Which Hawaii public schools have the most resources?

Lt Col Horrace Meek Hickam Elementary School in Honolulu scored 59 of 100 on the PlainSchools resource index, the highest of Hawaii's schools with 100 or more students that report all four of its factors.

How is the resource index calculated?

It averages up to four factors, each scored 0 to 100: students per teacher (2024-25; 0 at 25 or more), students per counselor (CRDC 2021-22; 0 at 500 or more), a gifted program (CRDC 2021-22; 70 if offered, 30 if not) and chronic absenteeism (EDFacts 2022-23; 0 at 40% or more). It measures resources, not test scores or teaching quality.

Hawaii public schools by resource index

Lt Col Horrace Meek Hickam Elementary School in Honolulu scored highest of Hawaii's public schools with 100 or more students on the resource index, 59 of 100: 15.6 students per teacher, 239 students per counselor and 9.4% chronically absent. The index averages staffing, counseling, gifted programs and attendance; it measures resources, not how well students learn.

Resource index 2024-25 × 2021-22 · schools open in 2024-25 with 100+ students and all 4 factors reported; online, alternative, special-education, pre-K-only and correctional programs left out · method

The chart draws the top of the register below; its source is named under the register.

The 50 highest scores, with each factor

School	Per teacher	Per counselor	Gifted	Chronically absent	Index
Lt Col Horrace Meek Hickam Elementary School	15.6	239	Yes	9.4%	59
School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability	10.4	178	Yes	22.2%	59
President Theodore Roosevelt High School	16.5	159	Yes	16.3%	58
Mokapu Elementary School	15.8	210	Yes	13.9%	58
Manoa Elementary School	15.7	250	Yes	10.3%	58
Kaimuki Middle School	17.7	191	Yes	14.0%	57
Gustav H Webling Elementary School	15.6	139	Yes	20.0%	57
Pearl Ridge Elementary School	14.1	223	Yes	15.9%	57
Hokulani Elementary School	14.7	258	Yes	13.0%	57
Niu Valley Middle School	16.0	249	Yes	12.3%	56
Prince David Kawananakoa Middle School	14.0	204	Yes	19.0%	56
Mililani Ike Elementary School	14.1	254	Yes	15.7%	56
Halau Ku Mana - A New Century PCS	7.5	124	No	19.7%	56
Mililani High School	16.5	217	Yes	16.1%	55
Henry J Kaiser High School	16.1	167	Yes	21.6%	55

The other 35 on the list

School	Per teacher	Per counselor	Gifted	Chronically absent	Index
Admiral Chester W Nimitz Elementary School	13.5	280	Yes	15.9%	55
Moanalua High School	16.4	263	Yes	13.8%	54
Highlands Intermediate School	14.2	189	Yes	23.4%	54
Makalapa Elementary School	15.2	295	Yes	14.2%	54
Waialua High & Intermediate School	13.3	203	Yes	24.3%	54
Aiea Intermediate School	12.7	154	Yes	29.7%	54
Kalani High School	17.1	240	Yes	16.8%	53
Waiakea Intermediate School	15.4	198	Yes	23.5%	53
Kapunahala Elementary School	12.1	239	Yes	25.4%	53
Ahuimanu Elementary School	13.3	282	Yes	19.9%	53
Enchanted Lake Elementary School	14.3	290	Yes	17.8%	53
Admiral Arthur W Radford High School	16.8	243	Yes	18.1%	52
King David Kalakaua Middle School	14.1	194	Yes	27.5%	52
Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School	15.9	310	Yes	15.3%	52
Ka'ohao Public Charter School	15.1	316	Yes	15.9%	52
Nuuanu Elementary School	14.3	336	Yes	14.9%	52
William P Jarrett Middle School	13.5	133	Yes	32.7%	52
Waipahu High School	15.8	233	Yes	21.7%	51
Waipahu Intermediate School	14.6	153	Yes	30.1%	51
Kalaheo High School	17.1	203	Yes	22.8%	51
Aiea High School	14.5	168	Yes	29.0%	51
Koko Head Elementary School	14.7	327	Yes	16.6%	51
Haleiwa Elementary School	13.1	121	Yes	35.1%	51
Pearl City High School	16.5	226	Yes	24.0%	50
Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School	14.0	276	Yes	23.5%	50
Moanalua Middle School	15.5	336	Yes	15.6%	50
Maunawili Elementary School	13.4	346	Yes	19.4%	50
Kailua High School	13.1	160	Yes	36.4%	49
Kapolei High School	14.8	201	Yes	31.6%	48
Honouliuli Middle School	14.7	217	Yes	30.5%	48
Aliamanu Middle School	15.1	362	Yes	18.5%	48
Moanalua Elementary School	16.9	321	Yes	18.8%	48
Mililani Mauka Elementary School	14.5	354	Yes	19.0%	48
Mayor John H Wilson Elementary School	13.5	262	No	12.8%	48
Lahaina Intermediate School	11.0	217	Yes	35.7%	48

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 (students per teacher); CRDC 2021-22 (counselors on CRDC enrollment, gifted program); EDFacts 2022-23 (chronic absenteeism). Index: the mean of the factors reported, each 0 to 100.

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Questions about the resource index

Which Hawaii public schools have the most resources?
Lt Col Horrace Meek Hickam Elementary School in Honolulu scored 59 of 100 on the PlainSchools resource index, the highest of Hawaii's schools with 100 or more students that report all four of its factors.
How is the resource index calculated?
It averages up to four factors, each scored 0 to 100: students per teacher (2024-25; 0 at 25 or more), students per counselor (CRDC 2021-22; 0 at 500 or more), a gifted program (CRDC 2021-22; 70 if offered, 30 if not) and chronic absenteeism (EDFacts 2022-23; 0 at 40% or more). It measures resources, not test scores or teaching quality.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School membership and staff · 2024-25

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection Counselors and gifted programs · 2021-22

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated September 2026