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Holy Trinity Catholic High School

  • LocationTemple, TX
  • Type and sizeDiocesan school · Grades 9–12 · 73 students
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Holy Trinity Catholic High School is a grades 9 to 12 school in Temple, Texas, in the Diocese of Austin. The school says students pray together each school day, the school community attends Mass on Wednesdays, and adoration is held each Thursday. Students take one theology credit in each of four years, and the whole school takes a spiritual retreat each semester.

Mass, confession, and adoration

Confirm with the parish

Mass 1

  • Wednesday11:15 AM–12:15 PMSchool (the page does not name the room) · Weekly during the school year, per the school's prayer and liturgy page.

Times come only from official parish, chaplaincy, or school pages, and can change with the season. Last verified Oct. 13, 2026.

Sources for these times (1)
  1. Prayer & Liturgy | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/prayer-liturgy · verified Oct. 13, 2026
    “On Wednesdays, the community gathers for Mass beginning at 11:15 a.m., concluding at approximately 12:15 p.m.”
    The school community gathers for Mass on Wednesdays from 11:15 a.m. to about 12:15 p.m.

Catholic churches nearby

Map of Holy Trinity Catholic High School, its Catholic center and nearby Catholic churches0.25 miCampus Ministry (Student Chapel Ministries): 0.2 miHoly Trinity Catholic High School (campus)N0.1 mi
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Faith scorecard

Each line is one thing we looked for. A check means yes, a half means partly, a dash means no. “Not enough information” means official sources did not say.

BSacramental life: Good (grade B): 70 to 100 points out of 100 on what official sources document. Grades need sources for at least 60% of the checklist.

Sacramental life

85 of 100 points on what we could document.

  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    All-school or class Masses during the school yearWeekly (The whole school attends Mass each Wednesday, per the school's prayer and liturgy page.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Prayer & Liturgy | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/prayer-liturgy · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “Each week, priests from the Deanery come to celebrate Mass with our school community.”
      Priests from the Deanery celebrate the weekly school Mass. No chaplain is named.
      “On Wednesdays, the community gathers for Mass beginning at 11:15 a.m., concluding at approximately 12:15 p.m.”
      The school community gathers for Mass on Wednesdays from 11:15 a.m. to about 12:15 p.m.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Daily Mass available to students on campusNot enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Confession offered to students during the school yearNot enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Eucharistic adoration offeredRegularly (monthly or more) (Adoration is held each Thursday.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Prayer & Liturgy | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/prayer-liturgy · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “Each Thursday, our school community has the unique opportunity to spend time in adoration before our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.”
      The school community has adoration each Thursday.
  • Partly: the school meets some of this item and earns part of the points.
    Priest chaplain serving the schoolVisiting or shared priest (Mass is confirmed and celebrated by priests from the Deanery. The campus minister is a theology teacher.)
    Sources (2)
    1. Prayer & Liturgy | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/prayer-liturgy · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “Each week, priests from the Deanery come to celebrate Mass with our school community.”
      Priests from the Deanery celebrate the weekly school Mass. No chaplain is named.
    2. Faculty and Staff | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/faculty-and-staff · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “Campus Minister/Teacher - Theology”
      Jorge Cavazos is the campus minister and a theology teacher.
N/ATheology and curriculum: Not enough information. Official sources do not cover enough of this to grade it yet.

Theology and curriculum

Not enough information: official sources cover less than 60% of this area.

