Admissions
Rooted in Jesus Christ, the best of the western tradition, and a low-tech, high-nature environment, Martin Saints students are free to flourish. They can look into the eyes of those around them, and look out to the big bright world where God is calling them to their life's mission. To look into the transcendentals of truth, beauty, and goodness, so they can live with clarity and conviction, entering the world as well-formed adults. Come, and explore the MSC difference for yourself.
Admissions Process
Step 1: Express Interest
Fill out an inquiry form to express your interest and a member of our admissions team will reach out shortly to answer your questions and to help you with the next steps.
Step 2: Visit Our School
We invite you to visit us for an Open House or a personal tour. Prospective students are highly encouraged to attend a Visitation Day or schedule a shadow day. Please come, learn more about our school and admissions process, and meet our team!
Step 3: Apply Online
Our application process is completed online through TADS, an online platform that lets you easily submit your application, tracks your admission status and more, while keeping your personal and financial information safe, secure, and confidential.
In addition to answering questions about your family, your student will write an essay based on his or her chosen prompt, and you will also be required to submit official copies of 6th to 8th grade transcripts and two teacher recommendations. Homeschoolers may contact us to discuss submitting portfolios.
Click here to view our 2027-2028 Tuition and Fee Schedule.
Applications received by December 1 are given priority. Sending your application by this deadline maximizes your chances of securing your child’s seat and receiving the best financial package available. After that, applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
The $100 non-refundable application fee will be credited towards tuition for applications received by December 1st.
Step 4: Family Interview and Assessment
You will be invited for a family interview once we receive all of the required documents. Both parents and the prospective student are required to attend this meeting with our Headmaster. This step ensures that both family and Martin Saints are a good fit for each other. An assessment will also be given to your student during this time so we can identify your child’s academic strengths and areas for growth.
To keep the process moving smoothly, families applying for tuition support are asked to complete their financial aid application prior to the meeting.
Step 5: Acceptance
An admissions decision along with the financial aid award (if applicable) will be sent to you after a thorough review and approval from our Admissions Committee.
Step 6: Enroll
You are now ready to enroll in Martin Saints! To secure your child’s place, please submit the new student deposit, sign the tuition agreement and set up your payment plan.
Investing in Classical Education
Martin Saints Classical High School is committed to offering an excellent, affordable education and formation. Tuition alone does not cover the full cost of educating each student and we are grateful for families who join our fundraising efforts to help keep tuition affordable.
Tuition and Fees
Tuition for the school year 2027-2028 is $15,500 per student.
A sibling discount of $1,000 is applied for each additional child enrolled after the first for families with multiple children enrolled in Martin Saints.
Application Fee: $100
Book and Activities Fee/ New Student Deposit: $550
Re-enrollment Fee: $150
Athletics Fee: $150 per sport
Affordability Options
Martin Saints offers generous financial support through institutional grants, the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC) and the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) scholarships. Families who earn a maximum household income of $122,322 plus an additional $21,5318 per dependent qualify for EITC/OSTC scholarships.
We also offer scholarships named in honor of our dedicated benefactors such as the Mary Simonis Rush scholarship, which commemorates the life of a remarkable woman whose life exemplified the core values of Martin Saints. There is no separate application for these scholarships. All families who complete a financial aid application will be considered for all these funding options.
Additionally, Martin Saints offers an automatic sibling discount of $1,000 for each additional child enrolled after the first.
Financial Aid Application
Martin Saints Classical High School has partnered with Ravenna Financial Aid, a reputable third-party financial aid management platform, to ensure fair, secure, and confidential processing of financial aid applications. Applications for financial aid opens on September 1st. Financial Aid applications are accepted on a rolling basis. We make awards according to available funds, which is why it’s always better to apply early in the process. Supporting tax documents and/or proof of income are required.
Ravenna charges a small application fee per household.
