Why Jesuit
Are you wondering what the Jesuit Dallas Experience is like? Let our students tell you in their own words:
We provide our students with the tools to succeed...
- 9:1 student-teacher ratio
- Student-centered counseling program
- Nearly 150 courses and over 100 extracurricular activities
- 25 AP course offerings
- Global education summer travel programs in marine biology (Grand
Cayman, British Virgin Islands), government (Washington D.C.),
and Mandarin (China) - Hosting and exchange programs in Italy, France, Mexico, and Peru
- Housing hundreds of works by internationally-celebrated artists, the
School’s classrooms and hallways double as an art museum
and become leaders in the classroom...
- Average SAT scores exceed the national average by more than 300 points
- 237 students recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program in the last five years
- 67 National Merit Hispanic Scholars in the last five years
- In the last five years, students have received college scholarship offers totaling over $150 million
driven by the pursuit of excellence...
- Robust stage & film program that features major productions and
student-directed one acts - Award-winning student newspaper, The Roundup
- A perennial state and national contending debate program, which qualified a Texas record eight teams to the 2019 state championships
- Highly decorated state championship robotics team that has received
every award offered by FIRST; won the 2014 FIRST World Championship;
and finished third overall at the 2017 world finals - Nationally recognized program in the Junior Classical League
- Comprehensive medical society, complete with clinical rotations at area
hospitals and an annual mission trip to a developing nation
focused on competing at the highest level...
- 121 team state titles in athletics since 1954
- First Texas high school to ever be invited to the USA Hockey National
Championships; earn a spot in the lacrosse national rankings;
and qualify for the Henley Royal Regatta (Crew) - First school in Texas to receive the Strength of America award by the
President’s Council in Physical Fitness, and a recipient every year
since 2013 - 66 UIL district championships in 10 sports since 2004
- In the last five years, baseball, soccer, and crew have been recognized as the top high school boys program in the country
spiritually strong...
- Celebration of School-wide Mass and weekly prayer service
- Daily reflection through the Examen and morning prayer
- Off-campus class retreats
- Campus ministry program, including student-driven Christian Life Community
- Wellness resource program with students, parents, and faculty that explore contemporary issues through an Ignatian lens (I-Days)
to live as Men for Others.
- Working through non-profit organizations to minister to people in need
(i.e., the poor, hungry, or homeless; the sick or injured; the handicapped;
the elderly or infirmed; the intellectually/academically challenged), students participate in a nationally-recognized formation program - Partnering with hundreds of organizations, Jesuit Dallas is the largest
high school community service department in the State of Texas - Social justice immersion experiences in Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, El Paso/Jaurez, Puerto Rico, Waco, and Los Angeles
- The first high school in the United States to sponsor an on-campus chapter of Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS), whose mission is focused on reaching out to Africans arriving in the U.S. and to those living in refugee camps in Kenya
- Urban and poverty immersion missions locally and abroad