Jesuit Dallas: Faith in the Week, Room to Get Involved, and a Commute to Solve

Testing and interview

One ISEE is enough, and the interview details still need a call

Every freshman applicant takes an ISEE from the current academic year. A student may take one Fall and one Winter version, but Jesuit recommends the Winter test because eighth graders have covered more material by then.

If a student submits two sittings, the school reviews them separately and does not superscore. Testing may happen at Jesuit, another site, or remotely.

ISEE and preparation-fee waivers are available through admissions.

The student schedules his interview in RangerNet after submitting Step 1. An out-of-state applicant may receive a waiver or arrange the interview during a Dallas visit.

Seeing the school

Use the visit to picture a normal school day, not only Open House

Fall 2026 Parent Coffees are scheduled for September 9, October 7, October 28, November 18, and December 9. The school recommends first-semester dates for current eighth-grade applicants.

Jesuit also offers small-group tours and half-day visits for eighth graders from public, private, home, and out-of-town schools. Diocesan middle schools generally visit as groups.

The open eighth-grade visit dates are October 19, November 12, and December 10. Shadow days in January and February are reserved for students with a complete application.

Watch the movement between classes, the noise at lunch, and how boys use Personal Responsibility Time. Ask a current freshman what happens when he is behind, not only which activity he loves.

The school day

The rotating schedule creates breathing room, if a student uses it

Students can take seven courses, but only five meet on a given day. Each class lasts 55 minutes, with ten minutes between periods, and every class meets five times during the seven-day rotation.

The day begins with an Alpha/Omega period for study, music, athletics, or activities. An extended lunch includes Personal Responsibility Time for teacher help, makeup work, study, reflection, or social time.

Most days also include 25 minutes of Community Time for clubs, recreation, and informal contact with adults. Every teacher has office hours before, during, or after school.

Jesuit says homework should average no more than 30 minutes for each class on the day it meets. The school notes that AP and honors choices, plus a student’s use of free time, change the actual evening load.

The current public pages do not provide exact start and dismissal times or the current phone policy. An older handbook is not reliable enough to fill either gap.

Faith, boys, and service

Catholic formation is visible, while coed life happens at the edges

The school says roughly 70% of students are Catholic and welcomes boys from other faiths. Every student still completes four years of theology, and all students are invited into the school’s spiritual life.

The week includes morning prayer, the Examen, and a prayer service. The full school celebrates Mass monthly.

Daily morning Mass and Reconciliation are available at selected times.

Every student attends an annual retreat, culminating in Kairos as a senior. Varsity teams have faculty and student chaplains, and the school prays before home contests.

The all-boys setting does not mean boys never work or socialize with girls. Jesuit partners with Ursuline for music, stage and film, cheer, service, dances, and other events.

That is different from a coeducational classroom day.

Service grows by grade. Freshmen begin with encounter, sophomores with empathy, and juniors with approved projects.

Seniors serve in small groups at a local agency every Wednesday morning.

A non-Catholic family should ask what participation means during Mass, prayer, theology, and retreats. Every family should ask how ‘formation of young men’ shapes discipline, belonging, and room for boys who do not fit a narrow masculine mold.

Classes and life beyond them

The catalog is broad, but access still depends on placement and time

Jesuit currently reports nine departments and 136 courses. The academic page counts 26 AP or dual-credit courses, while the FAQ says the school offers upwards of 24 AP courses in a year.

Treat the exact total as changeable.

Graduation requires 26.5 credits. Boys complete four credits each in English, mathematics, science, and theology; three and a half in social studies; three in language; and one each in computer science, fine arts, and PE or health.

The prior-cycle profile says students need at least 85% in the preceding course to qualify for an AP or honors teacher recommendation. AP courses add one GPA point, honors add half a point, and the school does not rank students for college admission.

Languages include Spanish, French, Latin, and Mandarin. Advanced options reach multivariable calculus, computer science, engineering, laboratory science, studio art, film, photography, architecture, ceramics, music, and theater.

The school also offers Saint Louis University dual credit and other college-credit paths. The exact Fall 2027 courses, seats, prerequisites, and schedule conflicts are not public.

Jesuit’s clubs and teams are genuinely extensive. The practical question is not whether an activity exists.

Ask whether a freshman can join, what it costs, when it meets, and how the ride home works after practice or rehearsal.

Support and learning differences

There is plenty of academic help, but the formal boundaries are narrow

The Learning Resource Center is open to every student. It has two full-time staff members, an English teacher on hand, faculty tutoring, quiet and small-group work spaces, and help with organization, study, and time management.

The teacher-run Math Lab is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. without an appointment. Teachers also hold office hours before, during, and after school.

For verified learning, medical, or physical disabilities, the public page lists preferential seating, 50% extended time on tests and quizzes, and typing for timed in-class essays. Learning specialists meet with parents to build the plan.

