Student Body
Harpeth Hall comprises 645 students who arrive each day from 39 different zip codes throughout the Middle Tennessee region. Of this student body, 118 are new students for the 2009-2010 school year and came from 43 different schools (23 public/18 private/two homeschools) and nine new students are from other states and one foreign country: Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, Texas, South Korea; 12.6 percent of the student body are students of color.
16 percent of all students are on financial aid. Students on financial aid have the opportunity to apply for financial assistance for Winterim or other extracurricular activities through the Joyce Ward Winterim Scholarship or the Olivia Fund, both of which received financial gifts from the classes of 2009 and 2010 respectively.
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