Admissions Frequently Asked Questions
What is your admission policy?
St. Stephen School, mindful of its mission to be witness to the love of Christ for all, admits students of any race, color, and national and/or ethnic origins to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded to or made available to students at this school. St. Stephen School does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex or disability in administration of educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
How much is tuition and how is it paid?
For 2024-2025, tuition for one student whose parents meet participation requirements and who are registered, contributing members of Saint Stephen Parish is $9,540. The Non-Parishioner rate per student is $10,480. Committed to providing an affordable Catholic education to all our families, we offer discounted tuition for siblings. Each family pays tuition online via the FACTS Tuition Management System. Parents may elect to pay the tuition in full at the beginning of the school year, at the beginning of each semester, or on a monthly basis.
How many new students will be accepted?
In the last few years, we have enrolled approximately 32 students in our kindergarten. Based on our parent survey, we expect that half the kindergarten enrollment next year will be made up of brothers and sisters of current St. Stephen School students. We have receive many requests for enrollment information both from families currently part of the St. Stephen School community and new families. We do not have many openings in other grades. However, we expect we will enroll approximately ten new students this year for grades one to seven.
What documents must we submit to apply to Kindergarten?
1) The completed application
2) An original, official, embossed birth certificate or baptismal certificate as proof of age
3) A $50.00 Application Fee
When does the school make decisions regarding Kindergarten Acceptance?
After the Kindergarten Screening, we will begin making acceptance decisions the week following the screening.
​What documents must we submit to apply to Grades 1-7?
1) The completed application
2) The most recent student report card
3) A $50.00 Application Fee
When will the School notify us about the status of our application to Grades 1-7?
When we complete our current students’ re-registration process, (no later than April 1st), we will begin accepting students for grades one through seven to fill any openings we have.
What happens if I receive a letter of acceptance?
We will provide a deadline, approximately one week, to submit the appropriate fees to hold your child’s place. These fees are non-refundable. If you change your mind and do not send your child to the school for any reason, the fees are still non-refundable. If the office does not receive the fees to hold your child’s place by the stated deadline, we can no longer hold the space and will offer it to another applicant.
What if my child has been put on the waiting list?
Due to the number of applicants, we may place some children on our wait list. Our experience has been that openings develop even up to the beginning of the school year. When that happens, we reconsider all the applicants on our waiting list. We will contact wait listed families as soon as possible when spaces becomes available.