Placement Testing

Each year, Marist Catholic High School's freshmen class is comprised of students from roughly 30 different middle schools. It is important that freshmen are placed in the appropriate level of classes as they start their Marist experience. To ensure proper placement, Marist requires two different placement tests for entering freshmen:

• World Language: incoming students who have prior academic experience with Spanish or French will take a short placement text. Incoming students who have some level of fluency will also be asked to test. If a new student has never studied Spanish or French and has zero fluency, he, she or they will be placed in either Spanish I or French I. This test is written and administered by the Marist World Language Department.
  
• Mathematics: all incoming students will take the mathematics placement test, regardless of prior experience or current proficiency level. Incoming students can be placed into a variety of mathematics classes depending on test results, current performance in mathematics, and standardized test scores. This test is written and administered by the Marist Mathematics Department.
  

Placement test scores are only one indication of the student’s academic ability. Scores are used for course placement and do not determine whether or not a student is offered admission.

​*Test dates for students beginning classes at the start of the 2023-24 academic year will be May 8 to 12 and 15 to 19. All tests will be administered at Marist Catholic High School. Registration will open in early April 2023.