Is St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory a Catholic high school?

Yes. St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory is a Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.

What is St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory’s Compass Score?

90 out of 100 (grade A). It combines faith (75%) and academics (25%), each rated from official sources.

Where is Mass celebrated at St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory?

Mass is listed at St. Agnes Academy (room not named). Days and times are on this page; please confirm with the parish or campus ministry before you go.

Is St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory Compass Recommended?

Yes. St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory meets the Compass Recommended standard for Catholic identity and academics.

Catholic high school

St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory

LocationHouston, TX
Type and sizeIndependent Catholic school · Grades 9–12 · 934 students

All-female

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Compass Score

Faith 75%Academics 25%

AFaith
90 of 100

AAcademics
90 of 100

Verified Oct. 12, 2026 · How the score works

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St. Agnes Academy is an all-girls Catholic college preparatory school in Houston, rooted in the Dominican tradition and its pillars of Prayer, Study, Community and Preaching. Mass is celebrated weekly at the start of Community Time on Thursdays, with a priest available for confession before or after Mass each week, and campus ministry leads prayer each morning. Students take theology every year, complete 100 hours of community service as Servant Leader Apprentices, and attend a retreat in each grade from 9 to 12.

Mass, confession, and adoration

Confirm with the parish

Mass 1

Thursday9:10 AMSt. Agnes Academy (room not named) · At the beginning of Community Time on Thursdays; lasts the first half of Community Time.

Confession 1

Thursday9:10 AMSt. Agnes Academy (room not named) · Available before or after the Thursday Mass, which starts at 9:10 AM.

Times come only from official parish, chaplaincy, or school pages, and can change with the season. Last verified Oct. 12, 2026.

Sources for these times (1)

Liturgical Worship | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/liturgical-worship · verified Oct. 12, 2026
“all are welcome to celebrate Mass at the beginning of Community Time on Thursdays. Mass starts at 9:10, and lasts the first half of community time.”
Mass is celebrated at the start of Community Time on Thursdays at 9:10.
“The priest is available for confession before or after Mass each Thursday.”
Confession is available before or after the Thursday Mass each week.

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Catholic churches nearby

CampusCatholic centerCatholic church (numbered below)Open a street map ›

Saint Francis de Sales Church — 0.9 mi
Saint Raphael Catholic Church — 1.4 mi
Notre Dame Catholic Church — 2.2 mi
Catholic church (unnamed in OpenStreetMap) — 2.4 mi
St. Cyril of Alexandria Church — 2.4 mi · 10503 Westheimer Road, Houston
Igbo Catholic Community — 2.9 mi

Within 3 miles, as mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. The map may be incomplete. Confirm with the parish or diocese.

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.

Sacramental life

86 of 100 points on what we could document.

Yes:
All-school or class Masses during the school yearWeekly (Mass is celebrated at the beginning of Community Time on Thursdays during the school's regular schedule.)
Sources (1)
1. Liturgical Worship | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/liturgical-worship · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “all are welcome to celebrate Mass at the beginning of Community Time on Thursdays. Mass starts at 9:10, and lasts the first half of community time.”
  Mass is celebrated at the start of Community Time on Thursdays at 9:10.
Not enough information:
Daily Mass available to students on campusNot enough information: not found in official sources.
Yes:
Confession offered to students during the school yearMonthly or more often (Confession is available from the priest before or after the Thursday Mass each week.)
Sources (1)
1. Liturgical Worship | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/liturgical-worship · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “The priest is available for confession before or after Mass each Thursday.”
  Confession is available before or after the Thursday Mass each week.
Not enough information:
Eucharistic adoration offeredNot enough information: not found in official sources.
Partly:
Priest chaplain serving the schoolVisiting or shared priest (A Mass schedule and a priest available for confession are published.)
Sources (1)
1. Liturgical Worship | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/liturgical-worship · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “The priest is available for confession before or after Mass each Thursday.”
  Confession is available before or after the Thursday Mass each week.

Theology and curriculum

75 of 100 points on what we could document.

Partly:
Years of theology or religion requiredThree years (The graduation table lists Theology at 3 1/2 credits (English 4, one per year): three and a half full-year equivalents, rounded down.)
Sources (1)
1. Curriculum | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/academics/curriculum · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “Mathematics | 4 | Natural Science | 4 | Theology | 3 1/2”
  Theology is a 4-credit graduation requirement.
  “1st Year Theology 1 English 1”
  Theology 1 is listed for the first year in the 2026-2027 course selection guide.
  “4th Year Theology 4 English 4”
  Theology 4 is listed for the fourth year in the 2026-2027 course selection guide.
Not enough information:
Theology courses follow the USCCB Curriculum FrameworkNot enough information: not found in official sources.
Not enough information:
Philosophy, apologetics, or ethics course offeredNot enough information: not found in official sources.
Yes:
Faith integrated across the curriculum (stated in the program of studies or mission)Yes
Sources (2)
1. Curriculum | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/academics/curriculum · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “4th Year Theology 4 English 4”
  Theology 4 is listed for the fourth year in the 2026-2027 course selection guide.
2. Our Mission & History | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/about-st-agnes/our-mission--history · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “encourage the exploration of spiritual beliefs and moral choices within the context of Catholicism, while honoring each student's spiritual autonomy.”
  The mission encourages exploration of spiritual beliefs and moral choices within Catholicism.
  “deepen the faith life of students through prayer, theological studies and fostering a sense of community through shared worship and service to educate the whole person.”
  The mission describes deepening students' faith life through prayer and theological studies.

Campus culture

100 of 100 points on what we could document.

Yes:
RetreatsA retreat for every grade (A retreat is listed for each grade: Grade 9 (Community), Grade 10 (Study), Grade 11 (Prayer), Grade 12 (Preaching).)
Sources (1)
1. Retreats | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/retreats · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “This is traditionally a two-day and one-night retreat at Camp for All in Burton, TX, focusing on the Dominican Pillar of Community.”
  Ninth grade has a community retreat at Camp for All in Burton, TX.
  “This is traditionally a two-day, one-night retreat, focusing on the Dominican Pillar of Study.”
  Tenth grade has a study retreat.
  “This 3 days and 2 nights overnight retreat traditionally held at Forest Glen Camp in Huntsville, focuses on the Dominican Pillar of Prayer.”
  Eleventh grade has a prayer retreat at Forest Glen Camp in Huntsville.
  “This three-day, two-night final retreat traditionally focuses on the Dominican Pillar of Preaching.”
  Twelfth grade has a final preaching retreat.
Yes:
Campus ministry staffTwo or more (Two campus ministry staff are listed: Adam Smyth (Director) and Victoria Mastrangelo (Associate Director).)
Sources (1)
1. Prayer | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “Adam Smyth Director of Campus Ministry, Theology Teacher (713) 219-5491”
  Adam Smyth is Director of Campus Ministry.
  “Victoria Mastrangelo Associate Director of Campus Ministry, Theology Teacher (713) 219-5529”
  Victoria Mastrangelo is Associate Director of Campus Ministry.
Yes:
Faith-based student groups or clubsTwo or more (Two student faith groups are described on the student involvement page: Campus Ministry (monthly student-led meetings) and the Dominican Preaching Team, which includes Campus Ministry Core.)
Sources (1)
1. Student Involvement | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/student-involvement · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “Monthly meetings include small groups, prayer, and activities to strengthen the faith lives of Academy Women.”
  Campus Ministry holds monthly student meetings to strengthen faith life.
  “The Dominican Preaching Team is a two-year formation experience designed to give Junior and Senior Campus Ministry leaders the formation necessary to create and lead retreats”
  The Dominican Preaching Team is a two-year formation group for student campus ministry leaders.
  “Campus Ministry Core is a part of Dominican Preaching Team responsible for discipling students on campus.”
  Campus Ministry Core is a student peer ministry group.
Yes:
Daily prayer and liturgical life built into the school dayYes
Sources (2)
1. Student Involvement | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/student-involvement · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “Campus Ministers in all grades lead prayer each morning, serve at Mass, facilitate and participate in service projects”
  Campus ministers lead prayer each morning and serve at Mass.
2. Liturgical Worship | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/liturgical-worship · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “all are welcome to celebrate Mass at the beginning of Community Time on Thursdays. Mass starts at 9:10, and lasts the first half of community time.”
  Mass is celebrated at the start of Community Time on Thursdays at 9:10.

Service and Catholic social teaching

100 of 100 points on what we could document.

