St. John Berchmans was founded on August 10, 1910 by Miss Stephany Hooghe and a group of Belgian families of farmers.
The original site was at the present St. Stephen's location. it later moved to Harriman Street and in 1965 it moved to the present site on Cupples Road.
It was first opened in 1949 by Albert De Zaeytd.
Due to a number of circumstances in 1969 the school was closed. The building continued to be used for the Religious Education program. Finally, in 1983 the school reopened with grades Kindergarten through Eight grade.
Presently St. John Berchmans School has students in grades Pre-K3 through Eighth grade.
St. John Berchmans Catholic School was fully accredited by the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department, under the guidelines of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in December 2015.
The school is presently undergoing the required renewal process.