Hawaii Department of Education

District-Level NCES Analysis

Hawaii Department of Education operates 295 public schools serving 170,209 students, placing it among the larger districts in Hawaii. The school portfolio breaks down into 214 other, 41 middle, 35 high, 5 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 166,973 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2022-23 release, and the district is geographically located in Honolulu County County.

Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,381 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 0.8% local, 84.7% state, and 14.5% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $93,034 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts. The district's equity score — 100/100, ranked #1 of 1 in Hawaii against a state average of 100 — measures how evenly funding reaches schools within its boundaries.

Academic infrastructure includes 41 of 295 schools offering Advanced Placement (500 AP courses district-wide), a 279.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 45.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 19.4% Hispanic or Latino, 19.2% Asian, 11.2% White across the district's schools.