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Overall
A-
Matriculation B+
Academics A
Extracurriculars A-
Community B+
Reviews B+
Founded in 1913 and among this country's leading girls' schools, Hockaday offers a rigorous, college-preparatory program for girls in grades 8 through 12 (boarding); and pre-K through 12 (day). Classes average between 14-16 students with an overall student/teacher ratio of 10:1. The campus extends over 100 acres in a residential area of northwest Dallas. Hockaday seeks to enroll a diverse student body. Currently 9 states and 12 countries are represented in our student body; 37% are students of color; and 3% are international students.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$38082
Enrollment
1110
International Students
10%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:9
Endowment
$191.2 millions
AP
14
Average SAT Score
1455
Average ACT Score
32
Class Size
15
Boarding %
8.5

Matriculation

(2021-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#2 Columbia University 1 +
#2 Harvard College 1 +
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 +
#5 Yale University 1 +
LAC #1 Williams College 1 +
#6 Stanford University 1 +
#6 University of Chicago 1 +
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 +
#9 California Institute of Technology 1 +
#9 Duke University 1 +
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 +
#9 Northwestern University 1 +
#13 Dartmouth College 1 +
#14 Brown University 1 +
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 +
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +
LAC #3 Swarthmore College 1 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
#17 Rice University 1 +
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
LAC #4 Pomona College 1 +
#21 Emory University 1 +
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 +
#23 Georgetown University 1 +
#23 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 1 +
LAC #5 Wellesley College 1 +
#27 University of Southern California 1 +
#28 New York University 1 +
#28 Tufts University 1 +
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 +
#28 University of Florida 1 +
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +
#28 Wake Forest University 1 +
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 1 +
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#36 University of California: Irvine 1 +
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 +
#40 College of William and Mary 1 +
LAC #8 Claremont McKenna College 1 +
#42 Boston University 1 +
#42 Brandeis University 1 +
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 +
#42 Tulane University 1 +
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 +
#48 University of Georgia 1 +
#49 Lehigh University 1 +
#49 Northeastern University 1 +
#49 Pepperdine University 1 +
#49 Purdue University 1 +
#49 Villanova University 1 +
#55 Rhodes College 1 +
#55 Santa Clara University 1 +
#55 University of Miami 1 +
LAC #11 Washington and Lee University 1 +
#57 Penn State University Park 1 +
#57 University of Pittsburgh 1 +
#59 Syracuse University 1 +
#59 University of Washington 1 +
#63 George Washington University 1 +
#63 University of Connecticut 1 +
LAC #13 Davidson College 1 +
LAC #13 Grinnell College 1 +
LAC #13 Hamilton College 1 +
#68 Fordham University 1 +
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1 +
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 +
#68 Texas A&M University 1 +
#68 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 +
#72 Reed College 1 +
#72 Sarah Lawrence College 1 +
#75 Baylor University 1 +
#75 Loyola Marymount University 1 +
LAC #16 Haverford College 1 +
#83 Elon University 1 +
#83 Howard University 1 +
#83 Texas Christian University 1 +
LAC #17 Barnard College 1 +
LAC #17 Colby College 1 +
LAC #17 Colgate University 1 +
LAC #17 Smith College 1 +
LAC #17 Wesleyan University 1 +
#93 University of Denver 1 +
Auburn University 1 +
#102 Transylvania University 1 +
#103 Miami University: Oxford 1 +
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
#107 Austin College 1 +
LAC #22 University of Richmond 1 +
LAC #22 Vassar College 1 +
#117 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 +
#122 Chapman University 1 +
#122 University of Missouri: Columbia 1 +
LAC #25 Bates College 1 +
#136 University of Texas at Dallas 1 +
#137 University of Alabama 1 +
#137 University of Central Florida 1 +
LAC #30 Kenyon College 1 +
LAC #30 Mount Holyoke College 1 +
#162 Oregon State University 1 +
#176 University of Arkansas 1 +
LAC #36 Oberlin College 1 +
#182 Belmont University 1 +
#182 University of Louisville 1 +
LAC #42 Occidental College 1 +
LAC #45 Union College 1 +
LAC #46 Trinity College 1 +
LAC #50 Connecticut College 1 +
LAC #50 The University of the South 1 +
American University of Paris 1 +
Babson College 1 +
Columbia College Chicago 1 +
High Point University 1 +
Houston Baptist University 1 +
Newcastle University 1 +
Rhode Island School of Design 1 +
Rollins College 1 +
Towson University 1 +
University of St. Andrews 1 +
University of Stirling 1 +
University of Texas at Arlington 1 +
University of Texas at San Antonio 1 +
University of Toronto 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2020-2022 2019-2021 2018-2020 2017-2019 Total
All schools 76 75 71 67 63
#1 Princeton University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#2 Columbia University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#2 Harvard College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#5 Yale University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#6 University of Chicago 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#6 Stanford University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#9 California Institute of Technology 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#9 Northwestern University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#9 Duke University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#13 Dartmouth College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#14 Brown University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#17 Rice University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#17 Cornell University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#21 Emory University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#23 Georgetown University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#23 University of Michigan 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#25 University of Virginia 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#27 University of Southern California 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#28 Tufts University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 + 1 admitted 2
