Punahou School
Honolulu · HI · Private independent · K-12 combined
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Mid-Pacific Institute → La Pietra Hawaii School For Girls → Le Jardin Academy → Assets School → Maryknoll School → Hawaiian Mission Academy → Iolani School → St Louis School →A parent's read
- Where graduates go: #3 feeder school to Boston University; top 10 for Cal Poly SLO. Punahou School's own list, enrolled: Hawaiʻi, U of Manoa (141), California, U of – Irvine (73), Washington, U of (51), Chapman (49), Seattle (43). Feeder standing: #2 Loyola Marymount University, #2 Santa Clara University, #2 Chapman, #3 Boston University, #7 Cal Poly SLO, #9 Arizona State University (Tempe).
- Deep AP program — and kids pass the exams. 20 AP courses with 94% of exams scoring 3 or higher: breadth that holds up when the College Board grades it.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
Where graduates go — as published by the school
Punahou School publishes where its graduates enrolled: 173 colleges with per-college counts — the largest counts enrolled at Hawaiʻi, U of Manoa (141), California, U of – Irvine (73), Washington, U of (51). See the full list ↓
Feeder standing #1 feeder to Claremont McKenna College, Brigham Young University, Creighton University · #3 to Boston University, #7 to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, #2 to Loyola Marymount University, #2 to Santa Clara University — from its own published counts, ranked per class year
At a glance
- 20 AP courses offered (school profile)
- 22 National Merit SemifinalistsRoughly the top 1% of PSAT scorers in each state — about 16,000 juniors nationally. A useful gauge of a school's academic top end. (2025)
- APCollege-level courses with a national exam each May. A score of 3+ "passes" and can earn college credit; the pass rate tells you whether a school's AP program has substance behind the course list. exam pass rate 94%
Composed from the school's own published profile (2025), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
Their published matriculation list
Where their graduates enrolled
Punahou School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 173 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.
Years, as the document states them
over the last four years: 2026, 2025, 2024, and 2023
The ten largest counts, enrolled
Is my kid's college on this list?
The school down the road: Mid-Pacific Institute
| College | Punahou School | Mid-Pacific Institute |
|---|---|---|
| Boston College | ✓ named | ✓ named |
| Boston University | ✓ named | ✓ named |
| Brown University | ✓ named | — |
| Carnegie Mellon University | ✓ named | — |
| Columbia University | ✓ named | — |
| Cornell University | ✓ named | ✓ named |
| Dartmouth College | ✓ named | — |
| Duke University | ✓ named | — |
| Emory University | ✓ named | — |
| Georgetown University | ✓ named | — |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | ✓ named | ✓ named |
| Harvard University | ✓ named | — |
Both schools print names, not counts, so this shows which selective colleges each list names.
All 173 colleges, as the document prints them
College · Students
and 143 more
These graduates went on to the colleges above.
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As published, source linked As published by Punahou School — Punahou School Profile 2025–2026 ↗. Found at: p.6 of 6, "Advanced Schooling: Four Year History" section.
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How Punahou School compares for families
Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.
- ▸ Nationally94% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 22 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers) · Top 5% of the 218 curated private schools in our database on NMSF concentration.
- ▸ LocallyHI trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Mid-Pacific Institute, La Pietra Hawaii School For Girls, Le Jardin Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Your state's public flagship
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $15,664/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.
For a more current snapshot, see Punahou School's own published school profile (as of 2025-26): issuu.com/punahouschool/docs/punahou_school_profile ↗
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.4%/year, projecting from 2022's 3,700 students:
≈ 71 fewer students by 2027 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At tuition per student, the 71 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $1,136,000/year in tuition at risk.
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Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Pacific Institute Honolulu |
Private | 0.8 | 1,521 | -0.5% |
| La Pietra Hawaii School For Girls Honolulu |
Private | 3.0 | 141 | -11.9% |
| Le Jardin Academy Kailua |
Private | 6.6 | 747 | — |
| Assets School Honolulu |
Private | 7.2 | 339 | -1.2% |
| Maryknoll School Honolulu |
Private | 0.1 | 904 | -21.0% |
| Hawaiian Mission Academy Honolulu |
Private | 0.9 | 70 | -30.0% |
| Iolani School Honolulu |
Private | 1.2 | 2,021 | +5.6% |
| St Louis School Honolulu |
Private | 1.6 | 893 | +1.9% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantPunahou School is a private high school in Honolulu, HI, enrolling 3,700 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.
Enrollment is down 2% from 2018 to 2022.
Punahou School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the over the last four years: 2026, 2025, 2024, and 2023: 173 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Hawaiʻi, U of Manoa (141), California, U of – Irvine (73), Washington, U of (51), Chapman University (49), Seattle University (43). Source: Punahou School Profile 2025–2026.
Punahou School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #2 Loyola Marymount University, #2 Santa Clara University, #2 Chapman, #3 Boston University, #7 Cal Poly SLO, #9 Arizona State University (Tempe).
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
Where do Punahou School graduates go to college? Punahou School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the over the last four years: 2026, 2025, 2024, and 2023: 173 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Hawaiʻi, U of Manoa (141), California, U of – Irvine (73), Washington, U of (51), Chapman University (49), Seattle University (43). Source: Punahou School Profile 2025–2026.
Which colleges is Punahou School a top feeder school to? Punahou School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #2 Loyola Marymount University, #2 Santa Clara University, #2 Chapman, #3 Boston University, #7 Cal Poly SLO, #9 Arizona State University (Tempe).
How many students attend Punahou School? Punahou School is a private high school in Honolulu, HI, enrolling 3,700 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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