Best Elementary Schools in Hawaii for Pacific Islander Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Hawaii!

Every year, the Hawaii State Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Pacific Islander students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Hawaii test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the HSA and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the Hawaii State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Friday, September 20, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Pacific Islander vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 196)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Pacific Islander)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Pacific Islander)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
150003000101	1	Aikahi Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	281 Ilihau St	Kailua	96734	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 254-7944	483	29	16.6	14.1%	219 (45.3%)	3 (0.6%)	81 (16.8%)	17 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (8.1%)	123 (25.5%)	$15,045			$1,023			$14,022	99.5%	77.3%	22.20%
150003000083	1	Kalaheo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4400 Maka Rd	Kalaheo	96741	Kauai County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 332-6801	365	27	13.5	37.0%	54 (14.8%)	2 (0.5%)	82 (22.5%)	30 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (17.3%)	134 (36.7%)	$17,062			$1,397			$15,665	99.5%	80.2%	19.30%
150003000285	1	Mililani Ike Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	95-1330 Lehiwa Dr	Mililani	96789	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 626-2980	459	31	14.8	7.8%	48 (10.5%)	4 (0.9%)	67 (14.6%)	159 (34.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.7%)	155 (33.8%)	$16,013			$1,104			$14,909	99.5%	99.0%	0.46%
150003000146	4	Major General William R Shafter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2 Fort Shafter	Honolulu	96819	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 832-3560	390	25	15.6	29.2%	151 (38.7%)	46 (11.8%)	94 (24.1%)	18 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.1%)	69 (17.7%)	$16,290			$787			$15,503	98.0%	83.6%	14.38%
150003000155	5	Mokulele Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	250 Aupaka St	Honolulu	96818	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 421-4180	225	19	11.8	17.3%	77 (34.2%)	22 (9.8%)	58 (25.8%)	17 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.3%)	39 (17.3%)	$19,225			$1,395			$17,830	97.4%	64.3%	33.20%
150003000122	6	Manana Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1147 Kumano St	Pearl City	96782	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 453-6430	275	21	13	38.5%	5 (1.8%)	1 (0.4%)	50 (18.2%)	97 (35.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (14.9%)	81 (29.5%)	$17,645			$1,611			$16,034	96.9%	92.3%	4.67%
150003000274	7	Myron B. Thompson Academy - New Century PCS	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1040 Richards St	Honolulu	96813	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 441-8000	464	21	22	13.8%	169 (36.4%)	14 (3.0%)	19 (4.1%)	107 (23.1%)	1 (0.2%)	101 (21.8%)	53 (11.4%)	$7,979			$299			$7,680	96.4%	91.8%	4.64%
150003000282	8	Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	15-1397 Post Office Rd	Pahoa	96778	Hawaii County	Hawaii Department of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(808) 965-3730	708	50	14.3	75.8%	278 (39.3%)	4 (0.6%)	162 (22.9%)	12 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	108 (15.3%)	143 (20.2%)	$9,655			$1,209			$8,446	95.9%	45.9%	50.02%
150003000219	9	Hahaione Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	595 Pepeekeo St	Honolulu	96825	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 397-5822	511	39	13.1	11.2%	85 (16.6%)	2 (0.4%)	72 (14.1%)	151 (29.5%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.7%)	171 (33.5%)	$14,421			$1,011			$13,410	95.4%	65.2%	30.19%
150003000027	10	Ernest Bowen DeSilva Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	278 Ainako Ave	Hilo	96720	Hawaii County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 974-4855	465	25	18.6	28.2%	55 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (22.8%)	65 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (15.9%)	165 (35.5%)	$15,582			$1,242			$14,340	94.9%	87.4%	7.46%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics, HSA Science, HSA Biology I test scores released by the Hawaii State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 20, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Hawaii State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Hawaii State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Hawaii State Department of Education.