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Hong Kong Adventist Academy

A small Seventh-day Adventist school in Sai Kung, founded in 2011, serving roughly 250 pupils from ages 6 to 18 on an American curriculum with AP options and biblical studies threaded through.

Hong Kong Adventist Academy campus
Hong Kong Adventist Academy, Sai Kung. Photograph · School

Curriculum
AP
Fees, annual
HKD 118k–139k
Ages
6 to 18
Pupils
~250
Founded
2011

Hong Kong Adventist Academy is a small Seventh-day Adventist day and boarding school on Clearwater Bay Road in Sai Kung, open in its current form since 2011, for pupils aged six to eighteen. It teaches an American curriculum with AP courses and biblical studies throughout, and is accredited by MSA-CESS. Many of its teachers come from North America and live on campus. Annual fees are HKD 117,500 in Grades 1 to 6 and HKD 139,000 in Grades 7 to 12, well below most Hong Kong international schools.

The whole campus is vegetarian, and the Christian framing is foundational rather than optional. Staff are described as supportive and closely involved in pupils' character formation, though the small roll limits the range of courses and the size of each peer group.


Annual fees

Year level Age Fee
Grade 1 to Grade 6 6 HK$117,500
Grade 7 to Grade 12 12 HK$139,000

One-time fees

Item Age Fee
Application Fee HK$1,200


  • Hong Kong Adventist Academy is a small Seventh-day Adventist day and boarding school in Clearwater Bay, with around 200 students and around 140 boarding spaces, opened in its current form in 2011 and running an American curriculum aligned with Griggs International Academy.
  • The school's defining features in feedback are an entirely vegetarian campus and a Christian, character-formation framing. Reviewers note the no-meat-on-campus rule and a faculty drawn largely from North America, many living on campus.
  • Fee level is the consistent practical positive. Tuition starts at HKD 95,000 for Grade 1, well below most Hong Kong international schools, and reviewers describe HKAA as an affordable international option for Adventist and like-minded families.
  • Public reviewer voice is light. Staff reviews number five and Hong Kong Living and the school's own marketing carry most of the parent quotations. Public signal on the academy specifically is essentially zero, with hits dominated by the unrelated Hong Kong Adventist Hospital.
  • Independent inspection data is also limited. No formal rating has been assigned, availability is undisclosed, and the academic track record is still establishing itself.
  • For families outside the Adventist community, reviews suggest the dietary policy and the integration of Christian values across the programme are foundational rather than optional.

Positives

  • fees and access. Tuition is materially lower than most Hong Kong international peers.
  • teaching and pastoral. Reviewers describe staff as supportive, intentional and active in character formation.

Considerations

  • religious and dietary identity. An Adventist faith framing and a fully vegetarian campus are foundational rather than peripheral.
  • size and scale. A 200-student community is intimate but limits programme breadth and peer pool.
  • depth of independent signal. Aggregator and self-reported voice dominate; Reddit and forum threads are thin.

Leadership

Ola Hall

Olamide Aderonke Hall is an experienced multicultural educator serving as Principal of Hong Kong Adventist Academy since July 2023, with over 30 years in international education including roles as Vice Principal, science teacher, elementary teacher, and college counselor at Adventist and international schools in Taiwan, Thailand, and Hong Kong.

Accreditations

  • Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools 01
  • HK_EDB 02

  • Result 94% pass rate on AP History exams with a score of 3+ (2024)

1111 Clearwater Bay Road , Sai Kung , New Territories, Hong Kong

School website