Promotion
Walker’s dedicated teachers exude contagious intellectual energy, demonstrate authentic interest in the life of the mind that extends beyond their core subject areas, and model genuine respect for students and one another.
Through their actions and interactions, Walker teachers cultivate students’ spirit of wanting to know in every setting—the classroom and the hallway, the laboratory and the library, the art studio and the stage, the court and the playing field.
Walker students, feeling known and encouraged by their teachers and classmates, come to value the experience over the applause, developing along the way the confidence to explore new avenues of thinking, the wisdom to articulate meaningful insights, and the fortitude to act with integrity and honor.
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GRADES OFFERED pre-K3–12
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS 923
NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 362
FOUNDED 1957
STUDENTS OF COLOR 28%
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE (K–5) 15
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE (MIDDLE SCHOOL) 16
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE (HIGH SCHOOL) 16
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION none
SENIORS WITH NATIONAL MERIT RECOGNITION 3%
GRADE FOREIGN LANGUAGE FIRST OFFERED pre-K
LANGUAGE(S) OFFERED French, German, Latin, Spanish
LOWEST TUITION FOR 5-DAY STUDENTS $12,000
ANNUAL TUITION FOR HIGHEST GRADE $21,790
STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID 16%
CLASS SIZE EXPANDS IN early learners, pre-K, 1, 6, 9
UNIFORM no
BUS TRANSPORTATION yes
TEACHER RETENTION RATE 89%
AP COURSES OFFERED 25
STUDENTS SCORING 3+ ON AP EXAMS 73%
VARSITY SPORTS baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming/diving, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestling
DIVISION GHSA class A
ART STUDIOS 5
HIGH SCHOOL THEATER PRODUCTIONS PER YEAR 4
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL ENSEMBLES 9
ANNUAL APPLICATIONS PER OPENING 2
WHAT’S NEW For the 2016–2017 school year, The Walker School has introduced a more detailed technology progression for students across all divisions. Additional technology instruction has been added for all grades in our lower school, with computer science instruction introduced in fourth and fifth grade. A new robotics class and advanced offerings have been added to our middle school. In the upper school, students will have the opportunity to take part in an engineering concentration that will include engineering coursework, a summer research internship at Georgia Tech (or another local university), and independent science research.
