Summary:
ZIP code 96717 is a single-school public school area, containing only Hauula Elementary School, an elementary campus serving grades PK–6 with 387 students in the Hawaii Department of Education. Because it is the only public school in the ZIP, there are no local school-to-school comparisons to make — this is a profile of one school rather than a ranking among neighborhood options. Notably, the area has 1 elementary, 0 middle, and 0 high schools, so older students must attend school outside the ZIP.
Academically, the data show mixed results across the last two years. English Language Arts proficiency stood at 51% in 2024–2025 before falling to 43% in 2025–2026, a decline of 8 points, while math was the weakest subject in both years, slipping from 40% to 35%. Science was the bright spot, rising 10 points from 35% to 45% and becoming the highest reported subject in 2025–2026 — though science uses the HSA exam while ELA and math use Smarter Balanced, so cross-subject comparisons should be made cautiously. Statewide, the school ranked 134th out of 203 schools in 2025–2026, placing it at the 34th percentile with a 2-star rating, which it has held in all three years of available rank history. Its best recent year was 2024–2025, when it reached 125th out of 204 at the 39th percentile.
Important context surrounds those numbers. In 2024–2025, 71.58% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch and chronic absenteeism was 25.0%, meaning about 1 in 4 students missed enough school to be considered chronically absent. The student-teacher ratio was 14.8, roughly 26 teachers for 387 students, and per-student spending was reported at $19,300, though that figure is from 2018–2019 and may not reflect current funding. Overall, Hauula Elementary is a stable 2-star school serving a high-need community, with clear math challenges, a recent ELA decline, and a promising gain in science.
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