Are the Catholic High Schools in DFW good Schools ? (Dallas: home, transfer)

[napervilletodallas]

Are the Catholic High Schools in DFW good schools ?

Can anyone tell me which are the beeter ones and where they are located ?

Thanks for your help !

[Spree]

Diocese of Dallas http://www.cathdal.org/

For specific schools Catholic Schools Office, Diocese of Dallas - Home Page

I'm not sure which ones are better - but Jesuit for boys and Ursuline for the girls are good.

[napervilletodallas]

Thanks Spree.

But that Link is not working.

[aceplace]

It might be difficult to get a useful answer to your question.

Many people may have enrolled their children in one of them, fewer still in two of them, but certainly not in all of them.

Or, you might assume that they are all exactly the same in terms of quality, so if you know one, you know them all.

[Spree]

>> But that Link is not working.<<

Not sure what's up, it worked for me again. Try typing the address into your browser.

Bishop Lynch is a co-ed school, and there's one in Plano, but I don't know the name.

Are you transferring in from another Catholic high school? Might be hard to get a placement at this point in time if not, you will go on a waiting list. You should contact schools asap.

Ft Worth is a separate diocese.

[newtxman]

Bishop Lynch-not a diverse enviroment, mostly white, good school with great academics and good athletics,located in Dallas close to Bryan Adams
Bishop Dunne-very diverse enviroment,affordable tuition,great arts and technology programs,average athletics,located in Oak Cliff.
Jesuit-Great athletics and academic program,all-boys school,somewhat "expensive" tuition

[pfw]

Add Cistercian, St. Marks, Hockaday, and Ursuline to the list. In the FW area there's a few also, one I remember the most is Nolan.

To add to previous poster, Jesuit is just off the tollway and Inwood. Ursuline is on Walnut Hill in N. Dallas, Cistercian is in Las Colinas. I can't remember the exacts of St. Marks or Hockaday.

If I were voting I'd go Bishop Dunne, I'm biased though since that's where I graduated from. On the flip side, my sisters vote is for her alma mater Ursuline.

OP - I'm sure they are all good schools but it depends on what exactly you're looking for from the school.

[MaryS80]

Places like St. Marks, Jesuit, Ursuline, and Hockaday are very expensive, but the students grow up to be Senators, Ambassadors, and the like. The schools tend to cater to blue bloods and social elite, but also offer tuition assistance.

Bishop Lynch is slightly more affordable, and can be afforded on an upper middle class income.

John Paul II high school in Plano opened a couple years ago at the former Alcatel site. The school is too new to really have any good info. I think there tuition is probably even less that Bishop Lynch. The campus is supposed to be pretty state of the art.

[FarNorthDallas]

St. Marks and Hockaday aren't Catholic schools.

The choices in Dallas are:
Bishop Lynch - co-ed in northeast Dallas
Jesuit - boys in North Dallas
Ursuline - girls in North Dallas
Bishop Dunne - co-ed in Southern Dallas
Pope John Paul - new, co-ed in Plano
Cistercian - boys, indepenent Catholic - very hard to get into, Irving
The Highlands School - coed, but classes are single gender starting in 4th, independent Catholic, very very conservative, Irving

The best one would be Cistercian but it's hard to get into as they want scholar/athletes. Then Jesuit and Ursuline would be in the next group. Both good schools. Bill Gates' wife Melinda graduated from Ursuline.

Then if you get rejected from them, you apply to Bishop Lynch or Pope John Paul. Bishop Lynch is a big, established, well regarding school, emphasizes athletics as well as academics, they'll modify for learning disabled kids, they have bus service to North Dallas.

Pope John Paul is new, not yet at capacity enrollment-wise, but so far as gotten good reviews. All of the folks I have ever known to go to Bishop Dunne were people who lived in the southern part of Dallas, so they went there because it was the only Catholic choice in their half of the city.

The Highlands School is really for the hard-core Catholic. Beautiful campus on the grounds of University of Dallas.

[newtxman]

Most people from Bishop Dunne come from suburbs like Cedar Hill,Grand Prairie, and Desoto.Most people that choose Bishop Dunne is because it is VERY diverse, unlike some of the other schools you mentioned(Bishop Lynch).