Hawaii · NCES F-33 finance data

School Spending in Hawaii

Schools in Hawaii ranked by their district's per-pupil expenditure, limited to schools with 50 or more students.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools Editorial. · Updated June 2026

The spending picture in one line

James Campbell High School tops the list: its district, Hawaii Department of Education, spends $17,420 per student, against a Hawaii average of $17,420.

$17,420
per-student spend in Hawaii Department of Education: $17,420
Hawaii average: $16,593
national average

Note: Spending reflects district-wide averages from NCES F-33 (FY 2021-22). Schools in the same district share the same figure.

#	School	District	Students	Per Student
1	James Campbell High School Ewa Beach · high	Hawaii Department of Education	2,890	$17,420
2	Waipahu High School Waipahu · high	Hawaii Department of Education	2,538	$17,420
3	Mililani High School Mililani · high	Hawaii Department of Education	2,382	$17,420
4	Governor Wallace Rider Farrington High School Honolulu · high	Hawaii Department of Education	2,094	$17,420
5	Moanalua High School Honolulu · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,966	$17,420
6	Hawaii Technology Academy - Pcs Waipahu · other	Hawaii Department of Education	1,924	$17,420
7	Kapolei High School Kapolei · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,836	$17,420
8	Maui High School Kahului · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,725	$17,420
9	Mililani Middle School Mililani · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	1,635	$17,420
10	Waianae High School Waianae · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,551	$17,420
11	Leilehua High School Wahiawa · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,521	$17,420
12	Pearl City High School Pearl City · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,481	$17,420
13	Kalani High School Honolulu · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,455	$17,420
14	Kahuku High & Intermediate School Kahuku · other	Hawaii Department of Education	1,433	$17,420
15	Kealakehe High School Kailua-Kona · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,401	$17,420
16	President Theodore Roosevelt High School Honolulu · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,336	$17,420
17	Henry Perrine Baldwin High School Wailuku · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,266	$17,420
18	President William Mckinley High School Honolulu · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,245	$17,420
19	Admiral Arthur W Radford High School Honolulu · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,227	$17,420
20	Ewa Elementary School Ewa Beach · other	Hawaii Department of Education	1,226	$17,420
21	Ewa Makai Middle School Ewa Beach · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	1,221	$17,420
22	King Kekaulike High School Pukalani · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,217	$17,420
23	Waiakea High School Hilo · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,183	$17,420
24	Hilo High School Hilo · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,170	$17,420
25	August Ahrens Elementary School Waipahu · other	Hawaii Department of Education	1,152	$17,420
26	Waipahu Intermediate School Waipahu · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	1,113	$17,420
27	Holomua Elementary School Ewa Beach · other	Hawaii Department of Education	1,107	$17,420
28	Henry J Kaiser High School Honolulu · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,073	$17,420
29	Keaau High School Keaau · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,041	$17,420
30	Kaimuki Middle School Honolulu · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	1,019	$17,420
31	Kauai High School Lihue · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,016	$17,420
32	Maui Waena Intermediate School Kahului · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	1,015	$17,420
33	Kapaa High School Kapaa · high	Hawaii Department of Education	1,005	$17,420
34	Castle High School Kaneohe · high	Hawaii Department of Education	997	$17,420
35	Konawaena High School Kealakekua · high	Hawaii Department of Education	955	$17,420
36	Samuel Enoka Kalama Intermediate School Makawao · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	944	$17,420
37	Nanakuli High & Intermediate School Waianae · other	Hawaii Department of Education	928	$17,420
38	Kealakehe Elementary School Kailua-Kona · other	Hawaii Department of Education	924	$17,420
39	Kamaile Academy Pcs Waianae · other	Hawaii Department of Education	919	$17,420
40	King David Kalakaua Middle School Honolulu · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	900	$17,420
41	Keoneula Elementary School Ewa Beach · other	Hawaii Department of Education	900	$17,420
42	Iao Intermediate School Wailuku · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	893	$17,420
43	Kalaheo High School Kailua · high	Hawaii Department of Education	874	$17,420
44	Aiea High School Aiea · high	Hawaii Department of Education	865	$17,420
45	Waiakea Intermediate School Hilo · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	857	$17,420
46	Kapaa Elementary School Kapaa · other	Hawaii Department of Education	844	$17,420
47	Keaau Elementary School Keaau · other	Hawaii Department of Education	829	$17,420
