Hawaii public school enrollment down slightly
Advertiser Staff
Public school enrollment has declined by less than 1 percent compared with last year, according to final enrollment figures released today by the state Department of Education
A total of 177,871 students are enrolled in a DOE public school or charter school, meaning enrollment has declined by 0.3 percent, DOE officials said. Last year, a total of 178,369 students were enrolled in the public school system.
Broken down, enrollment in 257 DOE public schools stands at 170,498 students, including 152,951 in regular education and 17,547 in special education.
While public school enrollment declined, enrollment in public charter schools increased by more than 10 percent, according to the DOE. A total of 7,373 students are enrolled in one of 31 charter schools, compared with 6,657 last year.
That increase was due in part to the addition of three new charter schools this year — Hawaii Technology Academy, Kawaikini and Kona Pacific.
On O'ahu, the Leeward district is still the largest with 38,574 students, followed by the Central district with 31,889 and Honolulu with 30,989. The Windward district has 15,335 students.
On the Neighbor Islands, Hawai'i district is the largest with 23,972 students, followed by Maui with 20,297 and Kaua'i with 9,364.
This school year, the five largest public schools by grade level are:
