The Hockaday School
Dallas · TX · Private independent · K-12 combined
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The Winston School → Alcuin School → Vanguard Preparatory School → Greenhill School → The Westwood School → Oak Hill Academy → Fairhill School → Shelton School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 24 AP courses offered (school profile)
- 🏆 12 National Merit Semifinalists last year
- 📝 SAT avg 1450 (25-75: 1400–1510)
- 📝 ACT avg 32.5 (25-75: 31–34)
- 📚 AP exam pass rate 90.0% (avg score 4.3)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How The Hockaday School compares for families
Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.
- ▸ NationallySAT mean 1450 (≈ top 3% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 32.5 (≈ top 4%) · 90% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 12 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: The Winston School, Alcuin School, Vanguard Preparatory School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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The University of Texas at Austin
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,857/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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Texas's public scholarships
Texas families have two big levers: a guaranteed-admission rule for the top of each graduating class, and the need-based TEXAS Grant that pairs with it. Class rank does more here than almost anywhere.
Graduate in the top 10% of your Texas public-HS class and finish the required curriculum for automatic admission to TX public universities (UT Austin caps at the top 5%). (Must finish the required college-prep curriculum (Distinguished plan).)
Official program details ↗Texas's flagship need-based grant — no GPA gate to qualify (a 3.0 or top-third rank just gives priority when funds run short). (Enroll within 16 months of HS, ≥¾ time, in a bachelor's program.)
Official program details ↗Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan plus a 3.0 GPA and an 80th-percentile test (or top-10% rank) for a TEXAS Grant-sized scholarship. (Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
Enrollment trend & projection
Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.
For a more current snapshot, see The Hockaday School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.hockaday.org/admission/school-profile ↗
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.1%/year, projecting from 2022's 1,079 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At tuition per student, the 60 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $960,000/year in tuition upside.
Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Winston School Dallas |
Private | 1.2 | 158 | +12.9% |
| Alcuin School Dallas |
Private | 1.6 | 404 | +5.8% |
| Vanguard Preparatory School Dallas |
Private | 2.1 | 90 | -3.2% |
| Greenhill School Addison |
Private | 2.5 | 1,302 | +2.0% |
| The Westwood School Dallas |
Private | 2.6 | 217 | +2.8% |
| Oak Hill Academy Dallas |
Private | 2.9 | 121 | -21.4% |
| Fairhill School Dallas |
Private | 4.5 | 90 | -44.4% |
| Shelton School Dallas |
Private | 5.7 | 1,023 | +15.1% |