Summary
Moanalua Middle School is a grades 7–8 public school at 1289 Mahiole St in Honolulu (96819) serving 768 students, all within a single statewide district, the Hawaii Department of Education, so the meaningful comparison for families is the state middle-school ranking.
On that measure, Moanalua ranked 2nd of 85 Hawaii middle schools in 2025–2026 (98th percentile, 5 stars). That is no one-year spike: the school has earned 5 stars in every year reported since 2015–16, never finishing outside the top 4 statewide. In the most recent year, 75% of students were proficient in English language arts, 61% in math, and 72% in science. Those results are far ahead of nearby schools. Aliamanu Middle School, the closest match in size and grade span (755 students, 1.44 miles away), trails by 14 points in ELA, 15 in math, and 15 in science. Governor Sanford B Dole Middle School, 1.56 miles away, posts 41% ELA and 19% math. Chronic absenteeism at Moanalua is 10.0% — roughly half the average of its neighbors — and it improved from 11.5% the prior year, while several nearby schools sit between 19% and 27%.
Two things stand out for parents. First, Moanalua gets these results without advantages in spending or class size: its student–teacher ratio of 15.5 is higher than nearly every nearby school, and its per-pupil spending was about $1,000 below the peer average, though that spending figure dates to 2018–19 and is directional only. Second, the school serves most groups strongly — low-income students rank 4th of 84 (95th percentile) and English learners 2nd of 48 — but special education students fell from 4th of 59 to 23rd of 63 in one year, a trend worth monitoring rather than a conclusion. The one school ranked above Moanalua is Kulia Academy, a much smaller school (98 students, grades 6–7) with no science results reported.
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