  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Years of theology or religion requiredFour years (The graduation requirements list four theology credits, one credit for each year at the school; one credit in each of the four years. The table on the courses page is undated; the course titles come from the 2025-26 catalogs.)
    Sources (2)
    1. Courses | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/courses · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “4 credits: 1 credit for each year at Holy Trinity”
      Graduation requires four theology credits, one for each year at the school.
    2. 2025-2026 Course Catalog, Seniorsfiles.ecatholic.com/1035/documents/2025/6/Senior%20Course%20Catalog%20%20.pdf · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “Theology IV: Catholic Social Teaching and the Nature of the Human Person”
      The senior theology course is on Catholic social teaching.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Theology courses follow the USCCB Curriculum FrameworkNot enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Philosophy, apologetics, or ethics course offeredYes (The senior theology course includes philosophy of the human person, and the junior theology course covers Christian morality (moral theology).)
    Sources (2)
    1. 2025-2026 Course Catalog, Seniorsfiles.ecatholic.com/1035/documents/2025/6/Senior%20Course%20Catalog%20%20.pdf · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “A key focus is the study of the Nature of Man through both philosophy (natural reason) and theology”
      The senior theology course studies the nature of the human person through philosophy and theology.
    2. 2025-2026 Course Catalog, Juniorsfiles.ecatholic.com/1035/documents/2025/6/Junior%20Course%20Catalog%20%201.pdf · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “Christian Morality – This semester focuses on moral theology”
      The junior theology course includes a semester on Christian morality.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Faith integrated across the curriculum (stated in the program of studies or mission)Not enough information: not found in official sources.
ACampus culture: Strong (grade A): 85 to 100 points out of 100 on what official sources document. Grades need sources for at least 60% of the checklist.

Campus culture

88 of 100 points on what we could document.

  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    RetreatsA retreat for every grade (The entire school takes a spiritual retreat each semester, which covers grades 9 to 12.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Spiritual Retreats | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/spiritual-retreats · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “the entire school participates in a spiritual retreat each semester”
      The whole school takes a spiritual retreat each semester.
  • Partly: the school meets some of this item and earns part of the points.
    Campus ministry staffOne (One campus minister is named (Jorge Cavazos), who also teaches theology.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Faculty and Staff | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/faculty-and-staff · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “Campus Minister/Teacher - Theology”
      Jorge Cavazos is the campus minister and a theology teacher.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Faith-based student groups or clubsNot enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Daily prayer and liturgical life built into the school dayYes (Each school day includes a prayer service from 11:12 to 11:32 a.m., and every class begins with prayer.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Prayer & Liturgy | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/prayer-liturgy · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “Each school day, students, faculty, and staff pause together to pray and reflect on the person of Jesus Christ and God’s saving plan for the world.”
      Students, faculty, and staff pray together each school day.
      “Daily prayer services take place from 11:12 a.m. to 11:32 a.m.”
      A daily prayer service runs from 11:12 to 11:32 a.m. on school days.
AService and Catholic social teaching: Strong (grade A): 85 to 100 points out of 100 on what official sources document. Grades need sources for at least 60% of the checklist.

Service and Catholic social teaching

100 of 100 points on what we could document.

  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Required service hours40 or more hours over four years (All students must submit 20 service hours each year. Four years at 20 hours is 80 hours, which is 40 or more.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Community Service | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/service · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “All students are required to submit 20 service hours for the year.”
      All students must complete 20 service hours each year.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Catholic social teaching taught in theology coursesYes (Theology IV is a course on Catholic social teaching. It is one of the four theology courses that each student takes, one per year.)
    Sources (1)
    1. 2025-2026 Course Catalog, Seniorsfiles.ecatholic.com/1035/documents/2025/6/Senior%20Course%20Catalog%20%20.pdf · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “Theology IV: Catholic Social Teaching and the Nature of the Human Person”
      The senior theology course is on Catholic social teaching.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Pro-life engagement (club, March for Life, or similar)Yes (The Pro-Life Club organizes events each year and took a group to the March for Life in Washington, D.C.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Pro-Life Club | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/pro-life-club · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “Holy Trinity’s Pro-Life Club is committed to protecting and proclaiming the dignity of all human life”
      The Pro-Life Club is a student group committed to the dignity of human life.
      “This year for the first time, a group of Holy Trinity students and staff traveled to Washington DC for the March for Life.”
      A group from the school traveled to the March for Life, and the club plans to repeat the trip.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Justice and solidarity programs (immersions, service trips, justice clubs)Yes (The Christian Student Practicum is a service elective with hands-on service and community work. Senior students may travel off campus for the practicum.)
    Sources (2)
    1. 2025-2026 Course Catalog, Freshmenfiles.ecatholic.com/1035/documents/2025/6/Freshmen%20Courses%202025%20-%202026.pdf · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “service and ministry experiences within the school, parish, or local community”
      The Christian Student Practicum is a service elective with hands-on service and ministry experiences.
    2. Community Service | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/service · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “the members of the senior class have an opportunity to travel off-campus as a Christian leadership Practicum elective”
      Senior students may travel off campus in a Christian leadership practicum elective.

