A small island where big things happen

Founded in 1949, Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy is a co-educational, college-preparatory, day and boarding school that serves kindergarten through 12th grade, plus a postgraduate year.

Here on Hawai‘i Island, our students live and study within rare landscapes, precious ecosystems, and a mix of world cultures.

We embrace these attributes to create unique signature programs, research partnerships, and growth opportunities that make HPA a school like no other.

We exist to empower students with a sense of purpose, and to ensure they have strong core values and the real-world skills to explore and reinvent that purpose over a lifetime.