Summary:
ZIP code 96771 is home to two elementary schools — Mountain View Elementary School (PK–5) and Na Wai Ola - PCS (PK–8) — both part of the single statewide Hawaii Department of Education, together enrolling 613 students.
Mountain View is the larger school, with 468 students versus 145 at Na Wai Ola, and it is the stronger academic performer in every subject. In 2025–2026 its proficiency rates were ELA 34%, math 26%, and science 32%, compared with ELA 30%, math 7%, and science 29% at Na Wai Ola. The math gap is the widest at 19 percentage points, and Na Wai Ola's math score also fell the hardest year over year, from 16% to 7%. Mountain View also has the lower student–teacher ratio (12.0 vs. 14.5) and higher per-student spending of $17,850 in 2018–2019 versus $11,373, though that spending data is old. The trade-off: Mountain View reports 45.0% chronic absenteeism and 73.29% free/reduced lunch, while Na Wai Ola reports just 3.0% chronic absenteeism and 57.24% free/reduced lunch — an unusual contrast, since the school with far better attendance is not the higher achiever here.
Looking at statewide standing, neither school ranks highly. Mountain View sits at 174th of 203 schools, or the 14th percentile, and has slid steadily from the 32nd percentile in 2023–2024 to 23rd to 14th. Na Wai Ola is at 187th of 203, the 8th percentile, with 0 stars, after a brief improvement in 2024–2025. Both schools also declined across all three tested subjects in the latest year. Note that the district rating of 1 of 1 with 5 stars reflects Hawaii's single-district structure and does not distinguish between these two schools.
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