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Admissions Process

2025-26 & Class of 2030 Admissions Information

Important Dates & Timeline

Application Opens: August 15, 2025.

Early Application Deadline: September 23, 2025.

Early-Admit Exam Date: September 26, 2025.

Open House: October 8, 2025, 5-7:30pm. (Register here!)

Bilingual Application Assistance Night: October 16, 2025, 5:30-6:30pm. (Register here!)

Regular Application Deadline: November 4, 2025.

Entrance Exam Dates: October 25, 2025 & November 8, 2025.
(All applicants must take the Pius XI Entrance Exam in order to be considered for admission.)

​Completed Application, Report Cards, Standardized Test Scores, and Recommendation Form Deadline: November 4, 2025. 

Application Review Process: November - December 2025

Admissions Decisions Released (in Ravenna): First week of January 2026

Financial Aid Application Period: January 1-30, 2026. 

Milwaukee Parental Choice Application Window: February 2 - 20, 2026

WI Parental Choice Application Window: February 2 - April 20, 2026

Student Visit Days: Most Wednesdays and select Fridays.

Pre-registration is required, register here.

Questions? Contact Admissions at admissions@piusxi.org.

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Pius XI Catholic High School
135 North 76th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53213

Main Phone: 414-290-7000
Attendance Line: 414-290-7002

Spanish Liaison Hotline: 414-290-7003
Serving students in the Milwaukee area since 1929, Pius XI Catholic High School. Today, Pius XI is Milwaukee’s and Southeastern Wisconsin’s most diverse co-educational Catholic high school, serving a student body of approximately 720 students. Our college preparatory programming provides students with Advanced Placement and dual-enrollment courses; a nationally-recognized, four-year Fine Arts program with a full range of Performing and Visual Arts; a four-year Project Lead the Way Engineering program; and a Special Studies program with certified special education teachers for students with learning disabilities. Pius XI offers 24 athletic programs and more than 24 co-curricular activities.
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