What criteria does High Meadow School (HMS) use to allocate financial aid grants?

Our school’s financial assistance program has fluctuated in several ways since 2018, but we have made changes and have seen promising feedback for programmatic stability in the data. Since a historic low in applicants to our financial assistance program in 2021-2022, we have adjusted to return to allocating more of our school’s income to our assistance programs. This year, 19% of our school’s income is funding financial aid grants, scholarships, work exchange, and tuition remission for HMS staff. Currently, 52 families, roughly one-third of our school’s student body, receive financial assistance from the school.