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The highest-poverty public high schools in Hawaii

43 public high schools in Hawaii appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Molokai High School leads the list at 74.7%, against a median of 47.9% across the ranked schools.

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Hawaii

Top % FRL

74.7%

Median % FRL

47.9%

HIGHEST POVERTY · HAWAII

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Molokai High School	Hoolehua, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	344	74.7%
2	Pahoa High & Intermediate School	Pahoa, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	745	71.8%
3	Keaau High School	Keaau, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,041	71.7%
4	Nanakuli High & Intermediate School	Waianae, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	928	67.9%
5	Kaimuki High School	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	520	62.5%
6	Waianae High School	Waianae, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,551	61.6%
7	Lahainaluna High School	Lahaina, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	813	57.2%
8	Kohala High School	Kapaau, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	259	56.4%
9	President William McKinley High School	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,245	53.3%
10	Honokaa High & Intermediate School	Honokaa, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	695	52.9%
11	Governor Wallace Rider Farrington High School	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	2,094	52.5%
12	Konawaena High School	Kealakekua, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	955	51.7%
13	Kulanihakoi High School	Kihei, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	370	51.4%
14	Waimea High School	Waimea, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	711	51.3%
15	Kealakehe High School	Kailua-Kona, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,401	51.1%
16	Kahuku High & Intermediate School	Kahuku, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,433	50.2%
17	Hilo High School	Hilo, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,170	50.1%
18	Leilehua High School	Wahiawa, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,521	49.8%
19	Waipahu High School	Waipahu, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	2,538	49.0%
20	Aiea High School	Aiea, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	865	48.8%
21	Castle High School	Kaneohe, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	997	48.5%
22	Kailua High School	Kailua, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	795	47.9%
23	Henry Perrine Baldwin High School	Wailuku, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,266	45.3%
24	King Kekaulike High School	Pukalani, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,217	42.4%
25	Waiakea High School	Hilo, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,183	40.6%
26	Kauai High School	Lihue, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,016	40.4%
27	Waialua High & Intermediate School	Waialua, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	574	38.9%
28	President Theodore Roosevelt High School	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,336	35.3%
29	Kapolei High School	Kapolei, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,836	35.1%
30	Maui High School	Kahului, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,725	35.0%
31	DreamHouse Ewa Beach	Kapolei, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	467	34.0%
32	James Campbell High School	Ewa Beach, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	2,890	33.3%
33	Kapaa High School	Kapaa, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,005	31.6%
34	Halau Ku Mana - A New Century PCS	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	132	30.3%
35	Pearl City High School	Pearl City, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,481	28.4%
36	Kapolei Charter School by Goodwill Hawaii	Kapolei, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	138	24.6%
37	Moanalua High School	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,966	24.3%
38	Admiral Arthur W Radford High School	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,227	20.7%
39	West Hawaii Explorations Academy	Kailua-Kona, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	286	20.6%
40	Kalani High School	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,455	18.6%
41	Mililani High School	Mililani, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	2,382	16.9%
42	Kalaheo High School	Kailua, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	874	14.5%
43	Henry J Kaiser High School	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,073	12.2%

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