Best Public Schools in Holualoa, HI

Summary:

Holualoa, Hawaii is home to a single public elementary school, Holualoa Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 437 students. The school is part of the Hawaii Department of Education district, which is ranked 1 out of 1 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Holualoa Elementary School's statewide ranking has declined over the past 3 years, going from 141 out of 195 Hawaii elementary schools in 2022-2023 (1 star) to 117 out of 207 in 2023-2024 (2 stars) to 86 out of 204 in 2024-2025 (3 stars). The school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 37.0% in the 2024-2025 school year. In the 2024-2025 school year, Holualoa Elementary School's proficiency rates were 54% in English Language Arts, 52% in Mathematics, and 57% in Science, which were lower than the state average in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade English Language Arts and Mathematics in the 2023-2024 school year.

Holualoa Elementary School had a relatively high free/reduced lunch rate of 47.6% in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a significant portion of the student population comes from low-income households. The school's spending per student was $15,490 in the 2018-2019 school year, and it had a student-teacher ratio of 15.6 in the 2023-2024 school year.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				HSA Science (2025)	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2025)	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	HSA Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Holualoa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	76-5957 Mamalahoa Hwy	Holualoa	96725	Hawaii County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(808) 322-4800	438	24	18.2	47.7%	96 (21.9%)	0 (0.0%)	128 (29.2%)	31 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (13.5%)	124 (28.3%)	65.6	86^th of 204 public elementary schools	57.8%		48.6	117^th of 207 public elementary schools	43.5%	31	57.0	54.0	52.0	$15,490	$1,362	$14,128

Cities Near Holualoa

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kailua Kona	1.62 mi	6	22^nd
Kealakekua	7.27 mi	5	40^th
Captain Cook	12.62 mi	2	25^th
Waikoloa	25 mi	1	32^nd
Kamuela	33.24 mi	3	33^rd

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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.

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