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.
- 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.
2024-25 Test Dates
Large-group testing dates for 2024-25 are no longer available. Individual testing appointments are available during the school day for students who have not yet taken the placement test at Hoban or anywhere else.
To take the placement test:
- Students must first officially apply to Hoban.
- The applications must be reviewed by the Admission Review Committee to assess academic performance, attendance and discipline records.
- The Office of Admission will contact the students' parents/guardians to schedule an individual testing date.
Students will receive an official admission decision upon the receipt of their test score. Additionally, Hoban will accept HSPT scores taken at other Catholic high schools.
7th-Grade Placement Test
- Saturday, May 3
- 8:15 a.m.—Noon
- 8:15 a.m. —2 p.m. (for students using testing accommodations)
Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. and the test begins promptly at 8:30 a.m. Parents and families are invited to tour campus and attend an admission and financial assistance informational meeting at 9 a.m.
