Private high schools
Entrance exams at private high schools in Sacramento region
10 of the 15 private high schools in Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado and Yolo counties name an entrance exam, or say they require none, on their own admissions pages. By exam: HSPT 3; School's own test 4; None required 1; None posted 2. Each school's wording, test dates and source page are below.
Which private high schools in Sacramento region require the HSPT?
3 of the 10 private high schools in Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado and Yolo counties with an entrance-exam entry use the HSPT: Christian Brothers High School, Jesuit High School, and Saint Francis Catholic High School.
Which private high schools in Sacramento region take the ISEE or SSAT?
None of the 10 private high schools in Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado and Yolo counties with an entrance-exam entry names the ISEE or the SSAT.
Which private high schools in Sacramento region require no entrance exam?
1 of the 10 private high schools in Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado and Yolo counties require no entrance exam: Sacramento Country Day School. 4 give its own placement test: Al Arqam Coll Preparatory School, Bradshaw Christian School, Cristo Rey High School-Sacramento, and Woodland Christian High School.
When are the entrance exams and application deadlines at private high schools in Sacramento region?
3 of the 10 schools post their test dates, printed beside each school below. 6 have an upcoming application deadline on file; the earliest is Sacramento Waldorf School on Nov 22, 2026.
Preparing for one of these? Reach has a guide to the HSPT and a guide to the ISEE, each with the test's structure, dates and the schools that use it.
HSPT (3 schools)
| School | City | Grades | What the school says | Test dates as posted | Application deadline | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Brothers High School | Sacramento | 9–12 | HSPT | Saturday, January 9, 2027 — timeline entry "January 9, 2027 | High School Placement Test"; "The High School Placement Test for Christian Brothers will be held… | Jan 7, 2027 | Admissions page |
| Jesuit High School | Carmichael | 9–12 | HSPT | Not published for the current cycle. The most recent posted dates are January 10, 2026 and January 17, 2026 (Class of 2030), on a page the site itself flags as… | Jan 20, 2027 | Admissions page |
| Saint Francis Catholic High School | Sacramento | 9–12 | HSPT | January 9, 2027 — "The HSPT will be administered on January 9, 2027 from 7:45 am to 12:00 pm. There will be a makeup HSPT (with limited seating) on January 16… | Jan 8, 2027 | Admissions page |
School's own test (4 schools)
| School | City | Grades | What the school says | Test dates as posted | Application deadline | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Arqam Coll Preparatory School | Sacramento | — | Own admission exam covering Mathematics and Language Arts (all required documents must be… | — | — | — |
| Bradshaw Christian School | Sacramento | 9–12 | Own new-student placement testing (TK-12 New Student Testing Fee $35); no HSPT/ISEE/SSAT | — | — | — |
| Cristo Rey High School-Sacramento | Sacramento | 9–12 | Own placement test (plus 2.5+ GPA, age 14 by Sept. 1, and legal U.S. work authorization… | — | Feb 5, 2027 | — |
| Woodland Christian High School | Woodland | Preschool–12 | Own 45-minute academic assessment for all K-12 applicants; high school applicants also… | — | — | — |
None required (1 school)
| School | City | Grades | What the school says | Test dates as posted | Application deadline | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento Country Day School | Sacramento | — | No external entrance exam; own assessment - student visit/assessment morning… | — | Jan 29, 2027 | — |
None posted (2 schools)
| School | City | Grades | What the school says | Test dates as posted | Application deadline | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destiny Christian Academy | Sacramento | K–12 | No entrance exam posted | — | — | — |
| Sacramento Waldorf School | Fair Oaks | Preschool–12 | No entrance exam posted | — | Nov 22, 2026 | — |
The same schools ranked by college outcomes, with tuition and deadlines, are on the the Sacramento region private high schools page; tuition for every California private school is ranked on the tuition page.
Each exam entry is read from the school's own admissions page and shown only where the school posts one; the wording in "What the school says" is the school's, lightly shortened, and the source link is that page. Test dates and deadlines are as posted for the season the school's page describes and may change; a deadline already past is omitted. A school with no entry here did not state an exam on the pages we read. The list excludes nonclassroom-based online schools and schools the California Department of Education records with no 12th grade.