St Stephens Episcopal School

Austin · TX · Religious-affiliated · K-12 combined

Private
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📖22 AP courses 📝SAT 1420 avg 🏅8 National Merit Semifinalists

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 22 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 8 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1420 (25-75: 1360–1490)
  • 📝 ACT avg 32.0 (25-75: 30–34)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 88.0% (avg score 4.2)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How St Stephens Episcopal School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1420 (≈ top 4% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 32.0 (≈ top 4%) · 88% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 8 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
  • LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: St Andrew'S Episcopal School, Regents School Of Austin, Hyde Park School 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).)

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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.)

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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.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 686 in 2018 to 699 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+1.9%
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 Stephens Episcopal School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.sstx.org/admissions/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +0.5%/year, projecting from 2022's 699 students:

2023
702
2025
709
2027
716

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

Revenue upside

At tuition per student, the 17 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $272,000/year in tuition upside.

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

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
St Andrew'S Episcopal School
Austin
Private 4.6 973 +2.5%
Regents School Of Austin
Austin
Private 5.4 1,043 +4.0%
Hyde Park School
Austin
Private 5.5 739 +17.3%
St Andrews Episcopal School
Austin
Private 6.0 412 +312.0%
Waterloo School
Austin
Private 7.0 42
Hyde Park Schools
Austin
Private 7.5 747 +9.9%
St Michael'S Catholic Academy
Austin
Private 4.4 393 +7.7%
Brentwood Christian School
Austin
Private 9.0 629 -1.1%

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