Photo: Anthony Quintano from Westminster, United States · CC BY 2.0Pearl City’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 Pearl City 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
Pearl City’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 Pearl City with, and no Schools grade.
School by school
9 of Pearl City’s 10 district schools with test results score above the middle of Hawaii’s 292 public schools. Momilani Elementary School places highest (better than 99%); Lehua Elementary School lowest (40%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Eight elementary schools serve Pearl City, graded from C+ to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Pearl City High School. 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 Pearl City, with each school’s own grade against Hawaii’s schools.
7th grade in Pearl City
Highlands Intermediate School
Grades 7–8 · 824 students · 14:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Pearl City
Highlands Intermediate School
Grades 7–8 · 824 students · 14:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Pearl City
Pearl City High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,481 students · 16:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Pearl City
Pearl City High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,481 students · 16:1 students per teacher
11th grade in Pearl City
Pearl City High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,481 students · 16:1 students per teacher
12th grade in Pearl City
Pearl City High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,481 students · 16:1 students per teacher
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.
Pearl City vs. its neighbors
Every Hawaii town is served by the same district, so its neighbors share Pearl City’s district figures; there is no neighbor comparison to make.
Every school in Pearl City
13 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 Pearl City’s schools
Are Pearl City’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Pearl City: Hawaii has one statewide district, so there’s nothing in the state to compare it with. School by school, 9 of its 10 district schools with test results score above the middle of Hawaii’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Pearl City in?
The Hawaii Department of Education, which runs every public school in the state: 167,071 students in 2024–25.
Where do Pearl City kids go to high school?
Pearl City High School.
Are there private schools in Pearl City?
Yes: The Children's House (grades PK–4, 243 students), Calvary Chapel Christian School (grades K–12, 210 students) and Our Lady of Good Counsel School (grades PK–8, 201 students).
Parents talk
What Pearl City families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Pearl City → 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.