Your resource for all things HSPT!
For over fifty years, Catholic high schools nationwide have used STS’ High School Placement Test (HSPT®) to assist with admissions, scholarship selection, and curriculum placement. The HSPT® is a comprehensive placement test for eighth graders for placement in the ninth grade.
HSPT Prep Options:
Live HSPT Prep Courses
Saso Live Online HSPT Prep Class
The best HSPT prep course money can buy. One of the very few LIVE online HSPT prep courses in the country.
Mr. Dugan's HSPT Prep Course
Specializing in HSPT and SSAT.
Self-Study HSPT Prep
The Ultimate HSPT Self-Study Course
2 model HSPT exams, 18 core lessons, over one thousand timed & untimed practice problems, and nearly 24 hours of video explanations.
HSPT Test Prep Course
Subscription based. Billed monthly.
Online HSPT Self-Study
7-Day Free Trial
HSPT Practice Tests
HSPT Mock Exam
The only video-guided, automatically timed and scored test available online. Over 3 hours of video explanations for all problems on the test.
HSPT Practice Test
Printable Version.
HSPT Test Prep Books
Strategies and Practice for the HSPT (Barron's Test Prep)
The best HSPT prep book on the market.
HSPT: 2500+ Practice Questions
HSPT prep book from Elevate Prep.
Mometrix HSPT Prep Book
Includes links to video tutorials.
Free HSPT Resources:
Free HSPT Vocabulary Flashcards
1,050 online vocabulary flashcards to study for FREE
Free Printable HSPT Assessment and Language Prep
This complimentary exam includes an in-depth answer key which provides a thorough explanation for every question on the exam. Some problrms may not closely resemble those on the HSPT.
Free HSPT YouTube Practice Videos
Videos of HSPT Practice Problems
Free HSPT Prep Mobile App for iPhone & iPad
Problems may not closely resemble those on the HSPT.
Free Practice Problems
Problems may not closely resemble those on the HSPT.
Free Practice Tests
Problems may not closely resemble those on the HSPT.
Frequently Asked Questions:
The high school entrance exam is the High School Placement Test. The HSPT used for entrance into private schools. The HSPT determines if the student has the academic capabilities to determine class level placement.
The HSPT stands for High School Placement Test. This exam is used for the admissions process, scholarship selection, and curriculum placement in high schools.
No, you can only effectively take the HSPT test one time. This means it’s very important to be prepared.
No, calculators are not allowed to be used on the HSPT exam.
There are five sections on the HSPT exam: Quantitative Skills that consists of 52 questions, Verbal Skills with 60 questions, Reading that consists of 62 questions, Mathematics with 64 questions, and Language that consists of 60 questions.
Yes, the HSPT exam consists of 298 multiple-choice questions. Each question is given four answers choices (one problem type on the Verbal Skills subtest gives only three choices).
There is no “passing” score for the HSPT. Each high school uses the results for admissions and class placement.