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Matriculation A+
Academics A+
Extracurriculars A
Community A
Reviews B+
Founded in 1893, The Harker School offers a coed, independent program for students in K-Gr. 12 on three beautiful campuses in the heart of Silicon Valley. Harker is one of the top prep schools in the nation and the largest K-12 independent school in the state, and its upper school sends its graduates to the finest universities and colleges in the country. Students reach their full potential through small class sizes, performance placement at most grade levels, integration of state-of-the-art technology at all grade levels, AP and honors offerings, a full-time counseling staff and highly qualified faculty. Harker is a dynamic community that honors individuality, embraces diversity and prepares students to take their places as global citizens.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$62950
Enrollment
1975
International Students
0.4%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
62%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:9
Endowment
$11.4 millions
AP
27
Average SAT Score
1499
Average ACT Score
33
Class Size
15

Matriculation


Matriculation

(2021-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 5
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 12
#3 Harvard College 6
#3 Stanford University 29
#3 Yale University 11
LAC #1 Williams College 1
#6 University of Chicago 10
#7 Johns Hopkins University 5
#7 University of Pennsylvania 8
#9 California Institute of Technology 6
#10 Duke University 9
#10 Northwestern University 4
LAC #2 Amherst College 2
#12 Dartmouth College 4
#13 Brown University 4
#13 Vanderbilt University 3
#15 Rice University 8
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 9
LAC #3 Pomona College 2
#17 Cornell University 11
#18 Columbia University 12
#20 University of California: Berkeley 17
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 20
LAC #4 Swarthmore College 1
#22 Carnegie Mellon University 26
#22 Emory University 5
#22 Georgetown University 8
#25 New York University 19
#25 University of Michigan 16
#25 University of Southern California 24
LAC #5 Wellesley College 3
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3
#29 Wake Forest University 1
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 1
LAC #6 Carleton College 2
#32 Tufts University 3
#32 University of California: Santa Barbara 13
#34 University of California: Irvine 7
#34 University of California: San Diego 11
#36 Boston College 1
#38 University of California: Davis 4
#38 University of Texas at Austin 9
#38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8
#41 Boston University 4
#44 Brandeis University 1
#44 Case Western Reserve University 9
#44 Georgia Institute of Technology 2
#44 Northeastern University 2
#44 Tulane University 2
LAC #9 Claremont McKenna College 5
#51 Lehigh University 1
#51 Purdue University 13
#51 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2
#55 Pepperdine University 1
#55 Santa Clara University 15
#55 Trinity University 1
#55 University of Washington 8
#62 George Washington University 3
#62 Syracuse University 3
#62 University of Pittsburgh 3
#62 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2
LAC #13 Smith College 1
LAC #13 Vassar College 1
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1
#67 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2
#72 American University 1
#72 Fordham University 1
#72 Indiana University Bloomington 3
#72 Reed College 2
#77 Loyola Marymount University 8
LAC #18 Barnard College 1
LAC #18 University of Richmond 1
LAC #18 Wesleyan University 1
#105 Drexel University 1
#105 University of Denver 1
#105 University of Oregon 4
#105 University of Utah 1
#107 Whittier College 1
#121 Chapman University 9
LAC #27 Colorado College 1
#137 Seattle University 1
LAC #29 Harvey Mudd College 1
#151 Colorado State University 1
#151 Duquesne University 1
#151 Oregon State University 2
LAC #31 Kenyon College 1
LAC #33 Pitzer College 4
#166 California State University: Fullerton 1
#166 University of Hawaii at Manoa 2
LAC #37 Occidental College 1
#219 Illinois State University 1
#219 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 1
#250 University of North Dakota 1
Babson College 4
Bellevue College 1
California Institute of the Arts 1
California Lutheran University 2
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo 3
California State University: Monterey Bay 1
California State University: Northridge 1
Emerson College 1
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering 1
Johns Hopkins University: Peabody Conservatory of Music 1
Olivet Nazarene University 1
Parsons The New School for Design 2
Pratt Institute 1
Ringling College of Art and Design 1
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 1
San Jose State University 2
Savannah College of Art and Design 1
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1
Shanghai Jiao Tong University 1
Stetson University 1
stony brook university, state university of new york 1
University of California: Merced 1
University of California: Riverside 1
University of California: Santa Cruz 6
University of Colorado Boulder 3
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 15
University of Maryland: College Park 8
University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 2
University of Portland 1
University of Redlands 1
University of St. Andrews 1
University of Toronto 4
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2020-2022 2019-2021 2018-2020 2017-2019 Total
