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

No. Use the Kauai 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 Kauai 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 Kauai County?

Start with the 21 listed public schools and 0 district entries, then compare similar grade bands and confirm the address-level rules locally.

Kauai County Schools & Education

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

Kauai 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: Kauai County

Measured School Summary

school metric data for Kauai County is currently unavailable.

Funding Context

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

Neighbor Context

Comparison data for Kauai County against Hawaii averages is limited.

School Data Brief

How to read Kauai 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

21 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

Kauai County has 21 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 Kauai 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

Kauai 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 Kauai 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 Kauai County

Reported Enrollment

9,475

21 schools reporting

School Districts

districts

Charter Schools

24% of total

School Level Breakdown

Elementary10

Middle3

High3

Other5

21 Public Schools in Kauai County

Sorted by reported enrollment. Dedicated profile pages are available for 2 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 Kauai County, including district, location, profile availability, grades, type, and enrollment.
School Name	Profile	District	Location	Grades	Type / Flags	Reported Enrollment
Kauai High School	Profile	Hawaii Department of Education	Lihue, 96766Town: Remote	9–12	High	1,108
Kapaa High School	Profile	Hawaii Department of Education	Kapaa, 96746Town: Remote	9–12	High	1,005
Kapaa Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Kapaa, 96746Town: Remote	PK–5	Primary	839
Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Lihue, 96766Town: Remote	6–8	Middle	808
Waimea High School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Waimea, 96796Town: Remote	9–12	High	767
Elsie H Wilcox Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Lihue, 96766Town: Remote	PK–5	Primary	731
Kapaa Middle School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Kapaa, 96746Rural: Fringe	6–8	Middle	575
King Kaumualii Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Lihue, 96766Town: Remote	PK–5	Primary	549
Waimea Canyon Middle School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Waimea, 96796Town: Remote	6–8	Middle	477
Eleele Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Eleele, 96705Town: Remote	PK–5	Primary	408
Kalaheo Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Kalaheo, 96741Town: Remote	PK–5	Primary	399
Koloa Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Koloa, 96756Town: Remote	PK–5	Primary	342
Kekaha Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Kekaha, 96752Town: Remote	PK–5	Primary	337
Kilauea Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Kilauea, 96754Town: Remote	PK–6	Primary	270
Kanuikapono - PCS	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Anahola, 96703Town: Remote	KG–12	Charter	203
Alaka'i O Kaua'i Charter School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Koloa, 96746Rural: Fringe	KG–6	Charter	201
Hanalei Elementary School	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Hanalei, 96714Town: Remote	PK–6	Primary	192
Kawaikini - NCPCS	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Lihue, 96766Rural: Fringe	KG–12	Charter	151
Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Kekaha, 96752Town: Remote	PK–12	Charter	50
Kula Aupuni Niihau A Kahelelani Aloha - NCPCS	Record	Hawaii Department of Education	Kekaha, 96752Town: Remote	PK–12	Charter	46

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