Hathaway Brown School

Shaker Heights · OH · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private
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📖20 AP courses 📝SAT 1430 avg 🏅8 National Merit Semifinalists

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Programs & features
  • 📚 20 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 8 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1430 (25-75: 1370–1500)
  • 📝 ACT avg 32.0 (25-75: 30–34)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 88.0% (avg score 4.2)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Hathaway Brown School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1430 (≈ top 4% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 32.0 (≈ top 4%) · 88% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 8 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
  • LocallyOH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Laurel School, Lawrence School-Upper School Campus, Eleanor Gerson School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🏛️ Your state's public flagship

Ohio State University-Main Campus

51%
admit rate
$13,244
in-state tuition/yr · $40,022 out-of-state
1330–1480
SAT 25–75 · ACT 29–32

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 $17,339/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full Ohio State University-Main Campus profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 779 in 2018 to 674 in 2022 — over 4 years.
-13.5%
Why only 3 data points?

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 Hathaway Brown School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.hb.edu/admission/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -3.6%/year, projecting from 2022's 674 students:

2023
650
2025
605
2027
562

≈ 112 fewer students by 2027 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At tuition per student, the 112 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $1,792,000/year in tuition at risk.

Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.

Most similar nearby high schools

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Laurel School
Shaker Heights
Private 1.5 446 -17.9%
Lawrence School-Upper School Campus
Northfield
Private 10.4 365 +11.3%
Eleanor Gerson School
Cleveland
Private 11.3 41
Lawerence School - Lower
Broadview Heights
Private 11.7 365 +9.9%
Steps Educational Group
Parma
Private 12.3 63 -44.7%
Yeshiva High School Of Cleveland
Beachwood
Private 2.2 17
Yeshiva Derech Hatorah
Cleveland Heights
Private 2.5 756 +11.7%
Chaviva High School
Cleveland Heights
Private 2.6 38

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