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 →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.
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.
Their published matriculation list
Where their graduates enrolled
Punahou School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 176 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.
Years, as the document states them
the past four years (2022 – 2025)
College · Students
and 146 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.
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.
Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.
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% |