The Brook Hill School

Brookshire School is located in Bullard, Texas, just a 10-minute drive from the larger city of Tyler. Tyler offers many convenient restaurants, movie theaters, shopping malls, and an Asian market. Texas is home to many excellent universities, including the University of Texas, Texas A&M University, Southern Methodist University, Baylor University, and more, all within a few hours' drive. The University of Texas also has a branch campus in Tyler, where students can take dual-credit courses. The weather in Texas is generally mild; summers are hot, autumns are cooler (approximately 12-22 degrees Celsius), and although winters can get cold at times (approximately 0-10 degrees Celsius), it usually doesn't snow, which is great for winter sports like soccer.

The Brook Hill School is located in Tyler, Texas, a two-hour drive from Dallas, and can be directly accessed from Shanghai. The school boasts beautiful scenery, offers many AP courses, has rich extracurricular activities, and provides excellent boarding facilities. Asian students primarily come from South Korea, Vietnam, and China, making it a very suitable place for learning.

Our child, Paul Xia, transferred in 10th grade. At the time, we were looking for a boarding school for him, and among the several schools recommended by the agency, we chose Brook Hill. We were drawn to its beautiful campus environment, its emphasis on humanistic care, its foundation on biblical principles, and its focus on developing children's character and lives.

At the very beginning of the pandemic, the school decisively approved our child's request to return home and quickly initiated online education, which enabled him to successfully complete his high school studies and receive admission offers from multiple quality universities.

Thank you to every teacher at Brook Hill!

As a 2021 graduate of this school, I personally highly recommend it. I enrolled in Brook Hill in 2017, and it brought about significant changes to my student life. This school is not as conveniently located as other downtown schools. However, it's precisely because of the quiet environment in Texas that I was able to calm down and focus on my studies and personal growth. Most of my friends and I were accepted into very good universities. I primarily studied visual communication and was accepted into the University of Edinburgh and Goldsmiths in the UK, and Parsons, SVA, Pratt, SCAD, and other universities in the US. Some of my friends also went to the University of Toronto, University of Melbourne, and NYU. I personally believe that the main purpose of studying abroad is to learn self-reliance and become an independent individual. If, even when studying abroad, a school still needs to constantly monitor and supervise students, then as someone who has been through it, I do not recommend that parents send their children abroad.

Brook Hill School is located in East Texas, 10 miles from the city of Tyler. The school covers 200 acres and was established in 1997. The school boasts university-level teaching facilities and a large museum. 70% of its teachers hold advanced degrees, indicating a strong faculty, with many teachers collaborating with universities to develop cutting-edge courses. The high school division has 290 students, three-quarters of whom are from East Texas, and international students constitute 15%. The school offers 27 AP and dual-credit courses. To help 12th-grade students better adapt to upcoming university life, there is a one-semester university transition course for seniors, covering various topics college students need to know, such as personal safety and personal financial management. The school's college counseling is excellent, leading high school students on tours to 7 universities, and 12th-graders can receive one-on-one college counseling. The average SAT score for the Class of 2019 was 1204, with the top 10% achieving an SAT score as high as 1478.

1. Location: Texas, approximately 1.5 hours' drive from Dallas.
2. International Students: International students account for only 15%, and Chinese students only 4%.
3. Advanced Courses: Offers 27 AP and dual-enrollment college credit courses. Students with excellent academic records can apply to the Honors College.
4. School Honors: Ranks second among the best Christian schools nationwide and fourth among the most beautiful campuses nationwide.
5. College Guidance Program: The college guidance program is available for students in grades 6-12. Its purpose is to help middle and high school students understand college academics and life. It assists students in understanding the requirements of top universities for high school students, including academic course enhancement, extracurricular activity expansion, etc.
6. Arts Program: Annual showcase performances, featuring 5 full competitive stage productions, including: essays, poetry, solos, choirs. Boasts 2 national championship choir honors. Encourages students to develop an interest in performing arts and to participate in competitions.
7. The American Freedom Museum is located at The Brook Hill School.

Regarding some negative comments, we verified with the school:
1. Regarding boys' dormitories: The school has 3 boys' dormitory houses. Two of these large houses have 2 rooms each, with 5 boys living in each house. This means one room accommodates 2 boys, and the other room accommodates 3 boys. Additionally, there is one more house, accommodating 4 boys, with 2 boys per room, and these 4 boys share one bathroom.
2. Regarding university admissions: The school stated that their students are admitted not only to schools in Texas but also to other top schools across the US. I’m not sure where he heard this! We have students go to the top universities not only in Texas each year, but all over the US.