All schools 501 509 493 488 441
#1 Princeton University 5 7 4 6 8 30
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 12 16 12 15 11 66
#3 Stanford University 29 27 28 23 27 134
#3 Harvard College 6 12 18 21 17 74
#5 Yale University 11 7 3 1 1 23
#6 University of Pennsylvania 8 13 13 13 8 55
#7 Duke University 9 12 13 14 10 58
#7 California Institute of Technology 6 7 6 8 8 35
#9 Brown University 4 4 3 4 5 20
#9 Northwestern University 4 3 3 3 7 20
#9 Johns Hopkins University 5 5 3 2 1 16
#12 University of Chicago 10 11 13 13 11 58
#12 Cornell University 11 13 10 11 12 57
#12 Columbia University 12 15 15 11 10 63
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 20 18 14 13 15 80
#15 University of California: Berkeley 17 20 31 41 49 158
#17 Rice University 8 3 3 3 6 23
#18 Vanderbilt University 3 3 2 4 5 17
#18 Dartmouth College 4 4 5 5 3 21
#21 University of Michigan 16 17 14 10 5 62
#22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 3 2 1 9
#22 Georgetown University 8 5 6 8 6 33
#24 Washington University in St. Louis 9 10 9 9 10 47
#24 Carnegie Mellon University 26 26 21 21 25 119
#24 Emory University 5 2 2 2 11
#28 University of California: Davis 4 4 3 4 6 21
#28 University of California: San Diego 11 9 7 6 5 38
#28 University of Southern California 24 28 25 23 17 117
#33 Georgia Institute of Technology 2 5 8 8 5 28
#33 University of California: Irvine 7 8 7 8 8 38
#35 New York University 19 22 24 20 24 109
#35 University of California: Santa Barbara 13 15 10 8 9 55
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 12 10 6 2 38
#38 University of Texas at Austin 9 5 4 2 20
#39 Boston College 1 2 3 2 2 10
#40 University of Washington 8 13 15 13 9 58
#40 Tufts University 3 3 2 4 6 18
#43 Boston University 4 8 8 6 2 28
#47 University of Rochester 1 1
#47 Lehigh University 1 1
#47 Texas A&M University 1 2 2 5
#47 Wake Forest University 1 1 1 1 4
#47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2 2 1 1 1 7
#51 Purdue University 13 13 11 10 9 56
#53 Northeastern University 2 2 3 4 6 17
#53 Case Western Reserve University 9 5 3 1 18
#53 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 2 1 3
#60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2 1 2 1 2 8
#60 Michigan State University 1 1 2 4
#60 Brandeis University 1 1 2
#60 Santa Clara University 15 6 10 13 15 59
#67 Villanova University 1 1 1 3
#67 Syracuse University 3 1 2 2 1 9
#67 University of Pittsburgh 3 2 2 7
#67 George Washington University 3 2 2 2 1 10
#67 University of Miami 1 1 1 1 4
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 1
#73 Indiana University Bloomington 3 2 1 6
#73 Tulane University 2 1 1 4
#76 Colorado School of Mines 1 1 2
#76 Pepperdine University 1 1 1 4 7
#82 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2 3 1 1 7
#86 Clemson University 1 1 1 3
#89 Fordham University 1 1
#93 Loyola Marymount University 8 7 6 5 5 31
#93 Baylor University 1 1 1 3
#98 University of Oregon 4 4 2 1 11
#98 Drexel University 1 2 3 2 1 9
#105 University of Colorado Boulder 3 2 2 2 9
#105 American University 1 1 1 3
#115 University of Utah 1 1 1 1 4
#124 University of Denver 1 1 1 3
#133 California State University: Fullerton 1 1 1 2 5
#133 Chapman University 9 14 18 19 60
#142 Oregon State University 2 2
#142 University of the Pacific 1 2 3
#151 Colorado State University 1 1 1 3
#151 Duquesne University 1 1
#151 DePaul University 1 2 3
#163 Seattle University 1 1 2
#170 University of Hawaii at Manoa 2 2 1 5
#178 San Francisco State University 1 1
#178 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 1 1 1 1 4
#185 Hofstra University 1 1
#201 The New School College of Performing Arts 1 1
#209 Illinois State University 1 1 2
#216 Springfield College 1 1 2
#236 University of North Dakota 1 1
#249 Northern Arizona University 1 1
University of Maryland: College Park 8 6 2 1 1 18
University of California: Santa Cruz 6 3 2 3 5 19
University of California: Riverside 1 1 2
University of California: Merced 1 1 2 1 5
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 15 19 24 22 22 102
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2020-2022 2019-2021 2018-2020 2017-2019 Total
All schools 34 34 46 46 38
#1 Williams College 1 1 2 3 3 10
#2 Amherst College 2 3 2 2 2 11
#4 Pomona College 2 2 2 2 1 9
#4 Swarthmore College 1 2 2 2 1 8
#4 Wellesley College 3 4 5 6 5 23
#9 Carleton College 2 1 2 2 2 9
#9 Bowdoin College 1 2 2 1 1 7
#11 Claremont McKenna College 5 4 7 5 5 26
#11 Barnard College 1 1 1 2 1 6
#11 Wesleyan University 1 1 2 1 1 6
#16 Harvey Mudd College 1 1 2 3 2 9
#16 Smith College 1 1 1 1 4
#16 Vassar College 1 1 1 3
#21 Colgate University 1 1 1 3
#25 University of Richmond 1 1 2
#27 Macalester College 1 1 2 1 5
#33 Oberlin College 1 1
#33 Colorado College 1 1 2
#34 Mount Holyoke College 1 1 1 3
#35 Occidental College 1 1 2 3 7
#35 Scripps College 3 3 4 10
#39 Pitzer College 4 3 3 2 2 14
#39 Kenyon College 1 1
#39 Trinity College 1 1 2
#46 Whitman College 1 1
#59 Trinity University 1 1 1 3
#67 Reed College 2 2 2 1 7
#89 University of Puget Sound 1 1 2
#93 Whittier College 1 1 1 1 4
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2020-2022 2019-2021 2018-2020 2017-2019 Total
All schools 4 4 2 2 0
#1 University of Toronto 4 4 1 9
#2 University of British Columbia 1 2 3
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2020-2022 2019-2021 2018-2020 2017-2019 Total
All schools 1 3 0 0 0
#1 University of Oxford 1 1
#3 University College London 1 1
#33 University of St. Andrews 1 1 2

