For over 100 years, St. Austin Catholic School has prepared students to be Christ-centered, academically strong, moral community leaders. Nestled in the heart of downtown Austin next to The University of Texas, we are a school steeped in faith, culture, history, and tradition.
At our founding, the Dominican Sisters of Houston relocated Holy Rosary School (1915), a school for Mexican immigrant children, to a one-room house at 1911 San Antonio Street. A year later, the school became known as Newman School, reflecting our Paulist heritage. With the addition of an eighth grade in 1941-1942, our name changed to St. Austin Catholic School.
The Dominican Sisters departed in the late 1970s, and have flourished under the ministry of the Paulist Fathers. Today, students attend St. Austin Catholic School from across the greater-Austin area to join in our shared beliefs, mission, and academic achievement.
In the Fall of 2021, St. Austin Catholic School began the process of demolition, and construction, of a school unlike any other in the Austin Diocese, on the original site that Dominican Sisters of Houston chose over 100 years prior.
Our new school buidling is the latest iteration of our mission. The layout of our school from its classrooms to its Design Studio, from its science lab to its library embraces 21st Century Learning frameworks that promote project-based learning, the type of collaboration seen more often in high school and college. St. Austin has always provided unparalleled educational opportunties due to its location, mission and culture.