HONOLULU \u2014 Enrollment at Hawaii’s public schools is 167,649 at the beginning of the school year. Enrollment is relatively steady compared with an enrollment of 168,634 students at the start of last school year \u2014 a difference of 0.6%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The figures represent students enrolled in Department of Education schools, including students enrolled in the Department\u2019s <\/a>distance learning program, and public charter schools. The state’s 37 charter schools enrolled 7.4% of public school students this year: a total of 12,427 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The declining trend in enrollment counts over the past five school years reflects Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s overall declining birth rate over the last decade. Department data also show that families\u2019 leading reason for removing their students from public schools is to relocate to the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on enrollment for the 2023-24 school year, the five largest HIDOE public schools by grade level are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The five smallest HIDOE schools in the state include: Ni\u2018ihau High and Elementary (20), Maunaloa Elementary (43), the Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind (52), Kilohana Elementary (79), and Keolu Elementary (91).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The five largest charter schools are: Hawai\u02bbi Technology Academy (1,605), Kamaile Academy (893), the Hawai\u02bbi Academy of Arts and Sciences (708), K\u012bhei Charter School (676), and Ka Waihona o ka Na\u02bbauao (626).<\/p>\n\n\n\n As of the \u201cOfficial Enrollment Count\u201d date of August 21, 2023, four L\u0101hain\u0101luna Complex schools on Maui–L\u0101hain\u0101luna High, L\u0101hain\u0101 Intermediate, Princess N\u0101hi\u02bbena\u02bbena Elementary and King Kamehameha III Elementary–had not yet opened due to the Maui wildfire emergency. The enrollment for L\u0101hain\u0101luna Complex schools is based on the students who were pre-registered at the school before the start of the school year and did not transfer to another school or withdraw by the OEC date. The four L\u0101hain\u0101luna Complex schools on Maui impacted by the Aug. 8 wildfires saw a combined enrollment decrease of 585 students compared to the previous school year while other Maui schools saw enrollment increases due to this fluctuation of displaced students. The Department is closely tracking students as they continue to re-enroll in other options, including at other HIDOE schools, distance learning programs, charter schools or private schools, or withdraw to homeschools or relocate out of state. This information is available online at bit.ly\/LahainaSchoolsProgressReport<\/a> and is updated periodically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HONOLULU \u2014 Enrollment at Hawaii’s public schools is 167,649 at the beginning of the school year. Enrollment is relatively steady compared with an enrollment of 168,634 students at the start of last school year \u2014 a difference of 0.6%. 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