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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 96772

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School

412

Students

Top rankedNaalehu Elementary School194^th of 203 Hawaii elementary schools

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Naalehu Elementary School up 8 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 96772 contains exactly one public school — Naalehu Elementary School — an elementary school serving grades PK–6 with 412 students, part of the Hawaii Department of Education; there are no middle or high schools in this area.

Naalehu Elementary School shows mixed results. Test proficiency improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: English Language Arts rose from 20% to 31%, and math rose from 12% to 18%. However, science proficiency fell from 11% to 9% (science uses the HSA exam, while ELA and math use Smarter Balanced). State rankings remain very low: in 2025–2026 it ranked 194 of 203 (4th percentile, 0 stars), after 202 of 204 (1st percentile) in 2024–2025 and 196 of 207 (5th percentile) in 2023–2024. Chronic absenteeism is 50.0%, and 75.97% of students receive free/reduced lunch. The student-teacher ratio is 14.2, and per-student spending was $18,324 in 2018–2019.

For parents, this is the only school in the ZIP, so students here will need to look elsewhere for grades 7–12. The school is making real gains in ELA and math, but from a low base, and it faces significant challenges: high absenteeism, high economic need, and low overall proficiency, especially in science. The district lists Hawaii Department of Education as rank 1 of 1 with 5 stars, but that reflects a single statewide district and is not a meaningful school-level comparison. The school’s own rank-history stars are 0 for all three reported years. Overall, Naalehu Elementary School is improving but still struggles with very low statewide rankings and engagement issues.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				HSA Science (2026)	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2026)	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	HSA Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Naalehu Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	95-5545 Mamalahoa Hwy	Naalehu	96772	Hawaii County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(808) 939-2413	412	29	14.2	76.0%	58 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (14.8%)	23 (5.6%)	2 (0.5%)	218 (52.9%)	50 (12.1%)	7.5	194^th of 203 public elementary schools	4.4%		3.8	202^nd of 204 public elementary schools	1.0%	8	9.0	31.0	18.0	$18,324	$2,108	$16,216

Cities Near Zip Code 96772

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Naalehu	8.65 mi	1	53^rd
Pahala	16.99 mi	1
Captain Cook	23.59 mi	2	25^th
Kealakekua	32.23 mi	5	40^th
Volcano	38.45 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Hawaii State Department of Education.

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