Brook Hill School

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The Brook Hill School
Founder's Hall - The Brook Hill School.jpg
Location
Brook Hill School
1051 N Houston St.

, ,
75757

United States
Coordinates 32°08′57″N95°19′48″W / 32.1493°N 95.3301°W / 32.1493; -95.3301
Information
Type Private, Coeducational
Motto'Christ-centered. College Prep.'
Religious affiliation(s) Christian
Established1997
Head of schoolBraxton Brady
Teaching staff67.9 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades PreK12 [1]
Enrollment764 [1]  (2023–34)
Student to teacher ratio10.5 [1]
Campus size250 acres (1,000,000 m2)
Color(s)Orange & Navy Blue
Athletics conference Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS)
MascotThe Guard
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
Website brookhill.org

The Brook Hill School is an independent, Christian day and boarding school for students in grades PreK-12 located in Bullard just south of Tyler, Texas. The school was founded in 1997 by Steve Dement with thirty-one students in middle school. The boarding school began soon after in 2003. Today the school exists on 280 acres (110 ha) with approximately 760 students from East Texas and around the world with 30 countries represented among its student population.[ citation needed ]

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Brook Hill also houses the American Freedom Museum, which houses artifacts from all periods of American history. The museum is open to the general public on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and to tour groups of 15 or more on all other days except Sunday when it is closed entirely.

Accreditation

SACS: Southern Association of Colleges & Schools [3]

School Awards

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Best K-12 School in Smith County according to Niche.com [4] 2012-2013 Henderson Cup Champions, making Brook Hill the overall best school in the state of Texas, TAPPS division 3A for Academics, Athletics, and Fine Arts. [5]

State championships

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "THE BROOK HILL SCHOOL". Private School Universe Survey. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  2. "AdvancED -".
  3. http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary?institutionId=20750 [ dead link ]
  4. "Niche.com".
  5. "Henderson Cup". Archived from the original on October 28, 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Athletic Results". Archived from the original on October 26, 2014.
  7. "Congressional Record - 113th Congress (2013-2014) - THOMAS (Library of Congress)".[ dead link ]
  8. "Congressional Record - 113th Congress (2013-2014) - THOMAS (Library of Congress)".[ dead link ]
  9. "AJ Minter". MLB.com .