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Evaluation method

Ranking Basis

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Weight Distribution: We gathered feedback from thousands of families and consulted over 50 industry experts to create ranking weights tailored to the needs of Asian students.

Scoring Mechanism: Each of the 46 distinct data points is evaluated using unique mathematical models, scoring based on its position within the overall data distribution.

Basis for Ranking: Instead of absolute values, we focus on relative differences in data. There is no fixed score threshold for separating schools; instead, the “admission cutoff” is adjusted annually based on data trends, similar to college entrance exams.

Evaluation Mechanism

The school page currently displays an evaluation card that includes an overall rating and ratings across five key categories, totaling 46 data points. The five categories are: Geographic Community, Academic Strength, Matriculation Level, Extracurricular Activities, and FindingSchool Reviews. Visitors can easily view the overall score and ratings for each dimension (ranging from A+ to C). For boarding schools, detailed total score rankings are also included

The data used for evaluations and rankings comes from three primary sources: official school data, public data, and user-submitted data on FindingSchool.

Scoring Mechanism

The entire scoring system is based on mathematical models derived from statistical analysis of samples from hundreds of schools across various levels. Each data point receives a corresponding rating based on its percentile position within the overall predicted distribution.

  • In the boarding school evaluation:: A- and above account for 45% of the total, B- and above account for 40%, C accounts for 15%.

  • In the day school evaluation: A- and above account for 30% of the total, B- and above account for 51%, C and others account for 19%.

2025 Evaluation Methodology

1. [30% - Matriculation Dimension] : Ivy League admission rate, admission rate for Top 25 National Universities and Top 5 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 50 National Universities and Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 100 National Universities and Top 25 Liberal Arts Colleges, along with a summary of historical admissions data.

2. [24% - Academic Dimension]: Course offerings (AP, IB, Honors, and Advanced courses), percentage of teachers with a master’s degree or higher, percentage of AP exam scores of 3, 4, or 5, average scores on standardized tests (SAT and ACT), scores in AMC math competitions, and results in FRC robotics competitions.

3. [14% - Extracurricular Activities]: Alumni donation rate, number of clubs and activities, ratings for competitive sports teams, and ratings for arts programs.

4. [12% - FindingSchool Reviews] : FindingSchool website rating, review comments on FindingSchool, and historical rating trends.

5. [8% - Geographic Community]: State resource evaluation, density score of nearby top universities, distance to the nearest international airport, convenience of local amenities, transportation convenience, city crime rate, and educational level of the local population.

Overall
B+
Matriculation A-
Academics B
Extracurriculars A-
Community C
Reviews B
AP Class Offerings Advanced Research Opportunities Global Academic Perspective Pathway to Prestigious Colleges Comprehensive Co-Curricular Programs
Hawai’i Preparatory Academy provides boarding students in grades 6-12 (plus Post-Graduate) with a full range of academic and extra-curricular experiences in a safe, small close-knit community. The school takes advantage of its unique location with access to the ocean, volcanoes, biological and climatic diversity, unparalleled opportunities in researching environmental sustainability, as well as a rich Hawaiian history and culture. HPA also offers a summer school for students from around the world. Hawai’i Preparatory Academy consistently provides each student with the academic credentials to gain admission into top U.S. colleges and universities.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$79900
Enrollment
391
International Students
40%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
72%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:12
Endowment
$48 millions
AP
17
Average SAT Score
1107
Average ACT Score
22
Class Size
15
Boarding %
40

