Harding Fine Arts Academy
Harding Fine Arts Academy is a college preparatory high school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is part of the Oklahoma City Public School District.
HFAA serves students from grade 9 to 12. It is a public, charter high school; there is no tuition. As a charter school, admission is open to all students with interest in the fine arts. The school also receives Title I funding. HFAA uses auditions and testing for placement, but not as a requirement for acceptance. The school accepts only 150 students per school year.
The average class size is between 15 and 20 students per class. The student-teacher ratio is 12 to 1. The curriculum integrates the arts, and students are required to take 6 arts electives to graduate.
Harding Fine Arts Academy was founded in 2005 by attorney John Belt. HFAA owns the historic Harding High School building dating to 1924 after their bid to purchase it was approved by the Oklahoma City Public School Board. The school's swimming pool has been converted into a dance studio.
HFAA is a National Blue Ribbon school and has been placed in the top 5 in Oklahoma by US News & World Report, the top 500 for disadvantaged students nationwide by Newsweek, rated A+ by the Oklahoma Department of Education and was the first school to be rated OKA+ by the University of Central Oklahoma.
