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
- ACT 25-75: 31–34
- APCollege-level courses with a national exam each May. A score of 3+ "passes" and can earn college credit; the pass rate tells you whether a school's AP program has substance behind the course list. exam pass rate 96%
Composed from the school's own published profile (2025), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How The Hockaday School compares for families
What families should know about The Hockaday School.
- ▸ 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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Your state's public flagship
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.
Pay for college in Texas
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.
Their published matriculation list
Where their graduates enrolled
The Hockaday School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 110 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.
Years, as the document states them
2024 – 2026
College · Students
and 80 more
These graduates went on to the colleges above.
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Independently verified As published by The Hockaday School — The Hockaday School Profile page ('College Matriculation: 2024 – 2026') ↗. Found at: 'College Matriculation: 2024 – 2026' section of the school-profile page.
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 2025-26): www.hockaday.org/academics/school-profile ↗
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.
| 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% |
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