Grades come from the documented indicators under the published rubric. “Not enough information” does not mean the school lacks it.

Strengths

  • Students, faculty, and staff pray together each school day, and the school community attends Mass on Wednesdays.
    Sources (1)
    1. Prayer & Liturgy | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/prayer-liturgy · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “Each school day, students, faculty, and staff pause together to pray and reflect on the person of Jesus Christ and God’s saving plan for the world.”
      Students, faculty, and staff pray together each school day.
      “On Wednesdays, the community gathers for Mass beginning at 11:15 a.m., concluding at approximately 12:15 p.m.”
      The school community gathers for Mass on Wednesdays from 11:15 a.m. to about 12:15 p.m.
  • Graduation requires four theology credits, one for each year at the school.
    Sources (1)
    1. Courses | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/courses · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “4 credits: 1 credit for each year at Holy Trinity”
      Graduation requires four theology credits, one for each year at the school.
  • The whole school takes a spiritual retreat each semester.
    Sources (1)
    1. Spiritual Retreats | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/spiritual-retreats · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “the entire school participates in a spiritual retreat each semester”
      The whole school takes a spiritual retreat each semester.
  • All students must submit 20 service hours each year.
    Sources (1)
    1. Community Service | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/service · verified Oct. 13, 2026
      “All students are required to submit 20 service hours for the year.”
      All students must complete 20 service hours each year.

Concerns

None recorded.

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Campus ministry home

Campus Ministry (Student Chapel Ministries)

  • Address: 6608 West Adams Ave., Temple, TX 76502
  • Location: On campus

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Source: holytrinitychs.org, verified Oct. 13, 2026, holytrinitychs.org, verified Oct. 13, 2026

Catholic clubs and student life

12 groups and regular activities · 6 on campus, 2 off campus, 4 location not published

Other 1

  • March for Life pilgrimageOff campus
    A group of students and staff traveled to Washington, D.C. for the March for Life. The club plans to repeat the trip.
    holytrinitychs.org

Retreats 2

  • Advent and Lenten retreatsOff campus
    Each semester
    The whole school takes a spiritual retreat each semester, held at Cedarbrake Catholic Retreat Center in Belton and at local Catholic churches.
    holytrinitychs.org
  • Senior overnight retreat
    Each year
    The senior class takes an overnight retreat each year.
    holytrinitychs.org

Faith formation 1

  • Celtic FamiliesOn campus
    Mondays and Wednesdays during 9th Period
    School families meet twice a week. On Mondays, the students divide into two groups for prayer and discussion of the Catholic faith led by Catholic adults from the local community. On Wednesdays, families pray together and do service projects.
    holytrinitychs.org, holytrinitychs.org

Liturgy and prayer 5

  • Daily prayer serviceOn campus
    Each school day, 11:12 to 11:32 a.m.
    A short school prayer service on school days. Mondays include a reflection on the day's readings, Tuesdays include praise and worship or the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and Wednesdays are a Mass.
    holytrinitychs.org, holytrinitychs.org
  • Thursday adorationOn campus
    Each Thursday
    Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for the school community, with traditional Latin chants and silent prayer.
    holytrinitychs.org
  • Lenten Stations of the CrossOn campus
    Fridays during Lent
    The school community prays the Stations of the Cross in the hallways on Fridays during Lent.
    holytrinitychs.org
  • Student Chapel MinistriesOn campus
    Student-led ministries at prayer services and school liturgies, including altar servers, sacristans, readers, and extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion. The campus minister coordinates them.
    holytrinitychs.org
  • Music MinistryOn campus
    Student musicians lead music for Mass, praise and worship, adoration, and the Divine Mercy Chaplet, coordinated through the campus minister.
    holytrinitychs.org

