Your Homeschool Front Office

Hillcrest Private Academy helps homeschooling families, students and tutors manage the required documentation for their homeschool students. Enrolled students have 24/7 online access to our official forms and documents, plus a wealth of online resources for homeschool students and their families.

Hillcrest Private Academy is an all-inclusive, non-invasive home education option.

Our goal is to advocate for all homeschoolers and support educational freedom. We aim to provide our families with valuable resources, community support, counseling, online record keeping, and more.

Supporting Homeschool Families Since 2010

Hillcrest Private Academy is a Department of Education registered and recognized private school in the state of Florida, and our enrolled students meet the compulsory attendance laws in compliance with state private school statutes 1002.42(2)(b), 1012.32, 1002.01, 1003.23(2), 1003.22(1)(2), 1003.01(13), and 1003.21(1).

Help Us Support Educational Freedom for All

Hillcrest Private Academy provides affordable homeschool services to students in Florida and beyond through the generous support of our sponsors. With your help, we can continue to provide a supportive environment for families who choose home education.

DOE #5568. Our office is in Escambia County, Florida, school district number 01650. Our school district code number is 57-5568.

Homeschool Resources for Students, Parents and Tutors

At Hillcrest Private Academy we want to make things easier on our families.
We’ve compiled a variety of resources to help you through the homeschooling process.

  • Florida Virtual School Flex Program

    Florida Virtual School Flex Program

    We are fortunate to have an affiliation agreement with the Florida Virtual School Flex Program. This means that all currently enrolled HPA middle and high school students residing in Florida may register and participate in the FLVS Flex Program free of charge*. (Please do not confuse this with the FLVS Full-Time K-12 program, a public school NOT affiliated with HPA.)…

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  • MS Office 365 for Education

    MS Office 365 for Education

    We at HPA proudly partner with Microsoft 365 Education as a verified Microsoft 365 Education School. As such, Microsoft Education Edition is available to HPA-enrolled, annual tuition-paid families for FREE!

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  • School ID Cards

    School ID Cards

    Use the link here to order custom HPA Teacher or Student school ID cards. These ID cards are custom-made for our school and must be ordered through ID Creator.com via our specific link. They are very reasonably priced at just $8 each and are made from high-quality PVC. As an added bonus, our school receives…

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • I’ve uploaded the required documents, but my student’s profile is still “pending.”

    This could be due to a couple of reasons. First, ensure all the required documents are uploaded to the appropriate document slots on the student’s profile. The slots are as follows: Second, if you’ve already uploaded the documents, the student’s profile will still say “Pending” until we can verify and change the status to “Enrolled.”…

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  • Do you provide report cards or high school transcripts?

    Yes, we provide report cards and transcript templates for our students on our website. You must maintain the information for these documents on your student profile so we can access them and send them to where they are needed. You may download the unsigned “unofficial” documents anytime for your records. However, if you need them…

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  • What is an Umbrella School?

    An “Umbrella” or “Cover” School is the name often given to non-campus-based private schools, in other words, schools like HPA that exist to support homeschooling families. These schools are called this because they provide legal cover to the families enrolled in them.

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