Best Elementary Schools in Hawaii for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Hawaii!

Every year, the Hawaii State Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Hawaii test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the HSA and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the Hawaii State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Friday, September 20, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 207)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
150003000190	1	Nuuanu Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3055 Puiwa Ln	Honolulu	96817	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 595-5422	329	23	14.3	12.5%	10 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (11.2%)	156 (47.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.4%)	105 (31.9%)	$15,813			$1,307			$14,506	99.5%	99.5%	%
150003000116	2	Palisades Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2306 Auhuhu St	Pearl City	96782	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 453-6550	376	20	18.8	30.9%	10 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	90 (23.9%)	85 (22.6%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (20.2%)	114 (30.3%)	$15,793			$1,100			$14,693	99.0%	96.1%	2.90%
150003000304	3	Alaka'i O Kaua'i Charter School	Public, Charter	K-7	2-4035 Kaumualii Hwy	Koloa	96756	Kauai County	Hawaii Department of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 635-5110	201	11	18.2	18.9%	123 (61.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	11 (5.5%)	34 (16.9%)	$8,858			$479			$8,379	98.6%	70.0%	28.50%
150003000285	4	Mililani Ike Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	95-1330 Lehiwa Dr	Mililani	96789	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 626-2980	479	34	14	9.0%	52 (10.9%)	2 (0.4%)	61 (12.7%)	183 (38.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.4%)	155 (32.4%)	$16,013			$1,104			$14,909	98.1%	99.0%	0.97%
150003000005	5	Kaelepulu Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	530 Keolu Dr	Kailua	96734	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 266-7811	193	14	13.7	14.0%	68 (35.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (13.5%)	21 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (8.8%)	61 (31.6%)	$15,818			$782			$15,036	97.6%	93.7%	3.86%
150003000065	6	Kilohana Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	Kamehameha V Hwy	Kaunakakai	96748	Maui County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(808) 558-2200	75	9	8.3	86.7%	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (16.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (74.7%)	6 (8.0%)	$24,576			$2,398			$22,178	97.1%	24.2%	72.95%
150003000170	7	Lt Col Horrace Meek Hickam Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	Manzelman Cir	Honolulu	96818	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 421-4148	481	37	13	5.2%	314 (65.3%)	10 (2.1%)	69 (14.3%)	32 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	50 (10.4%)	$15,351			$1,236			$14,115	96.6%	96.6%	%
150003000146	8	Major General William R Shafter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2 Fort Shafter	Honolulu	96819	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 832-3560	392	27	14.5	22.7%	161 (41.1%)	48 (12.2%)	87 (22.2%)	28 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	60 (15.3%)	$16,290			$787			$15,503	96.1%	83.6%	12.56%
150003000152	9	Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1 C Ave	Honolulu	96818	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	No	(808) 421-4245	355	28	12.6	27.0%	148 (41.7%)	34 (9.6%)	74 (20.8%)	29 (8.2%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	63 (17.7%)	$17,330			$996			$16,334	95.7%	80.7%	14.98%
150003000162	10	Kalihi Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2471 Kula Kolea Dr	Honolulu	96819	Honolulu County	Hawaii Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(808) 832-3177	193	17	11.3	79.8%	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (13.0%)	46 (23.8%)	0 (0.0%)	104 (53.9%)	17 (8.8%)	$19,044			$2,060			$16,984	95.2%	15.5%	79.71%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics, HSA Science, HSA Biology I test scores released by the Hawaii State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 20, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Hawaii State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Hawaii State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.