Nolan Catholic High School


Nolan Catholic High School is a private, coeducational, college preparatory school, formerly in the Marianist tradition, and is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas. It serves grades 9-12, has an average student population of 1150, and serves the Church by educating and forming youth in the Roman Catholic faith through its mission.

School profile

Nolan Catholic High School is a private Catholic college preparatory school in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. It is one of three Catholic college preparatory schools in Tarrant County. Nolan Catholic specializes in providing a faith-filled education that prepares young adults for success in college or university and beyond. The school motto is Esto Dux, which in Latin translates to "be a leader."
Since being founded in 1961, the school has served in the ministry of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth under the administration of the Society of Mary. In 2014, the Marianists left Nolan Catholic at the request of the bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth. Nolan Catholic is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department.
Of the 97 members of faculty, only eight are avowed religious. Among the faculty, 50% hold advanced degrees including four at the doctoral level, among them Robert Scheer, Ph.D. and Natalie Hubbard, Ph.D..
The traditional college preparatory curriculum at Nolan Catholic requires 27 Carnegie units for graduation. Advanced Placement and honors courses are offered in multiple disciplines.

Honors Diploma

Qualified students may earn a designated honors diploma with the appropriate notification on their transcripts. Honors diploma requirements include a minimum cumulative numerical average of 93 by the end of the fall semester of the senior year. The student must have taken biology, physics, chemistry, as well as three years in the same foreign language, as well as credits in other classes.

Athletics

NCHS participates in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools at the Class 6A level. The following sports are offered:
NCHS sports teams have recently won state championships in the following sports: