Summary:
ZIP code 96732 covers Kahului, Hawaii, and contains five public schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: three elementary schools (Kahului Elementary School, Lihikai Elementary School, and Pomaikai Elementary School), one middle school (Maui Waena Intermediate School), and one high school (Maui High School). All five belong to the single statewide Hawaii Department of Education, which covers the entire state, so district-level ratings look identical for every school here and are not useful for comparing them. Together they enroll 4,712 students, with Maui High the largest at 1,725 and Pomaikai the smallest at 545.
Among the elementary schools, Pomaikai is the academic leader, posting the highest proficiency in English language arts (59%), math (49%), and science (61%), along with the lowest chronic absenteeism (21.0%) and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (25.87%). Its scores did slip this year — math fell 11 points and science 12 points — though it remains in the top third of Hawaii elementary schools. Lihikai is the most improved, gaining 5 points in ELA and 10 points in science, the largest single-subject jump in the data, despite having the highest free/reduced lunch rate (61.55%). Kahului ranks lowest (33rd percentile, 2 stars) but improved in every subject, with ELA up 6 points to 42%.
At the secondary level, Maui Waena Intermediate has climbed steadily, from the 55th to the 69th percentile over two years, with science rising 7 points to 49%. Maui High School earns 4 stars and the 69th percentile, and its ELA (53%) and Biology I (39%) results far outpace math (25%), the lowest subject score in the ZIP code; it also has the highest absenteeism at 28.0%. Student-teacher ratios (13.7 to 14.8) and per-student spending ($14,806 to $16,212) are nearly uniform across the group, so they do not explain the achievement differences here.
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