Clubs and groups 1

  • Pro-Life Club
    Organizes events, drives, and fundraisers each year for local crisis pregnancy centers, and holds a yearly Stand for Life event on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, with students demonstrating on the sidewalk in front of the school.
    holytrinitychs.org

Service 2

  • Christian Student Practicum
    A theology elective with hands-on service and ministry experiences within the school, parish, or local community. Senior students may travel off campus for it.
    files.ecatholic.com, holytrinitychs.org
  • Community service hours
    All students submit 20 service hours each year.
    holytrinitychs.org

Everything listed is published by the school, its campus ministry, or the parish. Ask the campus minister what’s happening this semester.

Campus ministry

Sources (3)
  1. Student Chapel Ministries | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/student-chapel-ministries · verified Oct. 13, 2026
    “Contact the Campus Minister if you are interested in serving the school in one of these ministries.”
    The campus minister coordinates the student chapel ministries.
    “Contact the Campus Minister if you are interested in serving the school in one of these ministries.”
    The campus minister coordinates the student chapel ministries.
  2. Faculty and Staff | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/faculty-and-staff · verified Oct. 13, 2026
    “Campus Minister/Teacher - Theology”
    Jorge Cavazos is the campus minister and a theology teacher.
  3. Location and Contact Information | Holy Trinity Catholic High Schoolholytrinitychs.org/locationcontacts · verified Oct. 13, 2026
    “6608 West Adams Ave., Temple, TX 76502”
    The school is at 6608 West Adams Avenue, Temple, Texas.

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Academic Excellence

BAcademic Excellence: Good (grade B): 70 to 100 points out of 100 on what official sources document. Grades need sources for at least 60% of the checklist.
81 of 100
From federal data, on fixed published scales.

Each measure counts for the share shown.

  • Graduates going to four-year colleges 75% of scoreThis measure counts for 75% of the Academic Excellence score.90%
  • Students per teacher 25% of scoreThis measure counts for 25% of the Academic Excellence score.8.2 to 1

Bars show points on each measure’s scale. How Academic Excellence is computed. Federal data on private high schools is limited to these two measures.

Source: NCES Private School Survey (2023–24 school year)

School facts

TypeDiocesan school
DioceseDiocese of Austin, TX
Grades9–12
Students (all grades)73
Students in grades 9–1273
Coed or single-sexCoed
Student–teacher ratio8.2 to 1
Graduates going to 4-year colleges90%
SettingRural

Source: NCES Private School Survey 23-24 public-use file (school year 2023–24). The college-going rate and student–teacher ratio feed Academic Excellence; nothing here changes the faith grades.

Local Church

Diocese of Austin

The Most Reverend Daniel E. Garcia, Bishop of Austin

Formal address: “Your Excellency”

Source: usccb.org, verified Oct. 7, 2026.

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Questions families ask

Is Holy Trinity Catholic High School a Catholic high school?
Yes. Holy Trinity Catholic High School is a Catholic high school in the Diocese of Austin.
What is Holy Trinity Catholic High School’s Compass Score?
88 out of 100 (grade A). It combines faith (75%) and academics (25%), each rated from official sources.
Where is Mass celebrated at Holy Trinity Catholic High School?
Mass is listed at School (the page does not name the room). Days and times are on this page; please confirm with the parish or campus ministry before you go.
Is Holy Trinity Catholic High School Compass Recommended?
Yes. Holy Trinity Catholic High School meets the Compass Recommended standard for Catholic identity and academics.

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