Hathaway Brown School

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

Private

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Laurel School → University School → Hawken School → Lawrence School-Upper School Campus → Eleanor Gerson School → Lawerence School - Lower → Steps Educational Group → Yeshiva High School Of Cleveland →

At a glance

Academic signals

ACT avg 29.3 (25-75: 27–31)
AP exam pass rate 85%

Composed from the school's own published profile (2016), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Hathaway Brown School compares for families

What families should know about Hathaway Brown School.

▸ LocallyOH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
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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.

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

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

Hathaway Brown School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 155 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2022 - 2026

College · Students

The Ohio State University 19

Case Western Reserve University 18

Boston University 13

University of Michigan 12

Washington University, St. Louis 12

Emory University 10

Northeastern University 10

University of Rochester 10

Columbia University 8

Tulane University of Louisiana 8

University of Cincinnati 8

Miami University 7

Syracuse University 7

Boston College 6

Denison University 6

George Washington University 6

Princeton University 6

University of Pennsylvania 6

University of Richmond 6

Cleveland State University 5

New York University 5

University of Wisconsin-Madison 5

Chapman University 4

Colgate University 4

Fordham University 4

Hampton University 4

Hobart and William Smith Colleges 4

Indiana University 4

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4

Southern Methodist University 4

and 125 more

Tufts University 4

University of Colorado, Boulder 4

University of Miami 4

Vanderbilt University 4

Babson College 3

Clemson University 3

Colby College 3

Cornell University 3

Duke University 3

Georgetown University 3

Harvard University 3

Lehigh University 3

Northwestern University 3

Ringling College of Art and Design 3

Savannah College of Art and Design 3

Skidmore College 3

University of California, Berkeley 3

University of Denver 3

University of Notre Dame 3

University of South Carolina 3

Villanova University 3

Wake Forest University 3

Yale University 3

Barnard College 2

Carleton College 2

Carnegie Mellon University 2

Colorado College 2

Connecticut College 2

Drexel University 2

Fairfield University 2

Georgia Tech 2

Hamilton College 2

Howard University 2

Ithaca College 2

John Carroll University 2

Kenyon College 2

Loyola University Chicago 2

Oberlin College 2

Penn State University 2

Pitzer College 2

Purdue University 2

Rice University 2

San Diego State University 2

Smith College 2

SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology 2

Swarthmore College 2

The College of Wooster 2

Union College 2

University of Akron 2

University of California, Los Angeles 2

University of Chicago 2

University of Kentucky 2

University of Maryland 2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2

University of Pittsburgh 2

University of Southern California 2

University of St Andrews 2

Ursuline College 2

Wellesley College 2

Wesleyan University 2

William & Mary 2

Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2

Xavier University of Louisiana 2

Allegheny College 1

American University 1

Baldwin Wallace University 1

Bates College 1

Baylor University 1

Bowdoin College 1

Brandeis University 1

Brown University 1

Bucknell University 1

College of Charleston 1

College of the Holy Cross 1

Columbia College (Chicago) 1

Dartmouth College 1

DePaul University 1

Eastman School of Music 1

Elon University 1

Embry-Riddle University 1

Florida State University 1

Franklin & Marshall College 1

Furman University 1

Harvey Mudd College 1

Johns Hopkins University 1

Kent State University 1

Lafayette College 1

Lawrence University 1

Leiden University College The Hague 1

Mercyhurst University 1

Middlebury College 1

Occidental College 1

Ohio Northern University 1

Ohio University 1

Pace University 1

Penn State University (Behrend) 1

Pratt Institute 1

Reed College 1

Rhode Island School of Design 1

Rochester Institute of Technology 1

Rollins College 1

School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1

Spelman College 1

St. John's College (Annapolis) 1

St. Lawrence University 1

Stanford University 1

Texas Christian University 1

The New School 1

University of California, San Diego 1

University of Dayton 1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1

University of Leeds 1

University of Mississippi 1

University of Mount Union 1

University of Strathclyde 1

University of Tampa 1

University of Texas 1

University of Toronto 1

University of Virginia 1

University of Washington 1

Vassar College 1

Waseda University 1

Washington and Lee University 1

Whitman College 1

Williams College 1

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Hathaway Brown School — Hathaway Brown School, College Counseling page ↗. Found at: 'College Counseling' page, '2022 - 2026 Matriculation' list.

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 2016-17): www.hb.edu/uploaded/College_Counseling/collegepro… ↗

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.

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School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Laurel School Shaker Heights	Private	1.5	446	-17.9%
University School Chagrin Falls	Private	5.9	869	—
Hawken School Gates Mills	Private	8.7	1,047	-10.1%
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	—

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