Entrance Exam

Eighth-grade students may only take the entrance exam at one Catholic high school and must test at Trinity to be eligible for merit-based scholarships. Trinity utilizes the STS High School Placement test. The HSPT has five sections: Verbal, Quantitative, Reading, Math and Language (English). Trinity's Entrance Exam also includes a brief student writing prompt.

• Registration opens online on Friday, November 13th.
• There is a $25 Entrance Exam Fee. You can also pay online or at the door morning of the exam.
• Calculators are not allowed for the exam.
• Students should bring two #2 pencils.
• Students are encouraged to bring a water bottle.

• There is a $25 Exam Fee
  Trinity High School's exam fee payment opens on Friday, November 13
• Financial Aid Application
  Trinity's Financial Aid application for the Class of 2031 opens in November.
• Print, sign, and return the following forms to your daughter's elementary school:
  Elementary Record Release Form and the Archdiocese of Chicago High School Pre-Admission form. This form will authorize the release of grammar school records to Trinity. Federal and state laws require parents to consent to this exchange of information, which is in your daughter's best interests.
  
  

If you are requesting accommodations, please click here for the release form.

Additional time is the only accommodation provided by Trinity High School for the Entrance Exam (time and a half). Students wishing to utilize this accommodation must submit a valid, 504/Individualized Service Plan in advance of the testing date. The plan needs to be dated (evaluation within 3 years and reviewed annually) and include extended time as an accommodation.

Documentation should be submitted to Trinity by Tuesday, November 25th. Documentation, in hard copy, can be dropped off at Trinity's school office or scanned and emailed to the Director of Admissions at [email protected].

Click here to download a Request for Accommodations on the HSPT form.

After Trinity has received and reviewed the documentation, more information about testing procedures will be provided to prospective students and their families in advance of testing day.

Trinity looks forward to meeting #FutureBlazers on December 6th! Stay connected to Trinity with any questions (708.453.8343).

$40,000 scholarship ($10,000 renewable annually) to students who score at the 99th percentile or higher on Trinity's entrance exam on December 6, 2025.  Renewable for all four years based on the student maintaining a minimum of 3.0 GPA, no serious disciplinary action, and completion of required service projects.  Students will have until March 1st to submit the Principal letter of recommendation and personal statement.

$12,000 ($3,000 renewable annually) scholarship to students who score at the 90th to 94th percentile on Trinity's entrance exam on December 6, 2025.  Renewable for all four years based on student maintaining a minimum of 3.0 GPA, no serious disciplinary action, and completion of required service projects.  Students will have until March 1st to submit Principal letter of recommendation and personal statement.

$4,000 scholarship ($1,000 renewable annually) awarded to an incoming freshman who is a Trinity legacy.  The selection for this scholarship recognizes a student’s excellent leadership, moral character, and exemplary service in elementary school. Additionally, an essay is submitted that provides the connectivity between her and Trinity, something that was so valued by Triss Brady Meyer ‘67.

$1000 nonrenewable scholarship awarded to an incoming freshman who is a daughter or granddaughter of a Trinity alumna. Award is based on academic performance and leadership, character, and service qualities displayed during the junior high years.

$1000 nonrenewable award presented to one incoming freshman from each of the following grade schools where the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters taught: St. Giles, St. Vincent Ferrer, and St. Luke. Consideration is given to class standing, teacher/principal recommendation, qualities of leadership, character, and service.

$6,000 tuition discount ($1,500 renewable annually) awarded to a student whose mother, father or legal guardian is an active/ veteran of the United States Military or works for your community police or fire department or the Illinois State Police Department. See Trinity's tuition agreement for application.