Hanger Hall School

Name

Hanger Hall School

Legal name

Hanger Hall School, Inc

Website

https://hangerhall.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Asheville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition: Primary revenue stream from tuition payments for grades 6-8. Tuition varies by grade level for the 2026-2027 school year.
2. Summer Camp Programs: Revenue from summer camp programs including Comics and Visual Storytelling, Stop Motion Animation, Musical Creation, and Craft activities. Camps cost $400 each.
3. Annual Fund Donations: The 'Deeply Rooted & Future Focused' Annual Fund campaign supports programs, experiences, and opportunities. Starting goal of $75K with 25% growth in parent participation.
4. Financial Aid (Expense): Total financial aid offered: $120,650. Approximately 30% of students receive some form of financial aid. Operating costs of $1,182,000 with payroll at 60%.
5. Opportunity Access Fund: Scholarship fund providing 100% tuition assistance for BIPOC students. Goal to award full scholarships to two students per grade on an ongoing basis.
6. Facility Rental and Other: Additional revenue streams include uniform sales, application fees, summer camp revenue, and facility rental. The gap between tuition income and expenses is made up from private support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Hanger Hall School is an independent, nonprofit all-girls middle school serving 84 students in grades 6-8 in Asheville, North Carolina, with average class sizes of 14. The school delivers a three-year whole-child education combining rigorous academics (humanities, math, science, French, Spanish, arts, drama, music, athletics) with social-emotional learning, experiential outdoor education, and a service learning program of 1,476+ hours annually. It also operates four seasonal summer camp programs for girls in rising grades 5-10.

Product overview

Hanger Hall School is an independent all-girls middle school (grades 6-8) serving 84 students in Asheville, NC. The school operates as a single unified educational institution with no modular product architecture. Beyond its core academic programs, the school offers seasonal enrichment through four distinct summer camp programs: Comics and Visual Storytelling Camp, Stop Motion and Hand-Drawn Animation Camp, Create Your Own Musical Camp, and Crafty Hoopla Camp.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• All-Girls Middle School Education (Grades 6-8) A three-year independent middle school program for girls in grades 6-8 with average class sizes of 14, integrating humanities, math, science, world languages (French/Spanish), arts, drama, music, athletics, social-emotional learning, experiential outdoor education, and service learning. Designed for families in western North Carolina seeking a small, values-based private school alternative to public middle school.
• Comics and Visual Storytelling Summer Camp A week-long summer camp focused on creating comics and graphic novels, taught by Izzy with guest instructor Casey Russ (SCAD Sequential Art major). Students learn visual storytelling techniques using professional tools including nibs, ink, brushes, and markers. Open to rising 5th-10th graders including non-Hanger Hall students; $400 per session.
• Stop Motion and Hand-Drawn Animation Summer Camp A week-long summer camp teaching both stop-motion and classic hand-drawn animation techniques. Students learn at a lightboard and create animated shorts using clay, dry erase markers, collage, and drawing tools, including sound effects and voice overs. Open to rising 5th-10th graders; $400 per session.
• Create Your Own Musical Summer Camp An original musical summer camp where students compose songs, create dances, write scripts, and assemble costumes, culminating in a performance of their original mini-musical. Open to rising 5th-10th graders; $400 per session.
• Crafty Hoopla Summer Camp A nature-inspired arts and crafts camp where students explore the Asheville area, collecting natural materials for various crafting projects while playing games and creating outdoor art. Open to rising 5th-10th graders; $400 per session.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% student retention rate
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal Memorandum of Understanding with UNCA. School is uniquely positioned near the university with a planning group appointed by the Provost to build mutually beneficial relationships and educational opportunities for Hanger Hall students and UNCA students. Glens Creek Greenway directly across the street adopted as ongoing community service project.
• Glens Creek GreenwayminorOthersGreenway directly across the street from campus serves as outdoor classroom for athletics, science, and environmental education. The school has adopted the creek as part of an ongoing community service project.
• International Coalition of Girls' Schools (ICGS)minorOthersAffiliation with ICGS provides network of all-girls schools and credibility in the independent school sector.
• Manna Food BankminorOthersCommunity service partner where students have committed significant volunteer time. Coordinated through Director of Student Life.
• Care Partner HospiceminorOthersCommunity service partner where students sew pillows for hospice patients.
• Lake SanteetlahminorOthersLocation for 6th grade overnight trip including ropes courses and whitewater rafting. Challenge-by-choice experience focusing on building community.
• Folly Beach, SCminorOthers7th grade annual trip location for experiential learning including stand-up paddleboarding and bird sanctuary exploration. Focus on self-care and executive functioning skills.
• Florida Keys / EvergladesminorOthers8th grade February trip location for reflection and goal-setting before high school transition. Activities include stand-up paddleboarding, kayaking, snorkeling, and biking.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Greensboro Day School: Independent K-12 school in Greensboro, NC; competes in the broader North Carolina private-school market but serves a different metro geography and is coed.
• Ravenscroft School: Independent K-12 school in Raleigh, NC; operates in the same North Carolina independent-school category as Hanger Hall but in a different regional market and with a broader grade span.
• Charlotte Country Day School: Independent K-12 school in Charlotte, NC; comparable independent-school positioning and tuition structure to Hanger Hall, but coed and serving the Charlotte metro rather than western North Carolina.

Direct peers

• National Cathedral School: All-girls independent school serving grades 4-9 in Washington, DC; shares Hanger Hall's all-girls, small-cohort, single-sex-academic-excellence positioning and similar middle-school grade range.
• Garrison Forest School: All-girls K-12 independent school in Owings Mills, MD, with a similarly small, mission-driven culture and whole-girl educational philosophy; closely comparable in category (single-sex independent) and operating ethos.
• Marymount School: All-girls independent school (K-12) in New York, NY; shares Hanger Hall's single-sex, academically rigorous, whole-girl educational philosophy and small-class-size model.
• Carolina Day School: Independent K-12 school located in Asheville, NC, directly competing with Hanger Hall for the same pool of families seeking private education in the Asheville market; coed and broader grade range, but same geography and customer base.
• Salem Academy: All-girls independent school in Winston-Salem, NC (grades 9-12); shares Hanger Hall's North Carolina base, all-girls single-sex positioning, and mission-driven nonprofit governance model.
• Madeira School: All-girls independent boarding and day school (grades 9-12) in McLean, VA; operates in the same all-girls private-school category as Hanger Hall with comparable experiential learning and leadership-development emphasis.
• The Asheville School: Independent boarding and day school for grades 9-12 in Asheville, NC, serving the same regional private-school family market as Hanger Hall; directly competes for tuition-paying families seeking independent secondary education.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HangerHall
• Facebookfacebook.com/HangerHallGirls
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hanger-hall-school
• Instagraminstagram.com/hangerhallschool

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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