Best High Schools in Zip Code 96817

ZIP code 96817 includes one listed public high school: Governor Wallace Rider Farrington High School, a grades 9–12 school in Honolulu served by the Hawaii Department of Education.

With 2,094 students, Farrington is a large high school. Its statewide rank history shows improvement: 2 stars and 45th percentile in 2023–2024, then 3 stars and 58th percentile in 2024–2025, followed by 3 stars and 52nd percentile in 2025–2026. The school’s strongest tested subject is English Language Arts, where 52% were proficient in 2025–2026, down from 56% the prior year. Mathematics is the biggest academic challenge: 18% were proficient in 2025–2026, up from 15%, but still fewer than one in five students. Biology I was 31% proficient, down slightly from 32%. The ELA-to-math gap narrowed to 34 points, mostly because ELA declined while math improved.

For context, the graduation rate is 70.0%, and chronic absenteeism is 28.0%, meaning more than one in four students were chronically absent. About 52.53% qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 15.5. Per-student spending is listed at $15,338 from 2018–2019, so it is not a current measure. Because this ZIP code has only one listed high school, parents cannot compare schools within the area. Instead, the most useful takeaways are Farrington’s recent rank improvement, its relatively stronger ELA results, its low math proficiency, and the attendance, graduation, and economic context that can affect student support needs.