Placement Tests
Take the placement test. Earn merit-based scholarships.
Hoban awards merit scholarships to more than 30 students with the top scores on the placement tests.
About the placement test
The initial step for an eighth-grade student wishing to apply to Hoban is to take the High School Placement Test (HSPT). The test is one of the tools the Admission Review Committee uses to evaluate each applicant. Hoban uses the placement test both as an entrance exam and as one common data source for all incoming freshmen. Transfer students do not need to take a placement test.
Merit scholarships
The HSPT is also used to award prestigious placement test scholarships to incoming freshmen. Hoban will also accept the seventh-grade placement test score for admission and scholarship purposes.
- Blessed Basil Moreau, Fr. Dujarie, and St. André Bessette Placement Test Scholarships: Students, who score between the 90th and 99th percentiles on the HSPT, receive renewable scholarships ranging from $4,000 to $7,500.
- St. Joseph Merit Scholarship: Students who earn a score between the 80th and 89th percentiles are awarded the renewable $2,500 St. Joseph Merit Scholarship.
Questions? Please contact Kristan Heller at hellerk@hoban.org or call 330.849.2164.
2026-27 Test Dates
Dates:
- Saturday, Sept. 12, 8 a.m.
- Saturday, Oct. 17, 8 a.m.
- Saturday, Nov. 7, 8 a.m.
- Saturday, Dec. 5, 8 a.m. (Make-Up Test Date
Testing Accommodations will be available on all test dates listed above. Testing Accommodation spots are limited per test date
8th-Grade Placement Test Prep Course
Students in eighth grade (Class of 2031) will learn about the high school placement test and complete practice questions with Hoban faculty.
Please note: The test will not be administered on this date.
- Saturday, Aug. 29, 10 a.m.–Noon
