Summary:
Zip code 96754 is home to a single public school, Kilauea Elementary School, an elementary campus serving grades PK–6 with 283 students at 2440 Kolo Rd in Kilauea. It belongs to the Hawaii Department of Education, a statewide district. Because the zip has only this one school, there are no local peers to compare against; the useful comparisons are year over year and subject to subject.
Academically, the school has been consistently above the Hawaii state median. Its rank history shows 4 stars in each of the last three years: 57th of 207 schools (72nd percentile) in 2023–2024, a peak of 42nd of 204 (79th percentile) in 2024–2025, and 61st of 203 (70th percentile) in 2025–2026. Test proficiency tells a similar story of strength with a recent dip. In 2024–2025, students were 64% proficient in English Language Arts, 61% in Mathematics, and 69% in Science. In 2025–2026, ELA and Math both stood at 59%, while Science fell to 54% — a 15 percentage point drop and the biggest single change in the data, moving Science from the school's top subject to its lowest.
Other context matters for families. Chronic absenteeism was 28.0% in 2024–2025, meaning more than one in four students were chronically absent, and 40.64% of students received free or reduced lunch that year. The student-teacher ratio was a moderate 14.8 to 1, and per-student spending was reported at $16,927, though that figure dates to 2018–2019 and is not directly comparable to current outcomes. With one school, one year of attendance data, no grade-level breakdowns, and no state averages for benchmarking, this is best read as a focused profile: a solidly above-average elementary school with a strong 2024–2025 showing and a modest 2025–2026 decline.
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