Performance Based financial aid

New Heights Preparatory School seeks broad diversity in its student body -- diversity in talent, interest, achievement, social economics, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. We look for students who are enthusiastic about learning, compassionate, self-motivated, and independent in mind and spirit.

New Heights' performance based financial aid program follows several guidelines:

  • Students receiving performance based financial aid must meet the same requirements as all other incoming students. The decision to offer admission to a student is made prior to and independent of decisions to grant performance based financial aid.
  • All performance based financial aid applications are confidential.
  • Performance based financial aid funds are limited. Demonstrating need does not guarantee support.
  • Performance based financial aid is reviewed annually. If financial need continues, and if academic and behavioral performances are satisfactory, aid is generally continued. However, as tuition increases, families can expect increases in their tuition obligations.
  • New and returning applicants must have or maintain a GPA of 3.8 or above.
  • Student must not have any disciplinary issues.
  • Economic need of the requesting family.
  • How a grant of aid will help the school’s overall ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic diversity.
  • Contributions and/or challenges a student or family might bring to a school program.
  • Other children in elementary or secondary private school. (As loans are readily available for college and university study, New Heights does not consider the expense of college education in performance based financial aid decisions.)
  • Custodial and non-custodial parents must apply for Performance Based Financial Aid with FACTS.
  • Student's attendance must not have excessive tardies or absences. New Heights Preparatory High School will make the final determination in all.

New Heights makes every effort to be fair and consistent in all of its decisions. In particular, we labor over aid decisions, as we wish every qualified student could attend New Heights Preparatory School. This is not possible, however. Failure by the school to grant the level of aid requested is by no means a commentary on the legitimacy of the request; the performance based financial aid committee must often choose between different and legitimate requests. New Heights reserves the right to consider additional and/or other factors when considering aid decisions, whether or not mentioned here.