48	Waipahu Elementary School Waipahu · other	Hawaii Department of Education	827	$17,420
49	Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School Lihue · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	826	$17,420
50	Highlands Intermediate School Pearl City · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	824	$17,420
51	Lahainaluna High School Lahaina · high	Hawaii Department of Education	813	$17,420
52	Mokapu Elementary School Kailua · other	Hawaii Department of Education	805	$17,420
53	Kailua High School Kailua · high	Hawaii Department of Education	795	$17,420
54	Kahului Elementary School Kahului · other	Hawaii Department of Education	795	$17,420
55	Honouliuli Middle School Ewa Beach · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	793	$17,420
56	Niu Valley Middle School Honolulu · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	786	$17,420
57	Moanalua Middle School Honolulu · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	768	$17,420
58	Leihoku Elementary School Waianae · other	Hawaii Department of Education	756	$17,420
59	Aliamanu Middle School Honolulu · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	755	$17,420
60	Puu Kukui Elementary School Wailuku · other	Hawaii Department of Education	750	$17,420
61	Kailua Intermediate School Kailua · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	749	$17,420
62	Pahoa High & Intermediate School Pahoa · other	Hawaii Department of Education	745	$17,420
63	Waianae Intermediate School Waianae · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	745	$17,420
64	Elsie H Wilcox Elementary School Lihue · other	Hawaii Department of Education	743	$17,420
65	Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science Pcs Pahoa · other	Hawaii Department of Education	738	$17,420
66	Kanoelani Elementary School Waipahu · other	Hawaii Department of Education	735	$17,420
67	Waikoloa Elementary and Middle School Waikoloa · other	Hawaii Department of Education	732	$17,420
68	Major Sheldon Wheeler Middle School Wahiawa · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	729	$17,420
69	Kihei Elementary School Kihei · other	Hawaii Department of Education	727	$17,420
70	Kaleiopuu Elementary School Waipahu · other	Hawaii Department of Education	727	$17,420
71	Kapolei Middle School Kapolei · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	727	$17,420
72	Ilima Intermediate School Ewa Beach · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	725	$17,420
73	Hookele Elementary School Kapolei · other	Hawaii Department of Education	717	$17,420
74	Waimea High School Waimea · high	Hawaii Department of Education	711	$17,420
75	Ka Waihona O Ka Naauao - Pcs Waianae · elementary	Hawaii Department of Education	707	$17,420
76	Waiakea Elementary School Hilo · other	Hawaii Department of Education	706	$17,420
77	Ewa Beach Elementary School Ewa Beach · other	Hawaii Department of Education	701	$17,420
78	Keaau Middle School Keaau · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	696	$17,420
79	Kanu O Ka Aina - New Century Pcs Kamuela · other	Hawaii Department of Education	696	$17,420
80	Honokaa High & Intermediate School Honokaa · other	Hawaii Department of Education	695	$17,420
81	Wahiawa Middle School Wahiawa · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	694	$17,420
82	Nanaikapono Elementary School Waianae · other	Hawaii Department of Education	688	$17,420
83	Sergeant Samuel K Solomon Elementary School Wahiawa · other	Hawaii Department of Education	681	$17,420
84	Kaimiloa Elementary School Ewa Beach · other	Hawaii Department of Education	677	$17,420
85	Kealakehe Intermediate School Kailua-Kona · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	677	$17,420
86	Kapolei Elementary School Kapolei · other	Hawaii Department of Education	673	$17,420
87	Kihei Charter School Kihei · other	Hawaii Department of Education	670	$17,420
88	Waiakeawaena Elementary School Hilo · other	Hawaii Department of Education	669	$17,420
89	Maemae Elementary School Honolulu · other	Hawaii Department of Education	667	$17,420
90	Laie Elementary School Laie · other	Hawaii Department of Education	662	$17,420
91	Moanalua Elementary School Honolulu · other	Hawaii Department of Education	661	$17,420
92	Mililani Uka Elementary School Mililani · other	Hawaii Department of Education	658	$17,420
93	Aliamanu Elementary School Honolulu · other	Hawaii Department of Education	650	$17,420
94	Salt Lake Elementary School Honolulu · other	Hawaii Department of Education	643	$17,420
95	Mililani Waena Elementary School Mililani · other	Hawaii Department of Education	642	$17,420
96	Lihikai Elementary School Kahului · other	Hawaii Department of Education	632	$17,420
97	Mililani Mauka Elementary School Mililani · other	Hawaii Department of Education	623	$17,420
98	Konawaena Middle School Kealakekua · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	614	$17,420
99	Maili Elementary School Waianae · other	Hawaii Department of Education	609	$17,420
100	Prince David Kawananakoa Middle School Honolulu · middle	Hawaii Department of Education	602	$17,420

Per-pupil expenditure from NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22). Figures are district-wide averages. View national school spending rankings.

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