Hackley School
- Private, Boarding
- TARRYTOWN, NY
Private School
Hackley School
- grade A+Overall Grade
- Private, Boarding
- K-12
- TARRYTOWN, NY
- Rating 4.27 out of 5 82 reviews
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- Academicsgrade A+
- Diversitygrade A minus
- Teachersgrade A
- College Prepgrade A+
- Clubs & Activitiesgrade A
- Sportsgrade A minus
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Tuition
Yearly Tuition
$51,725
Tuition is for the highest grade offered and may have changed for the current school year. For more information, please contact the school.
Boarding (Tuition + Boarding)
$67,475
Received Financial Aid
No data available
Average Financial Aid
$39,000
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Hackley School Rankings
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Academics
Average Graduation Rate
100%
Average SAT
1430
108 responses
Average ACT
32
99 responses
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Culture & Safety
Poll
60%
of students agree that they feel safe at their school. 15 responsesPoll
53%
of students agree that they like their school and feel happy there. 15 responsesStudents
Diversity
grade A minus
Based on racial and economic diversity and survey responses on school culture and diversity from students and parents.
Students
855
73%
of students and parents agree that students at this school are competitive. 15 responses47%
of students and parents agree that students at this school are creative and artsy. 15 responses87%
of students and parents agree that students at this school are athletic. 15 responsesTeachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
8:1
National
17:1Poll
82%
of students and parents agree that the teachers give engaging lessons. 17 responsesPoll
82%
of students and parents agree that the teachers genuinely care about the students. 17 responsesPoll
82%
of students and parents agree that the teachers adequately lead and control the classroom. 17 responsesMap
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Clubs & Activities
Clubs & Activities
grade A
Based on student and parent reviews of clubs and activities.
Girls Athletic Participation
Very High
Boys Athletic Participation
Very High
77%
of students and parents agree that there are plenty of clubs and organizations for students to get involved in. 13 responses38%
of students and parents agree that clubs and organizations get the funding they need. 13 responses77%
of students and parents agree that lots of students participate in clubs and organizations. 13 responsesSimilar Schools
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Hackley School Reviews
Rating 4.27 out of 5 82 reviews
This comfortable school has lovely teachers, facilities, sports, and spirit. For some reason, the school's most tough, time-consuming subject is English. Some of the teachers teach it in an excellent creative and analytical manner while others make it extremely hard and tie it to unwanted leftist, woke ideology like in the senior course (Critical Race Theory, Queer Theory, Feminist Theory, Gender Studies, Marxist/Leninist Theory), drawing attention away from higher pursuit in useful subjects. Students spend so much time on "English" to keep their grade up that a lot end up majoring in similar topics in college, because they are unable to compete with top students in business, law, medicine, and technology. If the English taught more grammar/reading comprehension/inference in a rigorous way, students would be better prepared for the SAT/ACT and graduate free from woke ideology. Only 5-7% of the class went to the Ivy League, Stanford, and Duke without a hook.
Hackley is a school with access to resources, but it sometimes seems as though those resources are allocated to the wrong things. For example, the quality of the food is often questioned. The academics are solid, particularly in the humanities. There is a wide spectrum of kinds of students at Hackley: some students are wildly devoted to academics, while others seem less interested. One thing is for sure: graduating students frequently mention how well Hackley prepared them for their college experience.
Most of the students I’ve talked to can’t wait to leave. I’ve been at Hackley since second grade. Throughout this time, I’ve experienced many days where I couldn’t handle it anymore and broke down in the bathroom. The amount of homework is unbelievably high and often you have to pick priority classes while suffer in the others. There are many teachers here who are blessings that I love, but there are also many who can’t teach and want you to figure it out. There is a lack of vigor to the community here. Walking through the halls, noticing the stained rug embedded with dirt, the cheap plastic cups, plates, and bowls in the cafeteria, the funky smell of some hallways/classrooms, the lack of compassion the learning specialists/admissions have, the fixed tired expressions on all of my peers, the art teacher’s destructive criticism and shaming of not only art, but people, and escaping through our phones. Ask yourself, am I in the right mental space to be there? 🚷 children beware 🆘