Harker School

500 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, CA 95136
Phone: 408-249-2510
Fax: 408-984-2325
Website: www.harker.org
Head of School
Christopher Nikoloff
Director of Admission
Nan Bassoni
Established: 1893
Grades: Preschool- 12
Harker
Enrollment
  • 742
    Total student enrollment Grades 9-12
  • 375
    Boys
  • 367
    Girls
  • 10:1
    Student: teacher ratio
  • 14
    Average class size
  • 79
    Faculty
  • 74
    Percent faculty with advanced degrees
  • 6
    Average years teaching
Admissions Process
  • January
    Application deadline (month)
  • $100
    Application fee
  • 150-170
    Number of 9th Grade applications
  • 30-45
    Average range of openings 9th Grade
  • 2-10
    Average range of openings 10th Grade
  • 2-5
    Average range of openings 11th Grade
Costs
  • $38,900
    Tuition (2013-2014)
  • $750 - $2500
    Other costs
  • February
    Financial aid deadline
  • $1800
    Average grant
  • 10
    Percent students on financial aid
Academics
  • 60
    HL courses offered
  • 26
    Advanced placement cources offered
  • 1396
    AP exams taken
  • 488
    Students taking AP exams
  • 97
    Percent scoring 3 or above
  • 2167
    Cumulative SAT score
  • 715
    Mean SAT score Verbal Reasoning
  • 727
    Mean SAT score Math
  • 725
    Mean score Writing
  • 100
    Percent students attending four year colleges/universities
Top five names of Colleges/ Universities attended by
7 or more students (2009-2013):
  • 79
    University of California, Berkeley
  • 72
    University of Southern California
  • 44
    Stanford
  • 32
    Santa Clara University
  • 28
    New York University
Sports
  • 24
    Number of Varsity sports offered
  • 18
    Number of Junior Varsity sports
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At Harker, students can truly pursue their passions in many areas. Whether it’s earning a certificate in performing arts, building a robot, going full out on the basketball court, taking a course in Spanish poetry (in Spanish!), exploring stone-carving, qualifying for the forensics Tournament of Champions, or finishing senior year in a course called “Literature into Film,” we have the breadth, depth and runway of offerings that allows our students to go as far as their passions take them.

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