#28 Wake Forest University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#28 New York University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#28 University of Florida 1 + 1
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#36 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#36 University of Rochester 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#36 University of California: Irvine 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#36 Boston College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#40 College of William and Mary 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#41 University of California: Davis 1 + 1
#41 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 + 1
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#42 Tulane University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#42 Boston University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#42 Brandeis University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#48 University of Georgia 1 + 1 + 2
#49 Villanova University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#49 Purdue University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#49 Pepperdine University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#49 Lehigh University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#49 Northeastern University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#55 Santa Clara University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#55 University of Miami 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#57 Penn State University Park 1 + 1 + 2
#57 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#59 Syracuse University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#59 University of Washington 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#60 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1
#63 George Washington University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#63 University of Connecticut 1 + 1 admitted 2
#68 Texas A&M University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#68 Fordham University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#68 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 + 1 admitted 2
#72 American University 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#75 Baylor University 1 + 1 admitted 2
#75 Loyola Marymount University 1 + 1 admitted 2
#77 Clemson University 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#83 Texas Christian University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#83 Elon University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#83 Howard University 1 + 1 admitted 2
#93 University of San Diego 1 + 1 + 2
#93 University of Denver 1 + 1 admitted 2
#99 Drexel University 1 + 1
#99 Auburn University 1 + 1
#99 University of Oregon 1 + 1 + 2
#103 Miami University: Oxford 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#112 Loyola University Chicago 1 + 1 + 2
#117 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#121 University of Kansas 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#122 University of Missouri: Columbia 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#122 Chapman University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#124 DePaul University 1 + 1
#136 University of Tulsa 1 + 1 + 2
#136 University of Texas at Dallas 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#137 University of Alabama 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#162 Oregon State University 1 + 1
University of California: Santa Cruz 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
Rutgers University 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2020-2022 2019-2021 2018-2020 2017-2019 Total
All schools 27 26 20 20 20
#1 Williams College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#2 Amherst College 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#3 Swarthmore College 1 + 1 admitted 2
#4 Pomona College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#5 Wellesley College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#6 Bowdoin College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#8 Claremont McKenna College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#8 Carleton College 1 + 1
#9 Middlebury College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#11 Washington and Lee University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#13 Davidson College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#13 Grinnell College 1 + 1
#13 Hamilton College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#16 Haverford College 1 + 1
#17 Wesleyan University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#17 Barnard College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#17 Smith College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#17 Colby College 1 + 1 admitted 2
#17 Colgate University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#22 Vassar College 1 + 1 admitted 2
#22 University of Richmond 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#25 Bates College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#30 Mount Holyoke College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#30 Kenyon College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#31 Bryn Mawr College 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#35 Pitzer College 1 + 1 + 2
#36 Oberlin College 1 + 1 + 2
#38 Skidmore College 1 + 1
#39 Lafayette College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#40 Franklin & Marshall College 1 + 1
#40 Dickinson College 1 + 1
#42 Occidental College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#45 Union College 1 + 1
#45 Bard College 1 + 1
#45 DePauw University 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#46 Trinity College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#47 Gettysburg College 1 + 1
#50 The University of the South 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#50 Connecticut College 1 + 1 admitted 2

