St Pius X High School

Houston · TX · Catholic religious-affiliated

Private

14 AP courses

At a glance

Programs & features
  • 14 AP courses offered (school profile)
Academic signals
  • SAT avg 1036
  • ACT avg 23

Worth knowing: The school publishes its AP course list but no total, so this count is ours, taken from that list.

Composed from the school's own published profile (2026), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How St Pius X High School compares for families

What families should know about St Pius X High School.

  • LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Lutheran High North, Duchesne Academy Of The Sacred Heart, Incarnate Word Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Your state's public flagship

The University of Texas at Austin

29%
admit rate
$11,688
in-state tuition/yr · $44,908 out-of-state
1230–1490
SAT 25–75 · ACT 27–33

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,857/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Pay for college in Texas

Texas's public scholarships

Texas families have two big levers: a guaranteed-admission rule for the top of each graduating class, and the need-based TEXAS Grant that pairs with it. Class rank does more here than almost anywhere.

Auto-admit Top 10% Automatic Admission
Guaranteed admission to a Texas public university (not a $ award)
GPA: Top 10% class rank (UT Austin caps at top 5%)

Graduate in the top 10% of your Texas public-HS class and finish the required curriculum for automatic admission to TX public universities (UT Austin caps at the top 5%). (Must finish the required college-prep curriculum (Distinguished plan).)

Official program details ↗
Need-based TEXAS Grant
Up to $16,182/yr (tuition & required fees)
GPA: No GPA gate to qualify (3.0 / top-third = priority) Income: Need-based (federal Student Aid Index)

Texas's flagship need-based grant — no GPA gate to qualify (a 3.0 or top-third rank just gives priority when funds run short). (Enroll within 16 months of HS, ≥¾ time, in a bachelor's program.)

Official program details ↗
Merit Texas First Early Completion Scholarship
Scholarship equal to the TEXAS Grant amount
GPA: 3.0 Test: SAT/ACT at the 80th percentile OR top-10% class rank

Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan plus a 3.0 GPA and an 80th-percentile test (or top-10% rank) for a TEXAS Grant-sized scholarship. (Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan.)

Official program details ↗

Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

St. Pius X High School (Houston) publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 128 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
2022-2025

American University Angelina College Appalachian State University Arizona State University, Tempe Arkansas State University Auburn University Baylor University Belmont Abbey College Blinn College Brazosport College California State University, Long Beach Case Western Reserve University Clemson University Coastal Bend College Coe College Colorado Mountain College Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University, Fort Collins Community College of Philadelphia Concordia University Texas Connecticut College DePaul University East Texas A&M University Emerson College Florida International University Fordham University Fort Lewis College Galveston College Grambling State University Hampton University
and 98 more
Hardin-Simmons University Holy Cross College Houston Christian University Houston Community College Howard University Husson University Huston-Tillotson University Johnson C Smith University Kansas Wesleyan University Lake Forest College Lamar University LIM College Lone Star College Louisiana State University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University New Orleans Marymount Manhattan College Mississippi State University Muskingum University North Central College Oglethorpe University Oklahoma State University Pennsylvania State University Pima Medical Institute Prairie View A&M University Rice University Rutgers University Saddleback College Saint Joseph's University Saint Louis University Sam Houston State University San Diego State University San Jacinto Community College Schreiner University Seattle University Southern Adventist University Southern Nazarene University Southwestern University St. Edward's University St. Mary's University Stephen F. Austin State University Syracuse University Tarleton State University Texas A&M University Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Texas A&M University at Galveston Texas Christian University Texas Lutheran University Texas Southern University Texas State Technical College Texas State University Texas Tech University Texas Woman's University The Catholic University of America The University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at San Antonio The University of Texas at Tyler Trinity University Tulane University of Louisiana United States Navy U.S. Air Force Academy U.S. Naval Academy Universal Technical Institute, Inc. University of Arizona University of Arkansas University of California, Davis University of California, Los Angeles University of Central Florida University of Houston University of Houston- Downtown University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign University of Iowa University of Kentucky University of Miami University of Mississippi University of New Mexico University of North Texas University of Oklahoma, Norman University of Oregon University of Ottawa University of Pittsburgh University of Rochester University of St. Thomas University of Incarnate Word University of Utah University of Victoria (BC) University of Washington- Seattle University of Alabama University of Tennessee, Knoxville University of Texas Health Science Center University of the South, Sewanee Virginia Tech Washington University in St. Louis Western Carolina University William Woods University Xavier University of Louisiana

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by St. Pius X High School (Houston) — St. Pius X High School Profile 2025-2026 ↗. Found at: p.3, 'College Acceptances and Matriculation 2022-2025' list (unnumbered, 4-column; read column-major, i.e. straight down column 1, then column 2, etc., which re.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 636 in 2018 to 534 in 2022 — over 4 years.
-16.0%
Why only 3 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see St Pius X High School's own published school profile (as of 2026-27): www.stpiusx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/0e20377b… ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -4.3%/year, projecting from 2022's 534 students:

2023
511
2025
468
2027
429

≈ 105 fewer students by 2027 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At tuition per student, the 105 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $1,680,000/year in tuition at risk.

Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.

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