Yes:
Required service hours40 or more hours over four years (The graduation requirement is a community service project totalling 100+ hours, which exceeds 40 hours over four years.)
Sources (2)
1. Servant Leadership | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/servant-leadership · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “Beginning second semester junior year, Academy women complete 100 hours of community service with one organization, by the fall of their senior year.”
  Students complete 100 hours of service with one organization as a Servant Leader Apprentice.
2. Curriculum | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/academics/curriculum · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “Community service project totalling 100+ hours”
  Graduation requires a community service project totalling 100+ hours.
Yes:
Catholic social teaching taught in theology coursesYes (Catholic Social Teaching is taught in the junior Theology classes, which are part of the theology sequence.)
Sources (1)
1. Servant Leadership | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/servant-leadership · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “is nicely incorporated into junior Theology classes, which Morality and Catholic Social Teaching in the context of the life and teaching of Jesus Christ”
  Junior Theology classes cover Morality and Catholic Social Teaching.
Not enough information:
Pro-life engagement (club, March for Life, or similar)Not enough information: not found in official sources.
Yes:
Justice and solidarity programs (immersions, service trips, justice clubs)Yes (Justice programs include the Servant Leader Apprenticeship (100 hours addressing a social justice issue) and immersion trips for grades 9-12 that promote social justice.)
Sources (2)
1. Servant Leadership | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/servant-leadership · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “St. Agnes coordinates immersion trips for students in grades 9-12 which invite students to experience different cultures and promote social justice.”
  The school coordinates immersion trips for grades 9-12 that promote social justice.
  “Beginning second semester junior year, Academy women complete 100 hours of community service with one organization, by the fall of their senior year.”
  Students complete 100 hours of service with one organization as a Servant Leader Apprentice.
2. Our Mission & History | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/about-st-agnes/our-mission--history · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “instill the sense of responsibility to act on behalf of social justice in light of the gospel.”
  The mission calls for responsibility to act for social justice in light of the gospel.

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

Strengths

Mass is celebrated weekly on campus with confession available before or after it, and campus ministers lead prayer each morning.
Sources (2)
1. Liturgical Worship | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/liturgical-worship · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “all are welcome to celebrate Mass at the beginning of Community Time on Thursdays. Mass starts at 9:10, and lasts the first half of community time.”
  Mass is celebrated at the start of Community Time on Thursdays at 9:10.
  “The priest is available for confession before or after Mass each Thursday.”
  Confession is available before or after the Thursday Mass each week.
2. Student Involvement | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/student-involvement · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “Campus Ministers in all grades lead prayer each morning, serve at Mass, facilitate and participate in service projects”
  Campus ministers lead prayer each morning and serve at Mass.
Theology is required in each of the four years, and a retreat is held for every grade from 9 to 12.
Sources (2)
1. Curriculum | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/academics/curriculum · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “Mathematics | 4 | Natural Science | 4 | Theology | 3 1/2”
  Theology is a 4-credit graduation requirement.
2. Retreats | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/retreats · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “This is traditionally a two-day and one-night retreat at Camp for All in Burton, TX, focusing on the Dominican Pillar of Community.”
  Ninth grade has a community retreat at Camp for All in Burton, TX.
  “This is traditionally a two-day, one-night retreat, focusing on the Dominican Pillar of Study.”
  Tenth grade has a study retreat.
  “This 3 days and 2 nights overnight retreat traditionally held at Forest Glen Camp in Huntsville, focuses on the Dominican Pillar of Prayer.”
  Eleventh grade has a prayer retreat at Forest Glen Camp in Huntsville.
  “This three-day, two-night final retreat traditionally focuses on the Dominican Pillar of Preaching.”
  Twelfth grade has a final preaching retreat.
Students complete 100 hours of community service, and junior Theology classes include Catholic Social Teaching.
Sources (1)
1. Servant Leadership | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/servant-leadership · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “Beginning second semester junior year, Academy women complete 100 hours of community service with one organization, by the fall of their senior year.”
  Students complete 100 hours of service with one organization as a Servant Leader Apprentice.
  “is nicely incorporated into junior Theology classes, which Morality and Catholic Social Teaching in the context of the life and teaching of Jesus Christ”
  Junior Theology classes cover Morality and Catholic Social Teaching.

