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Rank (of 51)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2022)	Rank (2021)	Rank change from 2021
1^st	Laie	1	0	0	0	0	0.907	1
2^nd	Mililani	5	1	1	0	3	0.844	2
3^rd	Pearl City	7	1	1	0	2	0.812	3
4^th	Hanalei	1	0	0	0	0	0.803	4
5^th	Kailua	9	1	3	0	8	0.777	5
6^th	Waialua	1	0	1	0	1	0.773	9	3
7^th	Koloa	2	0	0	0	0	0.754	7
8^th	Kalaheo	1	0	0	0	0	0.751	6	2
9^th	Honolulu	49	12	8	6	42	0.653	12	3
10^th	Kula	1	0	0	0	1	0.642	14	4
11^th	Haleiwa	2	0	0	0	0	0.606	8	3
12^th	Waipahu	6	1	1	1	4	0.598	16	4
13^th	Aiea	5	1	1	0	3	0.57	15	2
14^th	Kapolei	5	1	2	0	2	0.564	18	4
15^th	Lihue	2	1	1	1	2	0.55	10	5
16^th	Kealakekua	2	1	1	1	0	0.545	21	5
17^th	Makawao	2	1	1	0	4	0.525	26	9
18^th	Kaaawa	1	0	0	0	0	0.523	25	7
19^th	Ewa Beach	7	4	1	0	5	0.516	23	4
20^th	Kahului	3	1	1	0	2	0.509	22	2
21^st	Kualapuu	1	0	0	0	1	0.497	17	4
22^nd	Kaneohe	8	1	2	1	6	0.496	24	2
23^rd	Wahiawa	8	2	1	0	2	0.491	20	3
24^th	Kailua Kona	3	1	2	0	3	0.478	19	5
25^th	Waikoloa	1	0	0	0	0	0.471	28	3
26^th	Holualoa	1	0	0	0	0	0.451	39	13
27^th	Kihei	2	1	0	1	1	0.447	11	16
28^th	Kahuku	1	0	1	0	0	0.44	34	6
29^th	Hilo	8	2	3	2	4	0.434	29
30^th	Honokaa	1	0	1	0	0	0.404	36	6
31^st	Kaunakakai	2	0	0	0	1	0.378	48	17
32^nd	Wailuku	3	1	1	0	2	0.357	31	1
33^rd	Kilauea	1	0	0	0	1	0.352	13	20
34^th	Haiku	1	0	0	0	1	0.342	30	4
35^th	Kamuela	1	1	0	1	4	0.341	27	8
36^th	Hauula	1	0	0	0	1	0.332	40	4
37^th	Lahaina	2	1	1	0	3	0.33	33	4
38^th	Eleele	1	0	0	0	0	0.321	32	6
39^th	Pahoa	3	0	1	1	0	0.277	41	2
40^th	Kapaa	1	1	1	0	2	0.265	38	2
41^st	Waimanalo	3	0	0	0	0	0.246	43	2
42^nd	Hoolehua	0	1	1	0	0	0.197	45	3
43^rd	Captain Cook	2	0	0	0	1	0.197	44	1
44^th	Kapaau	1	1	1	0	0	0.191	37	7
45^th	Keaau	2	1	1	0	2	0.183	46	1
46^th	Waimea	0	1	1	1	0	0.156	42	4
47^th	Kekaha	1	0	0	2	1	0.155	47
48^th	Papaikou	1	0	0	0	0	0.146	49	1
49^th	Mountain View	2	0	0	0	0	0.065	52	3
50^th	Waianae	7	1	2	1	3	0.056	50
51^st	Naalehu	1	0	0	0	0	0.031	51

Rank (of 51)

City

# Elementary Schools

# Middle Schools

# High Schools

# Alt. Schools

# Private Schools*

Rank score (2022)

Rank (2021)

Rank change from 2021

SchoolDigger Rating (2022)

1^st

Laie

0.907

2^nd

Mililani

0.844

3^rd

Pearl City

0.812

4^th

Hanalei

0.803

5^th

Kailua

0.777

6^th

Waialua

0.773

7^th

Koloa

0.754

8^th

Kalaheo

0.751

9^th

Honolulu

0.653

10^th

Kula

0.642

11^th

Haleiwa

0.606

12^th

Waipahu

0.598

13^th

Aiea

0.57

14^th

Kapolei

0.564

15^th

Lihue

0.55

16^th

Kealakekua

0.545

17^th

Makawao

0.525

18^th

Kaaawa

0.523

19^th

Ewa Beach

0.516

20^th

Kahului

0.509

21^st

Kualapuu

0.497

22^nd

Kaneohe

0.496

23^rd

Wahiawa

0.491

24^th

Kailua Kona

0.478

25^th

Waikoloa

0.471

26^th

Holualoa

0.451

27^th

Kihei

0.447

28^th

Kahuku

0.44

29^th

Hilo

0.434

30^th

Honokaa

0.404

31^st

Kaunakakai

0.378

32^nd

Wailuku

0.357

33^rd

Kilauea

0.352

34^th

Haiku

0.342

35^th

Kamuela

0.341

36^th

Hauula

0.332

37^th

Lahaina

0.33

38^th

Eleele

0.321

39^th

Pahoa

0.277

40^th

Kapaa

0.265

41^st

Waimanalo

0.246

42^nd

Hoolehua

0.197

43^rd

Captain Cook

0.197

44^th

Kapaau

0.191

45^th

Keaau

0.183

46^th

Waimea

0.156

47^th

Kekaha

0.155

48^th

Papaikou

0.146

49^th

Mountain View

0.065

50^th

Waianae

0.056

51^st

Naalehu

0.031

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Hawaii State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 12, 2022, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.