Hiram Bingham High School (HBHS) is a secondary school in Rongorongo, Beru Island, Kiribati, serving forms 1-7."REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI ISLAND REPORT SERIES 14. Beru ." Office of Te Beretitenti & T’Makei Services, Government of Kiribati, 2012. p. 7 (PDF p. 10). It is affiliated with the Kiribati Uniting Church (formerly the Kiribati Protestant Church or KPC)."TABITEUEA NORTH 2008 Socio-Economic Profile" Part 2 of 4 . Strengthening Decentralized Governance in Kiribati Project , Ministry of Internal and Social Affairs (Kiribati). p. 48 (PDF p. 13/15). Part 1 is here . It has boarding facilities.
History Reverend William Goward created the school in 1900. It was previously operated by the London Missionary Society (LMS),Garrett, John. Where Nets Were Cast: Christianity in Oceania Since World War II. University of the South Pacific Institute of Pacific Studies (in association with the World Council of Churches), 1997. p. 276. , 9789820201217. and its original purpose was to train clergy for the KPS.
John Garrett, author of Where Nets Were Cast: Christianity in Oceania Since World War II, stated in its history that the school "struggled to align at least some of its standards with" that of King George V School, a government high school.
In 1993 it was the only full secondary school operated by the KPC.Talu, Alaima (Sister). "Towards Quality in Education" (Chapter 21, Part IV, Social Issues). In: Van Trease, Howard (editor). Atoll Politics: The Republic of Kiribati. University of Canterbury Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies and University of the South Pacific Institute of Pacific Studies, 1993. , 9780958330008. p. 241. Between 2008 and 2011 the number of students declined.
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