Best High Schools in Hawaii (2025-26)
Every ranked high school in Hawaii, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
Hawaii rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools
Hawaii high schools ranked
How Hawaii's high schools compare
A: 15B: 14C: 15D: 14F: 6
45% of the 64 ranked high schools in Hawaii earn an A or B (15 A grades, 14 B, 15 C, 14 D, 6 F), against 50% of high schools nationwide. 40 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (63% here, 74% nationally), and 14 exceed it. On average 34% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 32% (national averages: 44% actual, 41% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Anuenue School (47% against 23%, A), Volcano School Of Arts And Sciences A Community Pcs (40% against 22%, A-), Kalani High School (64% against 47%, A+), Hawaii Academy Of Arts And Science Pcs (38% against 21%, B+), Honokaa High And Intermediate School (41% against 25%, B).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 16): Hawaii Department of Education (16).
Cities with the most ranked high schools: Honolulu (12, 9 at A or B), Hilo (5, 1 at A or B), Kapolei (3, 1 at A or B), Waianae (3, 0 at A or B).
The largest ranked high schools: James Campbell High School (3,039 students, B+, #16), Waipahu High School (2,661 students, A-, #12), Mililani High School (2,565 students, A+, #3).
Of the top 25, 0 are magnet schools and 7 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
High schools in Hawaii that are not ranked
4 graded high schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Special-purpose schools (2)
Alternative, special-education and vocational schools serve a different mission and a different student body, so they are graded but not ranked against regular schools.
- F Hawaii School For The Deaf And Blind, Honolulu
- D+ Olomana School, Kailua
Very small schools (1)
Schools with fewer than 30 students have grades that swing on a handful of test results.
- F Kulanihakoi High School, Kihei
Not yet graded (1)
Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.
About this ranking
- Scope: every public high school in Hawaii.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about high schools in Hawaii
What is the best high school in Hawaii?
Kalani High School in Honolulu ranks first among the 64 ranked high schools in Hawaii with a SchoolGrade of A+, 64% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 47%.
How are high schools in Hawaii ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many high schools does Hawaii have?
SchoolGrade grades 68 public high schools in Hawaii; 64 are ranked here and 4 are listed as not ranked.