Non-Discrimination Policy
Martin Saints Classical HIgh School admits students of any race, color, religion, creed, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
Your Road to Martin Saints
Hopefully, your commute to Martin Saints is straightforward. But sometimes, we need to get more creative, and we’re eager to help. We encourage families to contact us to brainstorm transportation options. Sometimes there are easy train rides, buses, or shuttle services. Other times, we might be able to introduce you to families who live nearby and could be carpool partners. For example, here’s a map of where current MSC students live; is there anyone near you?
Here are a few examples of how we can get creative and make a Martin Saints education possible:
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This student lives along the mainline, in Ardmore, which is in the Lower Merion school district. Because the Lower Merion district boundaries are less than ten miles from Martin Saints, this student can take a district bus to Martin Saints each morning, and uses the same bus to get home after school as well. There are several Martin Saints students on the bus with him, as well as a student from a parochial grade school.
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This student lives in Glenside. His parents drive him to the Jenkintown train station each morning, which is less than 10 minutes from their house. He rides the train from Jenkintown to North Wales. He meets several other Martin Saints students on the same train. When they arrive in North Wales, the Martin Saints shuttle is waiting every morning. He takes the same route home at the end of the day.
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This student lives in Northeast Philadelphia. Every morning, her mom drives her to another student's house in Willow Grove. From there, she carpools with this family. On her way home, she carpools with a different family, who live in Huntingdon Valley. Her mom picks her up from their house in the afternoons.
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This student lives in Overbrook. Her parents drive her to the Plymouth Meeting Mall every morning, where one of our school shuttles meets her and takes her to Martin Saints. In the afternoon, she takes a SEPTA bus back to the Plymouth Meeting mall, where her parents meet her to take her back home.
Where do you see yourself?
Please contact our staff at Martin Saints who would be very happy to review options with you.
Transportation Ideas
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Free public school busing is available for any students who lives within these school districts:
Central Bucks
Colonial
Hatboro-Horsham
Lower Merion
Methacton
Norristown
North Penn
Perkiomen Valley
Radnor
Springfield
Springford
Tredyffrin
Upper Dublin
Upper Merion
Wissahickon
Don’t see your district listed? To find out if your district is eligible, we need to know your district boundaries. Most of the time, those boundaries are indicated by a map on your district’s website. To be eligible for bussing, the edge of the boundary must be ten miles or less from Martin Saints. In other words, when measuring the ten miles, you don't measure from your home address, but from the district perimeter. If you have any questions about how this works, please contact us. We will be glad to help think and plan together.
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North Wales train station
Students can ride the train to the North Wales station on the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown line. Martin Saints provides a shuttle service which picks up students at the station every morning. In the afternoon, we have two shuttles to the North Wales train station. The first shuttle option is right after dismissal, and the second shuttle is at 5:15pm, allowing students to stay for extracurricular activities, including most clubs and athletics.
Plymouth Meeting mall
In the morning, we also have a shuttle going from the Plymouth Meeting mall to Martin Saints. In the afternoon, these students walk to the corner of Scenic Road and Germantown Pike. There is a SEPTA bus that picks them up and takes them down Germantown Pike, back to Plymouth Meeting mall, where they are able to meet rides or another SEPTA bus.
A new shuttle near you?
We are interested in creating new shuttles, depending on need. Sometimes it just takes two or three families to make a shuttle economically viable, so please, do not hesitate to contact us and let us help brainstorm transportation options. There may be other families near you who are asking the same questions.
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Our students are eligible for a SEPTA pass which gives them access to all SEPTA train and bus lines, including regional rail and the Norristown high speed line. The details - including what’s covered by the pass - may vary depending on where the student lives. For students who live within the Philadelphia city limits, any SEPTA vehicle is free using the SEPTA pass.
Students in the suburbs pay for a discounted weekly pass. Whether they ride once or ten times a week, they pay a flat rate of $23.60/week. If they do not use the pass in a particular week, then they do not pay anything (i.e., they do not lose money if they do not use the pass that week).