Hookele Elementary School

Hookele Elementary School is a PK–5 school of 717 students at 91-511 Kunehi St in Kapolei, on the leeward side of Oahu, and it operates within the statewide Hawaii Department of Education district. Its defining characteristic is a long, sustained climb: a decade ago it was an average-to-slightly-above-average school, and today it ranks 35th of 203 Hawaii elementary schools — the 83rd percentile, or 4 stars, for 2025-2026, the strongest result in its record. The star rating stepped up from 3 to 4 six cycles ago and has held there since.

Among ten nearby elementary schools within about four miles, Hookele posts the highest math (65% proficient) and science (69%) results in the group, and its science score sits more than 21 points above the neighborhood average. English Language Arts, at 63%, trails only Kapolei Elementary School (71%) and Keoneula Elementary School (68%). Attendance is arguably its most distinctive operational strength: 12% of students were chronically absent in 2024-2025, second-lowest in the group and roughly half the neighborhood average, improved from 19.1% the year before. Its two closest peers, both 0.71 miles away, show the full range — Kapolei Elementary at 24% absenteeism and Barbers Point Elementary School at 42%.

Results also hold up for groups that often trail elsewhere: low-income students rank at the 80th percentile statewide, and special education students recovered from the 34th percentile to a solid mid-pack position. Two cautions are worth watching. ELA has been flat to slightly declining for four years (65 down to 63) and is the clearest area for growth, and the English Language Learner subgroup swung sharply from the 90th to the 48th percentile in a single year — worth monitoring rather than drawing conclusions from. Hookele also achieves these results with among the lowest per-student spending in its comparison group, though that figure is several years old. Overall: a top-quintile school with a decade-long upward record.