AP Scores

(2021)
93%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(14)
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Environmental Science
French Language and Culture
Latin
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Environmental Science
French Language and Culture
Latin
Chemistry
Chinese Language and Culture
Computer Science A
Macroeconomics
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Statistics
Spanish Language and Culture
United States History
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Sports

(14)
Basketball
Crew
Cross Country
Diving
Fencing
Field Hockey
Basketball
Crew
Cross Country
Diving
Fencing
Field Hockey
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(23)
House Council
Junior Classical League
Junior Engineering and Technical Society (JETS)
Mu Alpha Theta
Student Council
Mundo latino
House Council
Junior Classical League
Junior Engineering and Technical Society (JETS)
Mu Alpha Theta
Student Council
Mundo latino
neuro science club
DAD club
Biology Club
Airborne angel cadets
World Records Club
Philosophy Club
Investment Club
Ping Pong Club
Disciplinary Council
Junior Proctors
Kaleidoscope
La Nouvelle
Memorial Arch Magazine (art & poetry)
Model U.N
Outdoor Adventure Club
Scrapbooking Club
Student Diversity Board
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Arts

(12)
Chamber Orchestra
Choir
Dance
Drama
Music
Theater
Chamber Orchestra
Choir
Dance
Drama
Music
Theater
Film
Filmmaking
Photography
Sculpture
Studio Art
Debate
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Contact Info

http://www.hockaday.org
11600 Welch Road, Dallas, TX 75229
214-360-6526
jliggitt@hockaday.org
Texas

Basic Info

All-girls
Day S. Grades: Pre-K-12
Urban
IB: No
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1913
Campus Size: 88 acres
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/13
Interview: Skype, On Campus, Others
Other Accepted Scores: ISEE
School Code:
TOEFL: 1750
SSAT: 3934
ISEE: 441750
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Frequently Ask Questions about The Hockaday School

Tell me a bit about The Hockaday School.
The Hockaday School is All-girls private day school located in Texas, US. It was founded 1913 , and currently has about 1110 students, 10.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.hockaday.org.
Does The Hockaday School have rigorous academic requirements?
The Hockaday School is offering 14 AP courses.

Where do The Hockaday School students typically go for their colleges?
In 2021-2023, some students attended Columbia University, Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University and Williams College.
What is the application requirement for The Hockaday School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, The Hockaday School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, TOEFL for international students, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for The Hockaday School’s All-girls student?
The total fee for The Hockaday School in 2024 is $38,082 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 jliggitt@hockaday.org .
Where is The Hockaday School located?
The Hockaday School is located in the State of Texas of USA. The closest major city is Dallas, which is about 8 miles away from school. Most families can choose Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to travel in and out of school.
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Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, The Hockaday School is among the most popular schools, within top 76 for all schools on FindingSchool.

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Also it is highly recommended to visit The Hockaday School’s official site: http://www.hockaday.org or call them at 214-360-6526.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to The Hockaday School?
Yes, here are few: North Central Texas Academy, Episcopal School Of Dallas and Vanguard Preparatory School.

The closest major city is Dallas. You can find out more schools near Dallas here.
What is the FindingSchool rating for The Hockaday School?
The overall rating for The Hockaday School is A-.

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

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Dallas, Texas
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Population (2022) 1,279,910
Cost of Living Higher than average 4%
Nearby Airport Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

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