Summary:
ZIP code 96708 contains just one elementary school in this data set: Haiku Elementary School, a PK–5 campus with 336 students that is part of the Hawaii Department of Education. Because it is the only elementary school in this ZIP code, there are no nearby in-area public elementary peers to compare it against, so the most useful comparisons are the school's own results from year to year.
The school's recent trend is encouraging. Its state rank went from 108 of 207 (48th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024 to 113 of 204 (45th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–2025, then improved to 94 of 203 (54th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026 — its strongest rank and first 3-star rating in the displayed history, moving it from slightly below the state median to slightly above it. English Language Arts proficiency rose from 51% to 58%, the school's highest reported subject, and Science climbed from 33% to 48%. Mathematics, however, slipped from 51% to 45%, making it the weakest subject in 2025–2026 after Science had held that spot the year before. ELA and Math use the Smarter Balanced Assessments while Science uses the HSA, so subject-to-subject comparisons should be made cautiously.
Two non-academic indicators stand out. Chronic absenteeism was 36.0% in 2024–2025 — more than one in three students — which is a significant engagement concern, and no prior-year figure is available to show whether it is improving. Just over half of students (52.98%) were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch that year. Other context: the student–teacher ratio was 15.2 in 2024–2025, implying roughly 22 teacher-equivalents at current enrollment, and the only per-student spending figure, $16,016, is from 2018–2019 and should not be treated as current. Overall, families see a school on an upward rank trajectory with strong ELA results and a large Science gain, alongside a Math decline and elevated absenteeism.
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