High · Hawaii
West Hawaii Explorations Academy
CharterWest Hawaii Explorations Academy, a public high school in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii: grades 6–12, 286 students, 16.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hawaii Department of Education.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 286
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.0
- Students per teacher
- 16.8
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
More students per teacher than 80% of high schools in Hawaii
Median 14.9 · 46 schools compared
More students per teacher than 66% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 85% of high schools in Hawaii
Median 1,011 · 46 schools compared
Smaller than 61% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Hawaii's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Hawaii: 53%42%proficient
−8.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 63% of high schools in Hawaii
Median 41% · 8 high schools compared
126 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Hawaii: 44%20%proficient
+0.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 50% of high schools in Hawaii
Median 18% · 8 high schools compared
128 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Rural area near a city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Hawaii Department of Education.
Location
- Address
- 73-4500 Kahilihili St, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
- Phone
- (808)327-4751
- City or town
- Kaiminani
- County
- Hawaii County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9–12 | 1,401 | 16.0 | |
| 9–12 | 955 | 18.0 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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