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Viña del Mar, Chile · est. 1982 · Private
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Colegio Hispano Americano is a private Catholic school in the Reñaca Alto district of Viña del Mar (Valparaíso region, Chile) for 7° Básico - 4° Medio, that is, for the secondary level. It is run by the Fundación Colegio Hispano Americano. The school grew out of the neighbouring Colegio Español María Reina: in 1982 its first 1° Medio class studied in María Reina's buildings in a second shift, and since 1983 the school has worked on its own 27000 m² site. At first it was a purely technical and vocational school; 7° and 8° Básico opened in 2011 and 2012, and the academic Científico Humanista track in 2015. Educación Media now has two tracks: technical and vocational (Técnico Profesional) with the specialities Administración (with logistics and human resources options), Contabilidad, Electricidad and Electrónica, and the academic Científico Humanista track. On 17 February 2003, under an agreement with the Spanish Ministry of Education, the school together with María Reina became a «Colegio Español» (Spanish school) with dual Chilean and Spanish status; for the Spanish ministry both schools are «un solo centro educacional» (a single educational centre) with code 60001443, and the curriculum includes the history and geography of Spain. The school is state-subsidised and free for families. On its home page the school reports more than 1400 students. Lessons follow a full-day schedule (jornada escolar completa) from 08:00 to 15:30, until 16:15 for older classes, and until 13:05 on Wednesdays; clubs run after lessons until 17:30. The language of instruction is Spanish: all pages of the website, the regulations and the circulars for parents are written in it; English is taught as a subject. There is a sports hall with a weights room, a sports ground and courts, a laboratory, computer rooms, workshops for electricians and electronics technicians, a library, a canteen, a chapel and 14 clubs.
Key facts
Programmes
Spanish programme · National programme
Languages of instruction
Spanish
About the fees The school describes itself as «PARTICULAR, SUBVENCIONADO Y GRATUITO» (private, subsidised and free): there is no tuition and no family co-payment (FICOM), including for the 2026 school year. The Spanish Bachillerato costs 19000 Chilean pesos a year for students who apply for this certificate.
Admissions As a state-subsidised private school, Colegio Hispano Americano admits students only through the state Sistema de Admisión Escolar (SAE): families apply on the single platform of the Chilean Ministry of Education, places are allocated at random, and under its regulation the school itself «no puede aceptar postulaciones o reservar cupos» (cannot accept applications or reserve places). There is no selection by grades or family income; the condition is that parents accept the school's Catholic project and its regulations, including compulsory attendance at religious events. The school admits foreign children: at enrolment a «Certificado IPE» (provisional school identifier) is accepted instead of a Chilean identity card, and the regulation states that «Alumnos migrantes» (migrant students) may attend without a uniform in their first year in a Chilean school. The school prepares catch-up materials for new students of 7° Básico and 1° Medio. The Spanish «Certificado de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO)» is awarded at the end of 2° Medio to those who studied from 7° Básico at María Reina or Hispano Americano, and the «Título de Bachiller Español» (Spanish upper secondary certificate) to those who completed 1°-4° Medio at Hispano Americano.
Stages and year groups Grades 7° Básico - 4° Medio. Chilean curriculum: Educación Básica (7° and 8° Básico) and Educación Media (1°-4° Medio) in two tracks - Técnico Profesional with the specialities Administración (Mención Logística, Mención Recursos Humanos), Contabilidad, Electricidad and Electrónica, and Científico Humanista; all levels follow a full-day schedule. The Spanish component follows an agreement with the Spanish Ministry of Education shared with Colegio Español María Reina: the school writes that the agreement allows students to «recibir Certificado de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO) de España al término de 2º Medio» (receive the Spanish ESO certificate at the end of 2° Medio) and gives «el Título de Bachiller Español a los que hayan cursado y aprobado de 1º a 4º medio en el COLEGIO HISPANO AMERICANO» (the Spanish Bachillerato to those who completed 1°-4° Medio at Colegio Hispano Americano). By level equivalence, 7° Básico - 2° Medio correspond to 1°-4° ESO, and 1°-4° Medio to 3° ESO - 2° Bachillerato. With the Spanish certificate students can apply to universities in Spain and the European Union without having Chilean qualifications recognised, or study from Chile at the Spanish distance university UNED. The curriculum includes the subject Historia y Geografía de España (history and geography of Spain).
Address San Pedro de Atacama 675, Reñaca Alto, Viña del Mar
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
MEFPDSpain's state register of schools lists it in its "abroad" section as a school under an agreement with the ministry (Centro de Convenio en el Extranjero), code 60001443. In the register this is a single entry together with Colegio Español María Reina: for Spain the two schools are one institution. The Spanish Bachillerato is awarded to those who completed 1° to 4° Medio here.
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MEFPDMinistry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports of Spain
A school of the Spanish education system abroad: run by the Spanish state, or a private Spanish school supervised by the ministry, or a school under an agreement with the ministry. The curriculum is Spanish, and leavers receive the Spanish certificate. Every such school is named in Spain's state register of schools, each with its own code.
What the badge means for this school. This is a Spanish school abroad, and that can be checked in Spain's state register. The entry is not a quality inspection: a school is on the register as part of the Spanish system, not as the outcome of an assessment. The curriculum and the certificate are Spanish. What other programmes the school offers, and what it charges, are on its own website. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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The state school programme of Spain, with the Spanish certificates: ESO at 16 and the Bachiller after the baccalaureate.
What this means for this school. The programme is set by the Spanish Ministry of Education, which also names the school in its state register of schools, in the "abroad" section. Leavers receive Spanish qualifications: the Graduado en ESO after secondary school and the título de Bachiller after the baccalaureate. They are used for entry to Spanish universities; in other countries they are matched to local ones.
National programme
The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hallA sports hall with a weights room (Gimnasio de Musculación) beneath it
✓LaboratoriesA science laboratory, computer rooms, and workshops and laboratories for the Electricidad and Electrónica specialities
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓LibraryLibrary (CRA)
✓CateringCanteen (comedor)
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Campus: A 27000 m² site with a chapel (oratorio)
Clubs and activities: Banda de Honor (school band) · Baile Español (Spanish dance) · Folklore Nacional e Hispanoamericano (Chilean and Latin American folklore) · Artes Musicales (music) · Artes Visuales (visual arts) · Robótica, Modelamiento e Impresión 3D (robotics and 3D printing) · Ajedrez (chess) · Gimnasio de Musculación (strength training) · Fútbol (football) · Voleibol (volleyball) · Handbol (handball) · Básquetbol (basketball) · Tenis de Mesa (table tennis) · Pádel Tenis (padel)
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
✓Access controlAccess for outsiders is restricted, with entry through a gatehouse (control en portería)
✓Nurse or medical roomA TENS health technician for first aid
✓CounsellorA psychologist, a guidance counsellor, a psycho-pedagogue and a social worker
✓Child protection policyReglamento Interno de Convivencia Escolar 2026 with protocols on violations of students' rights, sexual abuse, drugs and alcohol, mental health and suicide prevention
✓Staff trainingAnnual talks for staff and parents on the prevention of sexual abuse
✓Anti-bullying policyProtocolo de actuación frente a situaciones de maltrato o acoso escolar (protocol for cases of abuse and bullying)
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data90 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data80 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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