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 31 reviews)); "Surrounded by good colleagues" ((in 30 reviews)); "Great people and company to work for" ((in 24 reviews)); "The staff is friendly and everyone seems to have similar goals." ((in 17 reviews)); "Lots of time off." ((in 5 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 83 reviews)); "Salary is low and lead office is off base" ((in 38 reviews)); "You work long hours and the pay is only ok." ((in 15 reviews)); "Management was a bit unorganized at times." ((in 14 reviews)); "Pay and benefits are poor, as is the work/life balance." ((in 12 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

2.0

Jun 26, 2019

Management, leadership, and pay are sub par.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Staff enter into their employment inspired to make a difference in children's lives. Most staff are passionate about their work and are lovely to work with.

Cons

Great Hearts hires a lot of inexperienced staff. Many new staff become overwhelmed and are not provided the support they need. Management fires staff without warning or initiating a personal growth and development plan. I don't understand how anyone is supposed to learn from mistakes if they aren't given that opportunity. Especially for such minor offenses. But new inexperienced staff are cheaper and Great Hearts is always complaining about budgets so when you connect the dots it is clear that they find hiring new staff easier that training existing employees. Staff are afraid of management. Instead of being mentors, they are disciplinarians. Even when it's unnecessary and inappropriate.

2.0

Oct 7, 2018

A lost company with in-fighting C-Suite

Anonymous employee

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Pros

The classroom. The education works and what they are doing for children is amazing.

Cons

Sheesh. Upper management is in-fighting. They’ve had more than 5 CEOs in the past 8 years. Even the current one commutes to work from Florida, which doesn’t inspire confidence. From inside reports, the board meetings are often shouting matches.

3.0

Aug 26, 2018

Great place to work if you can afford it!

Math teacher

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Pros

Wonderful working environment, surrounded by highly educated teachers and overall great administrators. Supportive of the best practices in teaching, and can't tolerate BS "education-ese" methods that suck. No stupid lesson plans required. Only teach 4 classes per day full time. Small class sizes with great kids....very non-public experience. The benefits are really awesome and don't cost much per pay. I think I covered my spouse and I for $122/mo....or maybe per pay...don't remember.

Cons

Pretty much a rich-kids' school, at least at Scottsdale, of course. Way LOW pay....among the worst I've ever been offered in teaching. After the red4ed movement last spring, I think they decided to raise everybody to at least 40k. Big deal....it still sucks badly. I moved to Texas and got a $25k raise to teach math. Ironically, Great Hearts is also in Texas but offer the same crappy salaries here. No idea why people work here for that little money....there are many other public charter school choices with similar work-life arrangements that pay much more.

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Jobs at Great Hearts Academies

Fifth Grade Apprentice Teacher

After-School Program Staff - Fall 2026

Growth and Enrollment Operations Officer

Elementary Teaching Assistant - Phoenix, AZ