- Location: Dallas, TX
- Enrollment: 1046
- School Type: Girls, day/boarding school
- Grades: PK-12
- Church Affiliation: Non-denominational
- Number of faculty: 48
- Tuition: Boarding: $39,919; Day: $21,815
- Percentage of students receiving financial aid: 16%
- Admissions Deadline: January 16/rolling
- Acceptance Rate: 20%
- Website: The Hockaday School
The Hockaday School is a girls' school which has been in operation since 1913.
Academics:
63% of Hockaday's faculty hold advanced degrees.
The school offers AP courses in the following subject areas:
- Biology
- Calculus
- Chemistry
- Computer Science JAVA
- Economics
- English
- Environmental Science
- French
- Latin
- Latin Literature
- Modern European History
- Music Theory
- Physics
- Spanish
- Spanish Literature
- Statistics
- Studio Art
- U.S. History
- World History
Facilities:
The Hockaday School is located on 100 acres in residential northwest Dallas. The campus features contemporary architecture with 16 state of the art, purpose-designed buildings.
Finances:
Hockaday has an endowment of approximately $100 million. It awards generous financial aid (approx $2 million) to about 16% of its students.
Matriculation:
The Hockaday School sends almost all of its graduates to college. Georgetown, McGill, Brown and UNC Chapel Hill are just some of the 73 different colleges and universities to which recent graduates have matriculated.
Commentary:
The Hockaday School is a Dallas institution and a fine one at that. The ARC or Academic Research Center is proof that Hockaday is serious about educating its young charges with solid academics. This is a very selective school. My only reservation would be about the boarding aspect. Only 15% of Hockaday students board. Basically this is a large day school, which is fine if you live in Dallas.
