Kaneohe Elementary School, Kaneohe HI

Original Research by School Decision on Kaneohe Elementary School

Kaneohe Elementary School sits on Kamehameha Highway in Kaneohe, a residential community on the windward side of Oahu. The town has no traditional downtown; its commercial life spreads along the highway, anchored by Windward Mall. Marine Corps Base Hawaii lies across the south end of Kaneohe Bay, and the town stretches along Kaneohe Bay Drive toward the base perimeter. Likelike Highway, Pali Highway, and Interstate H-3 connect windward residents to Honolulu, with H-3 having been completed in the late 1990s. Windward Community College and Hawaii Pacific University's windward campus are nearby, giving the area an institutional presence beyond its residential character. Public schools are distributed throughout the community rather than isolated on separated campuses, and Kaneohe Elementary is one of several elementary schools serving the area, alongside Heeia, Kapunahala, Reverend Benjamin Parker, and Puohala.

The school serves pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as a regular public school under the Hawaii Department of Education. Its enrollment is moderate for an elementary school on Oahu. The student body reflects the windward side's diversity: the largest group identifies as two or more races, followed by Hispanic and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students, with a smaller Asian population and a very small White enrollment. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on English learners and special education enrollment was not available, so those populations could not be characterized here.

On state assessments, Kaneohe Elementary shows a clear pattern. Math proficiency is strongest in the earliest tested grade and declines steadily as students move through the upper grades, with third-grade results standing out as particularly solid and sixth-grade results landing noticeably lower. English language arts tells a different story, holding relatively steady across grades and even improving in fifth grade before settling back in sixth. Science, tested only in fifth grade, shows a healthy proficiency rate. Participation was full across every tested grade and subject. The state uses the Smarter Balanced Assessment for math and English language arts and the Hawaii Science Assessment aligned to Next Generation Science Standards. Only one year of data was available, so no trend over time could be assessed. Average scale scores were not reported.

The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Civil rights data, course access information, discipline figures, staffing details, and attendance data were also not available in the provided materials. Title I status was not reported. Parents wanting to understand the school's approach to student support, enrichment offerings, or specialized services would want to ask the school directly, since the data here does not speak to those areas.

Housing in the school's zip code is expensive by any standard. Home values sit well above both the state and national benchmarks, and the price-to-income ratio is steep. Renting is somewhat more affordable than buying on a monthly basis, with rent running below the estimated mortgage payment, though rents have been climbing. This is a market where affordability is a real constraint, and families considering the area should weigh that carefully. The broader economic context includes a national unemployment rate that has held steady and a mortgage rate environment that remains elevated.

The Hawaii Department of Education, the statewide district that governs Kaneohe Elementary, had no specific policy changes, curriculum shifts, or budget actions surfaced in the research for this brief. That means there is little to report here about recent district-level developments that would affect families at this school. The absence is noted rather than filled.

For a family weighing Kaneohe Elementary, the academic picture is one of early strength in math that fades in the upper grades, balanced by steadier English language arts performance and solid fifth-grade science results. The community is suburban and car-dependent, with strong military and educational institutions nearby. Housing costs are high. The school's full participation in testing and its diverse enrollment are clear facts. What the data does not cover, including special populations, staffing, and program offerings, is worth asking about directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 371%

School 71% · District 53% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 460%

School 60% · District 51% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 45% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 643%

School 43% · District 41% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 360%

School 60% · District 50% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 52% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 56% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 662%

School 62% · District 54% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Science

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 49% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

This schoolHawaii Department of Education, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income41%Higher-income67%26 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income79%51 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income44%Higher-income76%33 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income58%Higher-income65%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income65%Higher-income73%9 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income34%Higher-income81%47 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income42%Higher-income61%18 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income33%Higher-income50%17 pp gap