AP Scores

(2023)
Number of students took AP test
617
Number of tests taken
1793
91%
6%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(27)
Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Chinese Language and Culture
Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Chinese Language and Culture
Computer Science A
English Literature and Composition
Environmental Science
European History
French Language and Culture
Japanese Language and Culture
Latin
Macroeconomics
Music Theory
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Spanish Language and Culture
Spanish Literature and Culture
Statistics
Studio Art: 2-D Design
United States Government and Politics
United States History
Physics 2
Physics C: Mechanics
Studio Art: Drawing
Psychology
Studio Art: 3-D Design
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Sports

(14)
Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
American Football
Golf
Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
American Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
Water Polo
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(9)
Clean Technology Club
Future Problem Solvers
Eclectic Literary Magazine
Junior State of America
Key Club
Model United Nations
Clean Technology Club
Future Problem Solvers
Eclectic Literary Magazine
Junior State of America
Key Club
Model United Nations
Quiz Bowl
Red Cross Club
Women in STEM
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Arts

(27)
Acting
Band
Choreography
Dance
Jazz
Music
Acting
Band
Choreography
Dance
Jazz
Music
Music Theory
Musicianship
Performing
Production
Theater
Vocal
Voice
Art History
Ceramics
Drawing
Glass
Graphic Design
Painting
Photography
Portfolio
Sculpture
2D Art
3D Art
Architecture
Audition
Scene Study
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Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: PreK-12
Urban
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1893
Campus Size: 12 acres
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/11
Interview: Skype, On Campus
Other Accepted Scores: ISEE
School Code:
SSAT: 3711
ISEE: 54148
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Frequently Ask Questions about The Harker School

Tell me a bit about The Harker School.
The Harker School is Co-ed private day school located in California, US. It was founded 1893 , and currently has about 1975 students, 0.40% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.harker.org.
Does The Harker School have rigorous academic requirements?
The Harker School is offering 27 AP courses.

In recent years, 91 of their students score 4 and 5 in AP exams.

The Harker School also have 62% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do The Harker School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 15.28% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 47.74% go to top 25, and about 10.59% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for The Harker School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, The Harker School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for The Harker School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for The Harker School in 2024 is $62,950 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at admissions@harker.org .
Where is The Harker School located?
The Harker School is located in the State of California of USA. The closest major city is San Jose, which is about 3 miles away from school. Most families can choose San Jose International Airport to travel in and out of school.
How popular is The Harker School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, The Harker School is among the most popular schools, within top 118 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also The Harker School has been favorited by 233 users.
How to start with an application with The Harker School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about The Harker School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit The Harker School’s official site: http://www.harker.org or call them at 408-249-2510.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to The Harker School?
Yes, here are few: Sierra Elementary And High School, Archbishop Mitty High School and Lynbrook High School.

The closest major city is San Jose. You can find out more schools near San Jose here.
What is the FindingSchool rating for The Harker School?
The overall rating for The Harker School is A+.

The section ratings of The Harker School are:
A+ for Matriculation
A+ for Academics
A for Extracurriculum
A for Community
B+ for Students and Parents reviews

Nearby City

San Jose, the heart of Silicon Valley, is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. As of 2020, the city had a population of over 1 million, making it the most populous city in the Bay Area. Known for its innovation, San Jose is a hub for technology and startups, hosting major companies like Cisco and Adobe. The city is also celebrated for its cultural diversity, thriving arts scene, and Mediterranean climate, making it a vibrant and dynamic place to live and work.

Population (2022) 948,279
Cost of Living Higher than average 53%

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