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2020-2024)
Ranking University/College Students
#2 Harvard College 1 +
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 +
#5 Yale University 1 +
#6 Stanford University 1 +
#6 University of Chicago 1 +
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 +
#9 Northwestern University 1 +
LAC #2 Amherst College 1 +
#13 Dartmouth College 1 +
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 +
#23 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 1 +
LAC #5 Wellesley College 1 +
#27 University of Southern California 1 +
#28 New York University 1 +
#28 Tufts University 1 +
#28 Wake Forest University 1 +
#34 University of Rochester 1 +
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 +
LAC #9 Carleton College 1 +
#49 Northeastern University 1 +
#49 Pepperdine University 1 +
#55 Santa Clara University 1 +
#57 Penn State University Park 1 +
#59 University of Washington 1 +
#62 Rutgers University 1 +
#63 George Washington University 1 +
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 +
#75 Baylor University 1 +
#75 Clemson University 1 +
#75 Loyola Marymount University 1 +
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 +
#79 Gonzaga University 1 +
#83 Colorado School of Mines 1 +
LAC #17 Barnard College 1 +
SUNY University at Buffalo 1 +
#93 University of San Diego 1 +
#99 University of Oregon 1 +
#103 University of Arizona 1 +
#103 University of Illinois at Chicago 1 +
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
#104 University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 +
LAC #22 Vassar College 1 +
#122 Chapman University 1 +
#122 University of Missouri: Columbia 1 +
#127 Seattle University 1 +
#148 San Diego State University 1 +
LAC #30 Mount Holyoke College 1 +
#162 Oregon State University 1 +
LAC #38 Franklin & Marshall College 1 +
LAC #38 Whitman College 1 +
Academy of Art University 1 +
Babson College 1 +
Bard College 1 +
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo 1 +
California State University multiple locations 1 +
Chaminade University of Honolulu 1 +
Colorado Mesa University 1 +
Eastern Washington University 1 +
Franklin University Switzerland 1 +
Glion Institute of Higher Education Switzerland 1 +
Graceland University 1 +
Grand Canyon University 1 +
Hawai‘i Pacific University 1 +
Illinois Wesleyan University 1 +
Istituto Marangoni Miami 1 +
Liberty University 1 +
Linfield College 1 +
Macquarie University Australia 1 +
Marist College 1 +
Mount San Antonio College 1 +
musicians institute 1 +
Northern Arizona University 1 +
Oregon Institute of Technology 1 +
Rhodes College 1 +
Ritsumeikan University Japan 1 +
Temple University Japan 1 +
The New School College of Performing Arts 1 +
Trinity College Dublin Ireland 1 +
University College Dublin Ireland 1 +
University of Alabama 1 +
University of British Columbia 1 +
University of Calgary 1 +
University of California multiple locations 1 +
University of Hawaii at Hilo 1 +
University of Hawaii at Manoa 1 +
University of Montana 1 +
University of Nevada: Las Vegas 1 +
University of Nottingham 1 +
University of Portland 1 +
University of Puget Sound 1 +
University of Tampa 1 +
University of Victoria 1 +
Western Washington University 1 +
Willamette University 1 +
William Penn University 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2024 2019-2023 2022 2017-2020 2014-2018 Total
All schools 53 34 52 211 134
#1 Princeton University 1 + 1 1 3
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 2 1 5
#3 Stanford University 1 + 1 + 5 7 14
#3 Harvard College 1 + 1 + 2 4
#5 Yale University 1 + 1 + 1 1 4
#6 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1 + 3 2 7
#7 California Institute of Technology 1 + 1 1 3
#7 Duke University 2 2 4
#9 Brown University 1 + 3 5 9
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 2 3
#9 Northwestern University 1 + 1 2
#12 Columbia University 1 1 2
#12 University of Chicago 1 + 3 2 6
#12 Cornell University 1 + 1 2 4
#15 University of California: Berkeley 2 5 7
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 1 2 3
#17 Rice University 1 + 1 1 3
#18 Dartmouth College 1 + 1 + 7 6 15
#20 University of Notre Dame 1 + 1
#21 University of Michigan 1 + 1
#22 Georgetown University 1 + 1
#24 Emory University 1 + 1
#24 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1 + 1 1 4
#24 University of Virginia 1 + 1 2
#24 Washington University in St. Louis 1 + 1 + 1 1 4
#28 University of Southern California 1 + 1 + 3 6 5 16
#28 University of California: Davis 4 4 8
#28 University of California: San Diego 1 1
#33 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 + 1 2
#33 University of California: Irvine 2 2
#35 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 1
