Photo: The Eloquent Peasant · CC BY-SA 4.0Makaha’s public schools are part of Hawaii’s single statewide district
Hawaii runs all its public schools as one district, so its results are the state’s results and there are no other districts to compare Makaha with. Each school below is graded on its own results against Hawaii’s other public schools.
Tests spring 2022, when 96% of students in Hawaii’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Makaha’s schools, in brief
One district for the whole state
The Hawaii Department of Education runs every public school in Hawaii, so its results are the state’s results. There is no other district to compare Makaha with, and no Schools grade.
School by school
16 of Makaha’s 55 district schools with test results score above the middle of Hawaii’s 292 public schools. Kaimuki Middle School places highest (better than 94%); Nanakuli High & Intermediate School lowest (0%). See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Makaha, with each school’s own grade against Hawaii’s schools.
Pre-K in Makaha
Makaha Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 409 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Waianae
Kindergarten in Makaha
Makaha Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 409 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Waianae
1st grade in Makaha
Makaha Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 409 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Waianae
2nd grade in Makaha
Makaha Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 409 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Waianae
3rd grade in Makaha
Makaha Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 409 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Waianae
4th grade in Makaha
Makaha Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 409 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Waianae
5th grade in Makaha
Makaha Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 409 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Waianae
6th grade in Makaha
Makaha Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 409 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Waianae
9th grade in Makaha
Waianae High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,551 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Waianae
10th grade in Makaha
Waianae High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,551 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Waianae
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Hawaii Department of Education.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
How students score
Hawaii’s one district is also the state benchmark, so there’s no state comparison for spending.
Makaha vs. its neighbors
Every Hawaii town is served by the same district, so its neighbors share Makaha’s district figures; there is no neighbor comparison to make.
Every school in Makaha
56 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Hawaii’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Makaha’s schools
Are Makaha’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Makaha: Hawaii has one statewide district, so there’s nothing in the state to compare it with. School by school, 16 of its 55 district schools with test results score above the middle of Hawaii’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Makaha in?
The Hawaii Department of Education, which runs every public school in the state: 167,071 students in 2024–25.
Where do Makaha kids go to high school?
Waianae High School.
Parents talk
What Makaha families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Makaha → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.