NCES CCD 2024-25 74 schools HI

Best-Resourced Schools in Honolulu, HI

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74 public K-12 schools in Honolulu from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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74
Schools
38,528
Students
43.2/100
Avg Resource Index
13.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Honolulu has more public-school enrollment than 97% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Honolulu sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

53 of Honolulu's 74 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 37-point gap between Halau Ku Mana - a New Century Pcs and President Abraham Lincoln Elementary School shows the range hidden by Honolulu's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 3%
School count
Top 2%
Resource Index average
61st percentile
Teacher staffing
69th percentile

Honolulu school enrollment varies 43× across entities

Honolulu school enrollment ranges from 49 students (lowest) to 2,094 students (highest), a spread of 2,045 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Honolulu operates one school district — a single-district system

Honolulu's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Honolulu student-teacher ratio is 13.8:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Halau Ku Mana - a New Century Pcs 63
2. Hokulani Elementary School 60
3. Lt Col Horrace Meek Hickam Elementary School 58
4. Manoa Elementary School 58
5. President Theodore Roosevelt High School 57
6. Kaimuki Middle School 56
7. Prince David Kawananakoa Middle School 55
8. Moanalua High School 54
9. Kalani High School 54
10. Niu Valley Middle School 54
11. Linapuni Elementary School 54
12. School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability 53
13. Henry J Kaiser High School 52
14. Nuuanu Elementary School 52
15. Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind 52
16. Aliamanu Middle School 50
17. University Laboratory School 50
18. Admiral Arthur W Radford High School 49
19. Mayor John H Wilson Elementary School 49
20. Princess Ruth Keelikolani Middle School 49
21. Kaimuki High School 48
22. Aina Haina Elementary School 48
23. Kalihi Elementary School 48
24. King David Kalakaua Middle School 47
25. Moanalua Elementary School 47
26. Koko Head Elementary School 47
27. William P Jarrett Middle School 47
28. Moanalua Middle School 46
29. Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School 46
30. Governor Sanford B Dole Middle School 46
31. King Liholiho Elementary School 46
32. Noelani Elementary School 46
33. Princess Miriam K Likelike Elementary School 46
34. President William Mckinley High School 45
35. Admiral Chester W Nimitz Elementary School 45
36. Makalapa Elementary School 45
37. Waialae Elementary - Pcs 45
38. Hahaione Elementary School 45
39. Lanakila Elementary School 45
40. Princess Victoria Kaiulani Elementary School 45
41. Aliamanu Elementary School 44
42. Puuhale Elementary School 44
43. Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary School 43
44. Kahala Elementary School 43
45. Maemae Elementary School 42
46. President George Washington Middle School 41
47. Kalihi Kai Elementary School 40
48. Major General William R Shafter Elementary School 40
49. Pearl Harbor Elementary School 39
50. Kamiloiki Elementary School 38

Showing top 50 of 74 schools.

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Honolulu

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Makalapa Elementary School 81.5/100
  2. 2 Pearl Harbor Elementary School 81.3/100
  3. 3 Aliamanu Middle School 80.4/100
  4. 4 Aliamanu Elementary School 80.1/100
  5. 5 Admiral Arthur W Radford High School 79.6/100

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Which Honolulu school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Halau Ku Mana - a New Century Pcs has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Honolulu schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Honolulu, HI? ▼

Honolulu has 74 public schools with a total enrollment of 38,528 students. 6 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.