#35 New York University 1 + 1 + 3 6 6 17
#39 Boston College 1 1 2
#40 University of Washington 1 + 1 + 4 3 9
#40 Rutgers University 1 + 1
#40 Tufts University 1 + 1 + 1 3 1 7
#43 Boston University 1 2 3
#47 Lehigh University 1 + 5 6
#47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 + 1 + 1 1 4
#47 Wake Forest University 1 + 1 + 1 1 4
#47 Texas A&M University 1 1
#47 University of Rochester 1 + 2 1 4
#48 University of Texas at Austin 1 1
#53 Purdue University 2 2 4
#53 Northeastern University 1 + 1 + 5 5 12
#56 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 5 5
#57 Penn State University Park 1 + 3 2 6
#60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 1 2
#60 Brandeis University 2 3 5
#60 North Carolina State University 1 1
#60 Santa Clara University 1 + 1 + 1 5 8
#67 Syracuse University 3 4 7
#67 University of Miami 1 1
#67 George Washington University 1 + 1 + 2 2 6
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 + 1
#73 Indiana University Bloomington 1 1
#73 Tulane University 1 + 1 1 3
#76 Pepperdine University 1 + 1
#76 SUNY University at Buffalo 1 + 1
#76 Colorado School of Mines 1 + 3 1 5
#82 University of Illinois at Chicago 1 + 1
#86 Clemson University 1 + 1
#89 Fordham University 1 1
#89 Temple University 1 1
#93 Gonzaga University 1 + 1 2
#93 Loyola Marymount University 1 + 2 7 10
#93 Baylor University 1 + 1 2 4
#98 Drexel University 1 + 3 4
#98 Illinois Institute of Technology 1 1
#98 University of San Diego 1 + 1 + 2 6 6 16
#98 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 1
#98 University of Oregon 1 + 1 + 10 12
#105 Arizona State University 1 1
#105 University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 + 1 2
#105 San Diego State University 1 + 1 4 6
#105 University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1 + 3 1 6 12
#105 American University 1 1 2
#115 University of Arizona 1 + 4 5
#115 University of San Francisco 2 8 10 20
#124 University of Missouri: Columbia 1 + 1
#124 University of Denver 1 3 6 10
#124 Creighton University 1 + 1 2
#133 Chapman University 1 + 1 + 3 5 10
#133 University of Vermont 1 + 1 1 3
#142 Oregon State University 1 + 4 5
#142 University of the Pacific 1 1
#151 Simmons University 1 1
#151 Seton Hall University 1 1
#151 Colorado State University 1 + 3 8 12
#163 Seattle University 1 + 12 13
#170 University of Hawaii at Manoa 1 + 3 11 15
#178 Washington State University 3 3
#195 University of Nevada: Reno 1 1
#201 The New School College of Performing Arts 1 + 1
#216 West Virginia University 1 1
#236 Azusa Pacific University 1 1
#249 Northern Arizona University 1 + 7 8
#249 Pace University 1 1
#249 Suffolk University 1 1
#269 University of Nevada: Las Vegas 1 + 1
#269 Seattle Pacific University 1 1
#332 Boise State University 2 2
#361 University of Montana 1 + 1
University of Alabama 1 + 1 2
University of California: Santa Cruz 1 4 3 8
Grand Canyon University 1 + 1 2
Liberty University 1 + 1
Iowa State University 2 2
University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2024 2019-2023 2022 2017-2020 2014-2018 Total
All schools 13 10 9 40 19
#2 Amherst College 1 + 1 + 1 1 4
#3 United States Naval Academy 1 1 2
#4 Pomona College 1 + 1
#4 Swarthmore College 1 1 2
#4 Wellesley College 1 + 1
#7 United States Air Force Academy 1 + 1
#9 Carleton College 1 + 1 + 3 3 8
#9 Bowdoin College 1 2 3
#11 Barnard College 1 + 1 + 1 3
#11 Claremont McKenna College 2 2
#16 Davidson College 1 1
#16 Smith College 1 1
#16 Vassar College 1 + 1
#21 Colgate University 1 1 2
#24 Bates College 1 2 3
#27 Macalester College 1 1
#30 Lafayette College 1 1
#33 Colorado College 1 + 1 2
#34 Mount Holyoke College 1 + 1
#35 Franklin & Marshall College 1 + 1 2
#35 Occidental College 1 1
#35 Scripps College 1 1
#38 Skidmore College 1 1 2
#39 Pitzer College 1 + 1 1 3
#39 Denison University 1 1 2
#39 Trinity College 1 + 1 2
#46 Whitman College 1 + 1 1 3
#56 Rhodes College 1 + 1 2
#56 Wheaton College 1 1
#59 Trinity University 1 1
#67 Reed College 1 + 1 2
#72 Bard College 1 + 1
#75 Willamette University 1 + 1 + 2 3 7
#89 University of Puget Sound 1 + 2 3
#93 Lewis & Clark College 1 2 3
#93 Whittier College 3 3
#100 Sarah Lawrence College 1 1 2
#107 Linfield College 1 + 7 8
#139 University of North Carolina at Asheville 1 1
#167 The King's College 1 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2024 2019-2023 2022 2017-2020 2014-2018 Total
All schools 3 2 0 1 0
#2 University of British Columbia 1 + 1 + 1 3
#3 McGill University 1 + 1
#7 University of Calgary 1 + 1
#13 University of Victoria 1 + 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2024 2019-2023 2022 2017-2020 2014-2018 Total
All schools 1 1 0 0 0
#17 University of Nottingham 1 + 1
#33 University of St. Andrews 1 + 1

