Public schools Hawaii

waianae high school, located in waiʻanae, houses educational community media center.

hawaii has school system within u.s. unified statewide. policy decisions made fourteen-member state board of education, sets policy , hires superintendent of schools, oversees state department of education. department of education divided 7 districts; 4 on oʻahu , 1 each of other 3 counties. main rationale centralization combat inequalities between highly populated oʻahu , more rural neighbor islands, , between lower-income , more affluent areas.

public elementary, middle , high school test scores in hawaii below national averages on tests mandated under no child left behind act. hawaii board of education requires eligible students take these tests , report student test scores. may have unbalanced results reported in august 2005 of 282 schools across state, 185 failed reach federal minimum performance standards in mathematics , reading. act college placement tests show in 2005, seniors scored above national average (21.9 compared 20.9), in accepted sat examinations, hawaii s college-bound seniors tend score below national average in categories except mathematics.