Hawken School

Gates Mills · OH · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

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University School → Laurel School → Hathaway Brown School → Re-Education Services → Gilmour Academy → Lawrence School-Upper School Campus → Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School → Fuchs Mizrachi School →

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How Hawken School compares for families

What families should know about Hawken School.

▸ LocallyOH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: University School, Laurel School, Hathaway Brown 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.

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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

Hawken School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 175 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
2021–2025

American University* Amherst College Babson College Baldwin Wallace University Barnard College* Bates College Belmont University Berklee College of Music Boston College* Boston University* Bowdoin College Bowling Green State University* Brown University Bucknell University* Butler University* Capital University Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University* Central Michigan University Champlain College* Chapman University Clemson University* Cleveland State University* Coastal Carolina University Colby College* Colgate University College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary

and 145 more

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Independently verified As published by Hawken School — Hawken Upper School Class of 2025 Profile ↗. Found at: last page (page 6), section headed 'Matriculation List 2021–2025'.

About this listing

Hawken School is listed by PSS 2020 · NAIS. Its enrollment figures below come from the most recent federal Private School Survey it answered; the survey is voluntary, and the school did not respond to the latest wave. The school's own site: www.hawken.edu ↗

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 1,164 in 2018 to 1,047 in 2020 — over 2 years.

-10.1%

Why only 2 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.

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School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
University School Chagrin Falls	Private	3.7	869	—
Laurel School Shaker Heights	Private	7.3	446	-17.9%
Hathaway Brown School Shaker Heights	Private	8.7	674	-13.5%
Re-Education Services Mentor	Private	12.1	98	—
Gilmour Academy Gates Mills	Private	3.2	656	+7.4%
Lawrence School-Upper School Campus Northfield	Private	15.6	365	+11.3%
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School Chardon	Private	6.5	723	+6.8%
Fuchs Mizrachi School Beachwood	Private	6.5	370	-3.1%

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