Admission

Affording Hillel

Hillel Day School strongly believes in making Hillel affordable for all families wishing to give their child a Jewish education. An important hallmark of our school is our commitment to making the school financially accessible. For the 2024-2025 school year, Hillel allocated more than $4 million in tuition assistance to 68% of the student body.

Understanding the financial commitments associated with education, Hillel’s Affordability Program for kindergarten through eighth-grade makes Hillel more attainable for eligible families and ensures predictability, transparency, and fairness. The program clearly outlines eligibility criteria and processes available to qualifying families and each family’s tuition is individually determined based on their adjusted gross income (AGI) and several other factors, including family size, number of children attending Hillel or other tuition-based schools (including college), and other liabilities and assets. Tuition is based on a family’s financial resources, regardless of how many children are enrolled in the school. For example, a family with one student enrolled may pay $7,000 in tuition. Tuition will not double when a second child is enrolled but will stay within affordability.

We aim to ensure that financial considerations do not hinder access to the exceptional education and nurturing environment offered by our school and encourage families to apply. The value of a Hillel education resides in the small class sizes, the quality and passion of our faculty and the relationships formed with students, the innovative design of our curriculum and campus, the Jewish values woven throughout the educational experience, and the safety and success of every student.

Tuition Assistance Overview:

Minimum tuition that a family will incur is 20% of full tuition.

Barring a +/- 10% change in AGI over a 3-year cumulative period, the tuition award will be substantially the same as the prior year, subject to tuition increases (i.e., 3 consecutive annual increases of 4% would trigger a re-evaluation).

Current Hillel families receiving tuition assistance prior to the 2024-2025 school year are grandfathered into their current award.

For questions about tuition assistance, contact John Pitcher: jpitcher@hillelday.org

Elana Burnstein

I send my kids to Hillel for many reasons. They are educated in their faith, their soul, and their hearts as Jews there. I have no time, nor do I have the resources, to provide for them what Hillel does. No more Hebrew school or Sunday school. My girls are definitely Jewish because of Hillel. I thank God every day for the opportunity to be a parent of a Hillel child. Please, before anyone says it's too expensive, you have no idea the options until you investigate. I can't afford NOT to be there.