Elections[edit]

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Academic performance[edit]

See also: Public education in Hawaii

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NAEP scores[edit]

See also: NAEP scores by state

The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The chart below presents the percentage of fourth and eighth grade students that scored at or above proficient in reading and math during school year 2012-2013. In Hawaii, 28 percent of eighth grade students scored at or above proficient in reading, a lower percentage than any other West Coast.^[1]

Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013
	Math - Grade 4	Math - Grade 8	Reading - Grade 4	Reading - Grade 8
Hawaii	46%	32%	30%	28%
California	33%	28%	27%	29%
Oregon	40%	34%	33%	37%
Washington	48%	42%	40%	42%
United States	41%	34%	34%	34%
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables"

Graduation, ACT and SAT scores[edit]

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the United States

The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Hawaii and surrounding states during the 2012-2013 school year. All statements made in this section refer to that school year.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In the United States, public schools reported graduation rates that averaged to about 81.4 percent. About 54 percent of all students in the country took the ACT, while 50 percent reported taking the SAT. The average national composite scores for those tests were 20.9 out of a possible 36 for the ACT, and 1498 out of a possible 2400 for the SAT.^[4]

Hawaii schools reported a graduation rate of 82.4 percent during the 2012-2013 school year, highest among West Coast.

In Hawaii, more students took the SAT than the ACT in 2013, earning an average SAT score of 1,453.

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores, 2012-2013
State	Graduation rate, 2013		Average ACT composite, 2013		Average SAT composite, 2013
State	Percent	Quintile ranking**	Score	Participation rate	Score	Participation rate
Hawaii	82.4%	Third	20.1	40%	1,453	64%
California	80.4%	Third	22.2	26%	1,505	57%
Oregon	68.7%	Fifth	21.5	34%	1,539	49%
Washington	76.4%	Fourth	22.8	21%	1,537	60%
United States	81.4%		20.9	54%	1498	50%
^Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally. Sources*: United States Department of Education, "ED Data Express," accessed May 28, 2015 ACT.org, "2013 ACT National and State Scores," accessed May 28, 2015 The Commonwealth Foundation*, "SAT scores by state, 2013," accessed May 28, 2015

Dropout rate[edit]

See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states

The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–2011 and school year 2011–2012. The event dropout rate for Hawaii was higher than the national average at 5.1 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 4.7 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.^[5]

Additional elections[edit]

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Footnotes[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014
↑ ACT, "2012 ACT National and State Scores," accessed May 13, 2014
↑ Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT Scores by State 2013," October 10, 2013
↑ StudyPoints, "What's a good SAT score or ACT score?" accessed June 7, 2015
↑ United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data (CCD), State Dropout and Graduation Rate Data File, School Year 2010-11, Provision Version 1a and School Year 2011-12, Preliminary Version 1a," accessed May 13, 2014

[statetables-1] 1.0 ^1.1 United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014

[actscores-2] ACT, "2012 ACT National and State Scores," accessed May 13, 2014

[satscores-3] Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT Scores by State 2013," October 10, 2013

[4] StudyPoints, "What's a good SAT score or ACT score?" accessed June 7, 2015

[5] United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data (CCD), State Dropout and Graduation Rate Data File, School Year 2010-11, Provision Version 1a and School Year 2011-12, Preliminary Version 1a," accessed May 13, 2014

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