College Placement
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Welcome to the St. Pius X High School Post-Secondary Advisory Office St. Pius X has a legacy of college preparatory excellence, with 100% of graduates the past seven years attending college. Nearly all StPX graduates the past 25 years and more also continued their education after high school, be it two-year, four-year or technical universities and colleges, along with military service. Access to college and career counseling begins during freshman year and continues through graduation. Along the way, students have opportunities to chat with colleges that visit campus (over 60 such visits per year) as well as tour college campuses as part of the 693 Program. Mr. Schutte, who was a 20-year college admission professional before joining the St. Pius X staff, has office hours available every day for student meetings and is also available for before and after school meetings with parents. |
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693 College Visit Program
Unique to the St. Louis area, the St. Pius X 693 Program sees students take SIX trips to NINE colleges in their first THREE years of high school. These trips, led by Mr. Schutte, expose students to several different types of colleges—junior colleges, regionally ranked private universities, a pair of land-grant state institutions, and in SLU a US News & World Report Top 100 school. Many St. Pius X graduates have found their eventual college or university through these trips, while others use the tours to determine which types of schools are most appealing to them.
The St. Pius X Parent Club, along with several host schools, pays nearly all of the expenses associated with these trips. Typically the only out-of-pocket cost for students is lunch of three of the trips.
| 2019-20 Date | College(s) | Class |
| Tuesday Oct. 22 | Columbia College | Juniors |
| Thursday Nov. 14 | Southeast Missouri State U | Sophomores |
| Friday March 6 | Jefferson College | Freshmen |
| Thursday March 12 | Westminster/William Woods | Juniors |
| Thursday March 26 | SLU/Webster | Sophomores |
| Thursday April 16 | McKendree/SIU-Edwardsville | Juniors |
College Matriculations St. Pius X Graduates 2016-2019 |
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| Arkansas State University | Missouri University of Science & Technology |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Murray State University |
| Ball State University | Ozark Community College |
| Benedictine College | Paul Mitchell School |
| Benedictine University | Purdue University |
| Columbia College | Quincy University |
| Creighton University | Ranken Technical College |
| Culver-Stockton College | Rockhurst University |
| DePaul University | Saint Louis University |
| DePauw University | Southeast Missouri State University |
| Drury University | Southern Illinois University - Carbondale |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville |
| Fontbonne University | St. Charles Community College |
| Grabber School of Hair Design | St. Louis College of Pharmacy |
| Harris Stowe State University | St. Louis Community College |
| Illinois College | St. Mary's University (Texas) |
| Illinois State University | Truman State University |
| Iowa State University | University of Arkansas |
| Iowa Wesleyan University | University of Central Missouri |
| Jefferson College | University of Evansville |
| Kansas State University | University of Mississippi |
| Kenrick-Glennon Seminary | University of Missouri |
| Lewis & Clark Community College | University of Missouri - St. Louis |
| Lindenwood University | University of Missouri- Kansas City |
| Marquette University | University of North Alabama |
| Maryville University | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| McKendree University | Valparaiso University |
| Mineral Area College | Webster University |
| Missouri Baptist University | Westminster College |
| Missouri Southern State University | William Jewell College |
| Missouri State University | William Woods University |