Best Middle Schools in Hawaii

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 73)	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	Average Standard Score (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
150003000211	1	Kaimuki Middle School	Public	6-8	631 18th Ave	Honolulu	96816	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 733-4800	960	59	16.4	21.1%	82 (8.5%)	3 (0.3%)	90 (9.4%)	520 (54.2%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (5.8%)	209 (21.8%)	$15,051			$1,101			$13,950	96.4	94.4	2	1
150003000156	2	Moanalua Middle School	Public	7-8	1289 Mahiole St	Honolulu	96819	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 831-7850	674	50	13.6	24.2%	88 (13.1%)	29 (4.3%)	112 (16.6%)	240 (35.6%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (10.7%)	132 (19.6%)	$14,589			$1,108			$13,481	96.1	95.6	1	1
150003000274	3	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	542	32	16.9	13.5%	194 (35.8%)	5 (0.9%)	22 (4.1%)	132 (24.4%)	5 (0.9%)	120 (22.1%)	64 (11.8%)	$7,979			$299			$7,680	93.4	93.4	3
150003000192	4	Niu Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	310 Halemaumau St	Honolulu	96821	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 377-2440	742	49	15.1	13.5%	128 (17.3%)	4 (0.5%)	76 (10.2%)	287 (38.7%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (8.5%)	184 (24.8%)	$14,536			$1,057			$13,479	90.4	88.8	5	1
150003000298	5	School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability	Public, Charter	6-8	1728 Nuuanu Ave	Honolulu	96817	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 677-3377	182	15	12.1	20.3%	57 (31.3%)	1 (0.5%)	23 (12.6%)	31 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (10.4%)	51 (28.0%)	$9,648			$1,021			$8,627	87.3	56.7	23	18
150003000137	6	Major Sheldon Wheeler Middle School	Public	6-8	2 Wheeler Army Airfield	Wahiawa	96786	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 622-6525	644	54	11.9	35.7%	229 (35.6%)	101 (15.7%)	171 (26.6%)	26 (4.0%)	4 (0.6%)	30 (4.7%)	83 (12.9%)	$15,239			$1,175			$14,064	87.1	93.2	4	2
150003000256	7	Mililani Middle School	Public	6-8	95-1140 Lehiwa Dr	Mililani	96789	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 626-7355	1,585	102	15.5	19.9%	109 (6.9%)	23 (1.5%)	334 (21.1%)	493 (31.1%)	0 (0.0%)	166 (10.5%)	460 (29.0%)	$14,936			$973			$13,963	86.7	88.4	7
150003000010	8	Kailua Intermediate School	Public	7-8	145 South Kainalu Dr	Kailua	96734	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 263-1500	739	52	14.2	25.7%	260 (35.2%)	7 (0.9%)	152 (20.6%)	63 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	122 (16.5%)	135 (18.3%)	$15,147			$1,074			$14,073	85.7	88.8	6	2
150003000131	9	Highlands Intermediate School	Public	7-8	1460 Hoolaulea St	Pearl City	96782	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 453-6480	755	57	13.2	33.2%	28 (3.7%)	10 (1.3%)	147 (19.5%)	278 (36.8%)	1 (0.1%)	124 (16.4%)	167 (22.1%)	$15,658			$1,203			$14,455	85.3	77.1	13	4
150003000174	10	Aliamanu Middle School	Public	7-8	3271 Salt Lake Blvd	Honolulu	96818	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 421-4100	694	50	13.8	25.4%	227 (32.7%)	43 (6.2%)	151 (21.8%)	118 (17.0%)	3 (0.4%)	61 (8.8%)	91 (13.1%)	$15,871			$1,360			$14,511	83.6	86.2	9	1

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics, HSA Science test scores released by the Hawaii State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on November 2, 2023, 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.
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