave me a comment below…I REALLY would like to know which schools you went to, and what you thought of them.
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Something to keep in mind which is not covered in this piece. Eighth graders at St Louis archdiocesan schools go through a vetting process performed by school principal. Students applying to catholic high schools must rank their choices 1-3. As a rule, school principals will not encourage students to apply to the more academically challenging schools (if their academics are not very strong) for fear of the student not being accepted and the school not being a good fit. “Acceptance” rates in this article are therefore very misleading. The most challenging (competitive) programs among area Catholic schools, Priory, SLUH and Cor Jesu are not even mentioned.
Mark – Thanks for the additional information on the Catholic high schools in St. Louis! I’m sure it will be very helpful for people who are considering going with one of these schools but aren’t coming out of the Catholic elementary school system where the entire process has been explained to them.
Happy to share! As I’ve heard numerous times, we have great schools here in St. Louis; find the right one which best fits your child academically and socially and you can’t miss! It should be about your child’s success and growth, first and foremost.