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Enrollment
824
Middle
DISTRICT 665 · STATE 665
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION·NCES 150003000131
Highlands Intermediate School
1460 Hoolaulea St, Pearl City, HI 96782 · (808) 453-6480 · Honolulu County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL824 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Hawaii public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Hawaii public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
265 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 49%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 417 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 407 | 49% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 79% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Strive HI 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
69.0%
HI avg 52.0%
Math
55.0%
HI avg 41.9%
What this means: On the Strive HI, Hawaii's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Hawaii schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
Source: Strive HI. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like Highlands Intermediate School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands Intermediate School this school | 824 | 32.2% | N/A |
| Ewa Makai Middle School Ewa Beach | 1,221 | 30.3% | N/A |
| Kapolei Middle School Kapolei | 727 | 39.6% | N/A |
| Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School Honolulu | 571 | 43.4% | N/A |
| Kaimuki Middle School Honolulu | 1,019 | 23.8% | N/A |
| Mililani Middle School Mililani | 1,635 | 21.2% | N/A |
Matched among Hawaii middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Highlands Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Hawaii | In Honolulu County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #5 of 41 | #5 of 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #6 of 41 | #6 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 824 | #11 of 42 | #6 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #19 of 37 | #11 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #25 of 37 | #14 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.2% | #33 of 41 | #17 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #23 of 29 | #17 of 18 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
824
-92 (-10%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 1,081
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 824 | 58 | 14.2:1 | 32% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 842 | 54 | 15.6:1 | 31% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 736 | 53 | 13.9:1 | 34% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 916 | 57 | 16.1:1 | 33% (305) |
| 2017-18 | 889 | 58 | 15.3:1 | 37% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 907 | 59 | 15.4:1 | 38% (346) |
| 2010-11 | 957 | 61 | 15.7:1 | 32% (311) |
| 2000-01 | 1,103 | 61 | 18.1:1 | 22% (242) |
| 1990-91 | 1,081 | 53 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highlands Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (889 to 824); teachers unchanged (58 to 58).
About Highlands Intermediate School
Highlands Intermediate School is a middle school in Pearl City, Hawaii, and it is part of Hawaii Department of Education. It serves 824 students in grades 7 through 8. The average among middle schools in Hawaii is roughly 665 students; this school is 24% above that.
The district, Hawaii Department of Education, operates 296 schools serving 167,071 students.
Highlands Intermediate School has no majority group; Asian students are the largest, at 35%. Other students are 27% multiracial, 18% Pacific Islander, 17% Hispanic, and 3% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 58 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.2:1. That is close to the 14.5:1 average for middle schools in Hawaii. Eligible students account for 32% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Honolulu County is 42%.
allk12 grades Highlands Intermediate School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Hawaii public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
According to the American Community Survey, in Honolulu County, the median household income is $106,195, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Highlands Intermediate School is one of 187 public schools in the county.
Pearl City Highlands School is the public school closest to Highlands Intermediate School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Highlands Intermediate School declined 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 916 to 824 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.1:1 in 2020-21, and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Honolulu County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,001,146
Census ACS
Median income
$106,195
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
111,011 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hawaii Department of Education
- James Campbell High SchoolHigh · 2,890 students
- Waipahu High SchoolHigh · 2,538 students
- Mililani High SchoolHigh · 2,382 students
- Governor Wallace Rider Farrington High SchoolHigh · 2,094 students
- Moanalua High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Hawaii Technology Academy - PCSCombined · 1,924 students
Other schools in Pearl City
- Pearl City High SchoolHigh · 1,481 students
- Pearl City Highlands SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Waiau Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Momilani Elementary SchoolElementary · 412 students
- Pearl City Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Palisades Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
Nearby schools
- Pearl City Highlands School0.2 mi · 515
- Waiau Elementary School0.6 mi · 498
- Pearl City Elementary School0.7 mi · 396
- Manana Elementary School0.8 mi · 270
- Momilani Elementary School1.0 mi · 412
- Lehua Elementary School1.0 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Highlands Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Highlands Intermediate School?
Highlands Intermediate School enrolls approximately 824 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Highlands Intermediate School serve?
Highlands Intermediate School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Highlands Intermediate School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Highlands Intermediate School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Highlands Intermediate School?
At Highlands Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 35% Asian, 27% Two or more.
Is Highlands Intermediate School public or private?
Highlands Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hawaii Department of Education.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.