Waimea Country School
under 1 mi Grades K-5 49 students 12 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
Private schools in Kamuela, HI
4 schools in Kamuela itself.
Kamuela private schools at a glance
Kamuela has 4 private schools of its own. They are Waimea Country School, Montessori Education Center of Hawaii, Parker School and Hawaii Preparatory Academy. In Kamuela itself: 4 nonsectarian; 4 teach elementary grades and 2 teach high school; 1 is Montessori. All of them are co-ed. 1 reports membership in a school association, most often the American Montessori Society (2023-24 federal survey). The typical school has about 337 students and 8.1 students per teacher (2023-24 federal survey).
Private schools in Kamuela (4)
Schools that give Kamuela as their address come first. Closest schools first. No school can pay to change its place in this list or its badge.
Affiliation, co-ed or single-sex, association membership and the share of graduates going on to a 4-year college come from the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe survey.
No school in Kamuela matches all of those.
Montessori Education Center of Hawaii
under 1 mi Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Parker School
under 1 mi Grades K-12 337 students 8.1 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed 75% to 4-year college
Grades K-12 576 students 7.7 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed 99% to 4-year college
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Private school tuition near Kamuela
We verified published tuition at one of these schools so far. Each figure comes from the school’s own website, and we link it on the school’s page. Ask the others for their full-year price.
| School | Published tuition | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Preparatory Academy | $29,000 to $37,500 | 2026-27 |
Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band the school publishes. How private school tuition compares by state.
Paying for private school in Hawaii
No state program pays private school tuition. What Hawaii families can use instead.
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Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there in Kamuela?
4 private schools give Kamuela as their address: Waimea Country School, Montessori Education Center of Hawaii, Parker School and Hawaii Preparatory Academy. Together they enrolled about 971 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Kamuela is Hawaii Preparatory Academy with 576 students.
Does Hawaii pay for private school?
No state program pays private school tuition. No Hawaii program pays private school tuition, and the state has no tuition tax credit or deduction.