Well-regarded institutions, social service organizations, businesses, professional societies, and journalistic publications consistently honor HB. The number of HB students who have been named finalists or semifinalists in the prestigious Intel and Siemens science competitions far surpasses all other schools in Ohio and all independent girls' day schools in the United States. HB is also the alma mater of 12 U.S. Presidential Scholars since 1996. 

HB is a repeat NorthCoast 99 best workplaces for top talent winner, a NEO Success Award winner, and has been ranked more than five times as one of Northeast Ohio's Top Workplaces by The Plain Dealer. Educational colleagues throughout the country consider HB a leader in the field. 

Hathaway Brown is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools, the Ohio Association of Independent Schools, the Cleveland Council of Independent Schools, the Global Education Benchmark Group, and is a founding member of the World Education Alliance.

Hathaway Brown is committed to building a school community that is sustainable environmentally, financially and socially through our teaching, institutional practices, school culture and civic engagement. We embrace our role as active caretakers of our communities,
natural and human, in support of individual, institutional and global well-being. Our commitment is rooted in the forward-thinking nature of our mission and community values; to learn and prepare not for school but for life.

HB is nationally regarded as a defining voice in girls’ education, setting the highest standards for distinguished academics, empowering girls, and putting knowledge in action. As we continue to innovate, strive for excellence, and blaze trails in the educational landscape, our five-year strategic plan answers the bold question, “What more should Hathaway Brown be and offer in 2028?”

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