Those supports do not establish a modified curriculum, remediation program, speech or occupational therapy, or intensive executive-function coaching. A family needing more than mainstream accommodations should get a written description of what Jesuit can and cannot provide.

At least two counselors serve each grade. Counselors work individually and in weekly guidance groups on academics, mental health, grief, concussion, social media, and substance-use education.

The school also has a peer Hope Squad.

The homepage counts 16 full-time counselors and advisors, but it does not separate mental-health, academic, college, and other roles. Caseloads, credentials, confidentiality limits, crisis protocols, and outside-referral timing are not public.

Getting there and home

There is no daily school bus, so the family owns the weekday plan

Jesuit sits at 12345 Inwood Road in North Dallas. The school does not provide daily home-to-campus transportation.

Reserved student parking is available, and mentor families help newcomers arrange carpools. The current price, eligibility by grade, and availability of parking are not public.

The school reports students from 97 ZIP codes and 142 middle schools. That shows reach, not an easy drive.

A family should test morning arrival, dismissal, and the route home after a late practice.

Breakfast and lunch are included in tuition, which can help an early arrival. It does not solve transportation for a freshman who cannot drive or for a family with several afternoon schedules.

What the family pays

The published tuition is useful, but it is not the full Fall 2027 budget

Fall 2027 tuition is not yet public. For 2026–27, Jesuit lists $27,450 tuition for every grade, a separate $350 registration fee, and an additional $700 senior fee.

The table’s ‘Total Tuition & Fees’ row leaves out registration. The visible components add to $27,800 for Grades 9–11 and $28,500 for seniors.

Families should confirm how the bill is actually presented.

Tuition includes breakfast, lunch, technology fees, digital textbooks, and the yearbook. It excludes the required student device, formal clothing, some paperback books, and some extracurricular fees.

The school also asks for voluntary annual giving. Its 2026–27 Challenge Drive page describes a $2,920 gap between tuition and the cost of education.

That is a fundraising request, not a mandatory fee.

Jesuit says more than one quarter of students receive some financial support and 14% receive need-based aid. It reports a $12,030 average need-based grant and says 87% of need-based applicants received awards from $1,000 to full tuition.

Applicant counts are missing.

The Fall 2027 priority aid deadline is January 29. The application page says aid arrives with acceptance in March, but calls the date TBA while the admissions table lists March 12.

Confirm whether both decisions arrive together.

The aid page shows a $2,500 work-grant headline and a $3,000 award in the program text. It also says Jesuit planned to join Texas Education Freedom Accounts.

Confirm both the grant amount and current TEFA participation.

The current application

The dates point to Fall 2027, even though the page heading does not

Applications opened September 1, 2026. Financial-aid applications open November 1, and Open House is November 15 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

The application form and $100 fee are due January 8, 2027. Need-based application-fee waivers are available through admissions director Tim Host.

Jesuit hosts the ISEE on January 9. Student interviews run January 23 and January 30.

The remaining file, ISEE score, and priority aid application are due January 29.

Admission decisions arrive March 12 at 5:00 p.m. The school labels this table ‘2026-27 Important Dates,’ but every milestone runs from fall 2026 through spring 2027. Families should confirm that the label means entry in 2027–28.

Grade 9 admission

The file asks for both academic readiness and signs of character

After the first form, the student completes a profile response and activity sheet. One parent completes a parent response.

The activity sheet covers activities, awards, and achievements from the previous three years.

Jesuit requires recommendations from the current math and English teachers plus one personal recommendation. The personal writer may be a teacher, coach, priest, friend, or another adult who knows the student’s character.

The school also asks for final 2025–26 report cards and the completed fall 2026 semester or trimester. It tells families to wait until that grading period ends before requesting the record.

Jesuit describes its review as holistic. It considers grades, activities, leadership, recommendations, the ISEE, the interview, character, and the student’s potential for future formation.

The FAQ offers a useful benchmark: a typical admitted student has a strong A/B average and reaches at least the 60th percentile in each ISEE section. This is not a published automatic cutoff or promise of admission.

Catholic affiliation, alumni sons and brothers, current-student siblings, and geographic, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity receive consideration. Jesuit says none of those factors guarantees a place.

Grades 10 and 11

Transfers are possible, but the school warns that seats are scarce

Jesuit accepts applications for sophomore and junior transfer. It does not consider a senior transfer unless the student comes from another Jesuit high school.

The school says transfer openings are very limited because few enrolled students leave before graduation. A transfer applicant may take the ISEE or PSAT.

The public pages do not give Fall 2027 seats, a separate transfer calendar, or a recent acceptance history. They also do not explain credit placement, theology and service catch-up, or whether every freshman form applies in the same way.

A transfer family should ask for the actual number of openings before investing heavily in the process. It should also ask how a new student joins an established grade, schedule, team, and service sequence.