Summary:
Honokaa, Hawaii has two public schools serving the full PK–12 pipeline: Honokaa Elementary School for grades PK–6 and Honokaa High & Intermediate School for grades 7–12, both under the Hawaii Department of Education and together enrolling 1,073 students. The area counts one elementary and one high school, though the high school also serves grades 7–8 as an intermediate school.
The stronger standout is Honokaa High & Intermediate School. It improved from the 28th percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024 to the 68th percentile and 4 stars in 2025–2026, ranking 21st of 65 high schools, or the top third. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose from 48 to 51 and Math rose from 32 to 41, while Science fell from 43 to 36. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 83.0%. The school has a 15.9 student-teacher ratio, 38.0% chronic absenteeism, 52.95% free/reduced lunch, and $18,148 per-student spending in 2018–2019.
Honokaa Elementary School shows positive subject-level gains but remains lower ranked: 138th of 203 elementary schools in 2025–2026, at the 32nd percentile with 2 stars, after percentile results of 32, 18, and 32 across the reported years. Its test scores improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA 37 to 42, Math 33 to 36, and Science 21 to 42, the largest single improvement in the dataset. It has an 18.9 student-teacher ratio, 34.0% chronic absenteeism, 52.91% free/reduced lunch, and $15,018 per-student spending in 2018–2019. Both schools serve similarly high-need populations, but the high school has stronger outcomes, a lower student-teacher ratio, and higher historical per-student spending. Overall, the high school is improving and now ranks in the top third of Hawaii high schools, while the elementary school has meaningful subject gains but still ranks in the bottom third.
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