Concerns

The only published Mass is weekly on Thursdays.
Sources (1)
1. Liturgical Worship | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer/liturgical-worship · verified Oct. 12, 2026
  “all are welcome to celebrate Mass at the beginning of Community Time on Thursdays. Mass starts at 9:10, and lasts the first half of community time.”
  Mass is celebrated at the start of Community Time on Thursdays at 9:10.

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Campus ministry home

Campus Ministry, St. Agnes Academy

Address: 9000 Bellaire Blvd., Houston, TX 77036
Location: On campus
Facilities: Meyer Hall (liturgical celebrations, when space permits)

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Source: st-agnes.org, verified Oct. 12, 2026, st-agnes.org, verified Oct. 12, 2026

Catholic clubs and student life

10 groups and regular activities · 0 on campus, 3 off campus, 7 location not published

Retreats 5

Grade 9 Community retreatOff campus
Traditionally a two-day, one-night retreat at Camp for All in Burton, TX.
st-agnes.org
Grade 11 Prayer retreatOff campus
Traditionally a three-day, two-night retreat at Forest Glen Camp in Huntsville.
st-agnes.org
Dominican Preaching ConferenceOff campus
Each summer
Four student representatives are sent each summer to a national conference at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan.
st-agnes.org
Grade 10 Study retreat
Traditionally a two-day, one-night retreat focusing on the Dominican Pillar of Study, with service throughout the Houston area.
st-agnes.org
Grade 12 Preaching retreat
Traditionally a three-day, two-night final retreat focusing on the Dominican Pillar of Preaching.
st-agnes.org

Faith formation 1

Dominican Preaching Team
Two-year formation for junior and senior campus ministry leaders, who lead retreats and campus ministry programming.
st-agnes.org

Clubs and groups 2

Campus Ministry monthly meetings
Monthly
Monthly student meetings with small groups, prayer and activities to strengthen the faith lives of students.
st-agnes.org
Campus Ministry Core
Peer ministry group within the Dominican Preaching Team that discipleships students on campus and leads small groups.
st-agnes.org

Service 2

Servant Leader Apprenticeship
Second semester of junior year through fall of senior year
100 hours of community service with one organization on a social justice issue.
st-agnes.org
Immersion trips (grades 9-12)
Immersion trips that invite students to experience different cultures and promote social justice; these do not count toward the Servant Leadership requirement.
st-agnes.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

Campus Ministry, St. Agnes Academy

Sources (1)

Prayer | St. Agnes Academyst-agnes.org/prayer · verified Oct. 12, 2026
“Adam Smyth Director of Campus Ministry, Theology Teacher (713) 219-5491”
Adam Smyth is Director of Campus Ministry.
“Campus ministry supports and carries out the mission of our school by fostering the Dominican Pillars of Prayer, Study, Community and Preaching.”
Campus ministry fosters the Dominican pillars of Prayer, Study, Community and Preaching.
“St. Agnes Academy 9000 Bellaire Blvd. Houston, TX 77036”
The school and campus ministry are located at 9000 Bellaire Blvd., Houston, TX 77036.
“Campus ministry supports and carries out the mission of our school by fostering the Dominican Pillars of Prayer, Study, Community and Preaching.”
Campus ministry fosters the Dominican pillars of Prayer, Study, Community and Preaching.

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Academic Excellence

90 of 100

From federal data, on fixed published scales.

Each measure counts for the share shown.

Graduates going to four-year colleges 75% of score100%
Students per teacher 25% of score12.7 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

Type	Independent Catholic school
Diocese	Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, TX
Grades	9–12
Students (all grades)	934
Students in grades 9–12	934
Coed or single-sex	All-female
Student–teacher ratio	12.7 to 1
Graduates going to 4-year colleges	100%
Setting	City

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.

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Local Church

Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston

The Most Reverend Joe S. Vásquez, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston

Formal address: “Your Excellency”

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

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NCES school ID 01325152
9000 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77036
(713) 219-5456
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Is St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory a Catholic high school?: Yes. St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory is a Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
What is St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory’s Compass Score?: 90 out of 100 (grade A). It combines faith (75%) and academics (25%), each rated from official sources.
Where is Mass celebrated at St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory?: Mass is listed at St. Agnes Academy (room not named). Days and times are on this page; please confirm with the parish or campus ministry before you go.
Is St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory Compass Recommended?: Yes. St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory meets the Compass Recommended standard for Catholic identity and academics.

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