K-12 education in Hawaii

Education facts

State superintendent: Keith Hayashi

Number of students: 181,088

Number of teachers: 12,220

Teacher/pupil ratio: 1:15

Number of school districts: 1

Number of schools: 294

Graduation rate: 85%

Per-pupil spending: $16,564

See also

Hawaii State Department of Education •List of school districts in Hawaii •Hawaii •School boards portal

Public education in the United States Public education in Hawaii Glossary of education terms

Note: These statistics are mainly from government sources, including the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics. Figures given were the most recent as of October 2022.

There is onepublic school district in Hawaii, known as the Hawaii school district or theHawaii Department of Education, which serves 184,760 students. That represents 0.7 percent of all students attending top enrollment districts in the United States. Established by Kamehameha III on October 15, 1840, it is the oldest school system west of the Mississippi River and the only system established by a sovereign monarch. The Hawaii State Department of Education is a single, statewide school district with 287 schools (254 regular, two special, 31 charter) plus 11 adult education schools on seven islands. The department employs about 13,000 teachers. The DOE formulates policy for the public schools and the Hawaii state library system.^[1][2]

See also:Public education in Hawaii

See also

• School board elections portal
• United States school districts
• National School Boards Association
• Consortium of State School Boards Associations
• Hawaii Department of Education
• Public education in Hawaii
• Hawaii

External links

Suggest a link

• National Center for Education Statistics

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