Here's Where Hawaiʻi School Enrollment Is Dropping Fastest

The state is looking at redistricting schools and closing campuses amid an ongoing decline in enrollment.

As Hawaiʻi looks for solutions to the dwindling number of public school students in the islands, one thing is certain: not every campus is experiencing the same level of decline.

Enrollment at Honouliuli Middle School has grown by a whopping 345% in the five years since it opened. Less than 4 miles away, DreamHouse Charter School in ʻEwa more than doubled its student population during the same time period.

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Kalanianaʻole Elementary and Intermediate on the Big Island, meanwhile, saw a roughly 40% drop in enrollment. McKinley High School in Honolulu lost nearly a third of it