Voyager - a Public Charter School, Honolulu HI

Original Research by School Decision on Voyager - a Public Charter School

Voyageris a public charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade on Wilder Avenue in Honolulu, tucked into a city that functions as Hawaii's hub for business, government, and tourism. The school sits in an urban core dominated by high-rise development, with the state capitol, downtown financial district, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa all within the broader Honolulu area. TheBus and the Skyline rail system serve the urban core, and the neighborhood around Wilder Avenue sits between downtown and the Manoa valley, placing the school in one of the more established residential pockets of the city.

The enrollment is small, with roughly thirty students or fewer per grade level spread across nine grades. That size gives Voyager the feel of a close-knit community where students stay together from kindergarten through middle school. The student body is racially and ethnically diverse, with the largest shares identifying as two or more races, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, alongside smaller White and Hispanic populations. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, lower than what many Honolulu public schools see, which points to a relatively advantaged economic profile among enrolled families. The school does not report data on English learners or students with individualized education programs, so a parent whose child needs those services would want to ask the school directly about what is available.

Academically, Voyager's state assessment results from the Smarter Balanced tests tell a story of a school that gets stronger as students move through the upper grades. In English language arts, proficiency climbs steadily from the early grades and reaches very high levels by eighth grade, with the majority of seventh and eighth graders testing proficient. The eighth-grade ELA results stand out as a genuine strength. Math follows a similar upward arc, with middle-grade proficiency landing well above the early-grade levels. Third grade is the soft spot in both subjects, with fewer students reaching proficiency at that age. A parent might want to look into how the school supports early-grade literacy and numeracy to understand whether those lower starting points reflect the cohort, the transition into state testing, or something the school is actively addressing. Science proficiency, tested only in fifth and eighth grade, lands in the middle range. Participation rates are consistently high across every grade and subject, which means the results reflect nearly all enrolled students rather than a selected subset.

Only one year of assessment data is available, so there is no trend line to show whether these results are improving, holding steady, or declining. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate or college-readiness data to report. Program offerings, staffing details, discipline data, and attendance figures were not available in the provided records, so those are gaps a family would need to fill by contacting the school or visiting its website.

Honolulu's housing market is expensive by any standard. Typical home values in the school's zip code run well below the state benchmark but remain far above national levels, and the price-to-income ratio is steep, meaning a family buying a home here would need a substantial income relative to the purchase price. Rents are also high, with a typical rental absorbing close to half of median household income. The city itself is grappling with an aging and declining population as residents leave for the mainland, and climate pressures such as sea level rise and drought add long-term uncertainty. For a family considering Voyager, the Honolulu setting offers urban convenience, cultural diversity, and access to civic and educational institutions, but housing costs will be a defining factor in the decision.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 53% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 51% · ▼ 1 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 45% · ▲ 3 pts above district

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

Grade 659%

School 59% · District 41% · ▲ 17 pts above district

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

Grade 762%

School 62% · District 38% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 36% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 337%

School 37% · District 50% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 52% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 56% · ▲ 1 pts above district

even with state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 672%

School 72% · District 54% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 767%

School 67% · District 54% · ▲ 12 pts above district

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

Grade 881%

School 81% · District 54% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Science

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 49%

even with state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 43% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 16 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.