Academics

AP

(17)
Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Environmental Science
Psychology
Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Environmental Science
Psychology
English Literature and Composition
Spanish Language and Culture
United States History
Human Geography
Physics 1
Comparative Government and Politics
Chemistry
Physics 2
Precalculus
Statistics
English Language and Composition
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Sports

(17)
Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Diving
American Football
Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Diving
American Football
Golf
Paddling
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
Water Polo
Wrestling
Lacrosse
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(29)
Baseball conditioning
Basketball Conditioning
Dance
Environmental Club
Go Green Club
Hawaiian Club
Baseball conditioning
Basketball Conditioning
Dance
Environmental Club
Go Green Club
Hawaiian Club
Individual Music Lessons
Individual Vocal Lessons
Intramurals
Ka Makani Flyers
Literary Magazine
Marine Expeditions
Outrigger canoe paddling
Paper Brigade (recycling club)
Photography Club
Recreational golf
Recreational Tennis
Red Cross Youth Group
Robotics Club
School of Rock (rock band)
Scuba
Soccer conditioning
Student Ambassadors
Student Council (government)
Students Against Destructive Decisions
Swimming conditioning
Vocal ensemble
Weights and conditioning
Yoga
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Arts

(17)
Jazz
Music
Musicianship
Art History
Acting
Band
Jazz
Music
Musicianship
Art History
Acting
Band
Music Production
Recording
Songwriting
Drawing
Painting
Printmaking
Sculpture
Costume Design
Mixed Media
Storytelling
Yearbook
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Contact Info

http://www.hpa.edu/
65-1692 Kohala Mountain Road Kamuela, HI 96743
808-881-4321
admissions@hpa.edu
Hawaii

Basic Info

Co-ed
Boarding Grades: 9-12, PG
Rural
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1949
Campus Size: 228 acres
Boarding Rate: 40%
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 02/09
Interview: On Campus, Admission Travel to China, Zoom
Pre Interview: No Requirement
Other Accepted Scores: TOEFL,TOEFL Junior
School Code:
TOEFL: 1762
SSAT: 3766
ISEE: 120150
Spots for Chinese Students Next Year: 6

Frequently Ask Questions about Hawai'i Preparatory Academy

Tell me a bit about Hawai'i Preparatory Academy.
Hawai'i Preparatory Academy is Co-ed private boarding school located in Hawaii, US. It was founded 1949 , and currently has about 391 students, 40.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.hpa.edu/.
Does Hawai'i Preparatory Academy have rigorous academic requirements?
Hawai'i Preparatory Academy is offering 17 AP courses.

Hawai'i Preparatory Academy also have 72% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Hawai'i Preparatory Academy students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 9.74% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 7.89% go to top 25, and about 5% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Hawai'i Preparatory Academy?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Hawai'i Preparatory Academy’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Hawai'i Preparatory Academy’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Hawai'i Preparatory Academy in 2024 is $79,900 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at admissions@hpa.edu .
Where is Hawai'i Preparatory Academy located?
Hawai'i Preparatory Academy is located in the State of Hawaii of USA.
How popular is Hawai'i Preparatory Academy on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Hawai'i Preparatory Academy is among the most popular schools, within top 336 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Hawai'i Preparatory Academy has been favorited by 49 users.
How to start with an application with Hawai'i Preparatory Academy?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Hawai'i Preparatory Academy. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Hawai'i Preparatory Academy’s official site: http://www.hpa.edu/ or call them at 808-881-4321.
What is the FindingSchool rating for Hawai'i Preparatory Academy?
The overall rating for Hawai'i Preparatory Academy is B+.

The section ratings of Hawai'i Preparatory Academy are:
A- for Matriculation
B for Academics
A- for Extracurriculum
C for Community
B for Students and Parents reviews

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