Can I use Hawaii County's school score to choose a house?

No. Use the Hawaii County school score as a first-pass county screen, then verify the exact district, attendance boundary, transfer rules, and grade pathway for any address you are considering.

Does SchoolsByCounty confirm school attendance boundaries in Hawaii County?

No. SchoolsByCounty publishes NCES and Census-backed public-school records. Attendance zones, magnet eligibility, charter lotteries, transportation, and transfer rules must be confirmed with local districts.

How should parents compare public schools in Hawaii County?

Start with the 55 listed public schools and 0 district entries, then compare similar grade bands and confirm the address-level rules locally.

Hawaii County Schools & Education

Name: Hawaii County, Hawaii Education Data
Creator: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Hawaii County, Hawaii

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

School Score

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Percentile-style score

Score Band

N/A

Graduation Rate

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National avg 87.5%

Education Statistics

Education Data Brief: Hawaii County

Measured School Summary

school metric data for Hawaii County is currently unavailable.

Funding Context

Per-pupil expenditure data for Hawaii County is not available.

Neighbor Context

Comparison data for Hawaii County against Hawaii averages is limited.

School Data Brief

How to read Hawaii County before comparing districts

County-level education data is best used as a screening layer. It summarizes the local school environment, then points you toward the district and school records that matter for local review.

Local context that changes the interpretation

55 public schools and 0 districts are represented below. Use those school and district records to confirm whether the county-level context fits the neighborhoods you are actually considering.

Overall screen

Not scored

Data limited. State rank is unavailable because school score coverage is limited.

Completion

Not reported

Graduation-rate comparison is unavailable for this county.

Funding context

Not reported

Per-pupil spending comparison is unavailable for this county.

School coverage

0 districts represented in the county school list.

Start with measured county context

Use the district and school tables below before drawing conclusions. Compare the score, graduation rate, and spending together rather than treating any single metric as final.

Check the local school mix

Hawaii County has 55 public schools across 0 districts, so school-level fit can vary inside the county.

Verify local rules

Use this page as county-level context, then confirm attendance zones, transportation, special programs, and current school boundaries with local districts.

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Parent decision brief

What Hawaii County school data means before you move

County averages are useful for screening, but parents choose addresses, grade pathways, and district rules. This brief turns the public data into the checks that matter before you sign a lease or mortgage.

Choice-program county

Hawaii County has a visible charter, magnet, or virtual-school layer in NCES records. The practical question is eligibility, lottery timing, and transportation, not just whether a school appears nearby.

State position

Not ranked

State score comparison is not available for this county.

Data confidence

Patchy

0 of 5 county signals are present, and 100% of listed schools report enrollment. Treat rankings and averages cautiously here.

K-12 continuity check

These are the largest visible district slices in the county data. They show whether elementary, middle, and high school records appear together or whether a family needs to investigate transition points.

No district pathway can be assembled from the current school-level records. Use state and district lookup tools before making an address-level decision.

District reality check

District-level school records are limited in this county file. Verify local assignment directly with state or district sources.

What the data cannot tell you

NCES records do not confirm current attendance zones, private-school options, transfer approvals, program capacity, transportation, or whether a listed school is available to a specific address.

Questions to ask before choosing an address

Which district actually serves the addresses we are considering in Hawaii County?

Which attendance zones, transfer rules, and transportation policies apply inside the local district?

Where do students transition after the visible grade band, and is that next school inside the same district path?

Which charter, magnet, or virtual options require a lottery, application window, separate transportation plan, or address eligibility check?

Are the largest listed schools the ones our address can actually attend, or are they only county-level context?

School Overview

Total Schools

in Hawaii County

Reported Enrollment

27,258

55 schools reporting

School Districts

districts

Charter Schools

25% of total

School Level Breakdown

Elementary29

Middle7

High10

Other9

55 Public Schools in Hawaii County

Sorted by reported enrollment. Dedicated profile pages are available for 5 high-enrollment schools; every NCES public school remains listed here.

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

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Public schools in Hawaii County, including district, location, profile availability, grades, type, and enrollment.
School Name	Profile	District	Location	Grades	Type / Flags	Reported Enrollment
Kealakehe High School	Profile	Hawaii Department of Education	Kailua-Kona, 96740Rural: Fringe	9–12	High	1,450
Hilo High School	Profile	Hawaii Department of Education	Hilo, 96720Town: Remote	9–12	High	1,317
Waiakea High School	Profile	Hawaii Department of Education	Hilo, 96720Town: Remote	9–12	High	1,297
Keaau High School	Profile	Hawaii Department of Education	Keaau, 96749Town: Remote	9–12	High	1,046
Konawaena High School	Profile	Hawaii Department of Education	Kealakekua, 96750Rural: Fringe	9–12	High	941
Kealakehe Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Kailua-Kona, 96740Town: Remote	PK–5	Primary	842
Keaau Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Keaau, 96749Rural: Fringe	PK–5	Primary	821
Waiakea Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Hilo, 96720Town: Remote	PK–5	Primary	789
Waiakea Intermediate School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Hilo, 96720Town: Remote	6–8	Middle	774
Keaau Middle School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Keaau, 96749Town: Remote	6–8	Middle	749
Pahoa High & Intermediate School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Pahoa, 96778Town: Remote	7–12	High	723
Waikoloa Elementary and Middle School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Waikoloa, 96738Rural: Fringe	PK–8	Primary	713
Waiakeawaena Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Hilo, 96720Town: Remote	PK–5	Primary	684
Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Pahoa, 96778Rural: Fringe	KG–12	Charter	683
Honokaa High & Intermediate School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Honokaa, 96727Town: Remote	7–12	High	668
Kealakehe Intermediate School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Kailua-Kona, 96740Town: Remote	6–8	Middle	663
Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Kamuela, 96743Rural: Fringe	KG–12	Charter	612
Kahakai Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Kailua-Kona, 96740Town: Remote	PK–5	Primary	581
Konawaena Middle School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Kealakekua, 96750Rural: Fringe	6–8	Middle	568
Keonepoko Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Pahoa, 96778Town: Remote	PK–6	Primary	562

Kealakehe High School