Does Great Hearts Academies pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Great Hearts Academies employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Great Hearts Academies. This rating has improved by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Great Hearts Academies?

51% of Great Hearts Academies employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Great Hearts Academies 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Great Hearts Academies?

Teacher (139) , Lead Teacher (33) , Assistant Teacher (15) , Teaching Assistant (13) , English Teacher (12) , Apprentice Teacher (11) , Teacher Assistant (9) , Special Education Teacher (7) , Assistant Headmaster (5) , Instructor (4) , Registrar (4) , TEACHERS ASSISTANT (4) , Campus Coordinator (3) , Elementary Music Teacher (3) , High School Teacher (3)

What are the pros of working at Great Hearts Academies according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and health insurance" ((in 30 reviews)); "Surrounded by good colleagues" ((in 28 reviews)); "Great people and company to work for" ((in 25 reviews)); "The staff is friendly and everyone seems to have similar goals." ((in 16 reviews)); "The curriculum is complete and engaging." ((in 7 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Great Hearts Academies according to real employee reviews?

"Low Pay (they are working to increase it) means that turnover at some schools is high" ((in 87 reviews)); "Salary is low and lead office is off base" ((in 36 reviews)); "You work long hours and the pay is only ok." ((in 15 reviews)); "Management was a bit unorganized at times." ((in 14 reviews)); "No work life balance" ((in 9 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Great Hearts Academies locations?

Phoenix , San Antonio , Scottsdale , Chandler , Goodyear , Irving , Gilbert , Fort Worth , Arlington , Glendale , Baton Rouge , Buckeye , Dallas , Anthem , Peoria , Live Oak , Dallas-Fort Worth , Avondale , Mesa , Santa Fe , Texas City , Helotes , Lakeside , Maryvale , San Antonio

Great Hearts Academies reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(496 total reviews)

Jay Heiler

69% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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Great Hearts Academies has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 496 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Great Hearts Academies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

496 reviews

1.0

Feb 14, 2025

Bad pay, bad work environment

Lead teacher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The fee good students made every day great.

Cons

Extremely low pay with insane workload, toxic work environment where you're only valued if you're part of the "in" group, mandatory team building meetings with no results, constantly changing curriculum.

Great Hearts Academies Response

1y

Thank you for your honest feedback. We believe the best for our students includes having the best faculty working with our students and parents. We believe our curriculum provides the best liberal arts classical education focused on character education and great books. Our compensation package has been an area that we have been working to improve. Great Hearts does provide excellent benefits (medical, dental, etc.), with employee premiums that are significantly below the national and regional averages. As of the 2024-2025 school year, we have increased the salaries of our current and new teachers. We will look at our benefits package to look for areas to continue to improve. We will continue to work to improve salaries again for the 2025-2026 school year. We know with the rising cost of living, it is important that we make sure our teachers get the very best. We have recently updated our salary schedules again for the incoming 2025-2026 school year to improve the compensation package for our teachers.

4.0

Feb 9, 2025

Great Culture, terrible pay

Ess coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing people to work with, much of the curriculum is very straightforward, less prep time than other schools, most student families are fantastic too!

Cons

Basically pay. We make 30%-50% less than the local school district. We regularly lose some of our best people because the pay is literally not liveable. COL has skyrocketed in Phoenix, and it doesn’t feel like Great Hearts has even attempted to keep pace. We’re just expected to be destitute for the cause.

Great Hearts Academies Response

1y

Thank you for your feedback. We believe the best for our students includes having the best faculty working with our students and parents. We believe our curriculum provides the best liberal arts classical education focused on character education and great books. Our compensation package has been an area that we have been working to improve. Great Hearts does provide excellent benefits (medical, dental, etc.), with employee premiums that are significantly below the national and regional averages. As of the 2024-2025 school year, we have increased the salaries of our current and new teachers. We will look at our benefits package to look for areas to continue to improve. We will continue to work to improve salaries again for the 2025-2026 school year. We know with the rising cost of living, it is important that we make sure our teachers get the very best.

3.0

Jan 27, 2025

Managed Decline

Latin teacher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Strong leadership from Veritas Prep administration

Cons

Slipping academic standards across much of the network, reluctance to expel students who do not belong at the academy, combining to erode school culture

Great Hearts Academies Response

1y

We appreciate constructive feedback about the culture at your Great Hearts academy and we will share these concerns with our executive leadership. While we acknowledge that the culture of each academy may vary slightly, it is our goal to bring alignment and clarity to all academies around the mission to pursue truth, goodness, and beauty. Those pillars demand that our teachers and staff model virtuous excellence, but in any human endeavor, we fall short of those expectations and the work is hard at times. Still, we believe the mission is worthy of our continued commitment, and Great Hearts strives to support teachers and staff through effective leadership, professional growth, and fidelity to the mission.

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