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State DOE:
Superintendent's Annual Report
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School Year 1997-1998
Published February 2000 9th Annual Report - Selected Highlights Enrollment Enrollment growth, which had exceeded 1.5% for the five years from 1991-92 through 1995-96, declined sharply over the last two years to 0.4% in 1997-98. Special Needs The numbers of students in need of special services are increasing much more rapidly than is the population of students at large. Staffing Fiscal constraints that began in 1994-95 have halted Hawaii's progress on this indicator. On a positive note, Hawaii is well below the national average in the proportion of its professional staff whose functions are administrative.Finance Although Hawai'i ranks 3rd among the states in tax collections per capita, it ranks last in the percentage of state and local revenue allocated to public schools.Facilities Hawaii's school facility problems are chronic. Over half of the State's schools need additional classrooms.NAEP On the National Assessments of Educational Progress, the state's 4th grade and 8th grade scores ranked low on the reading assessment (1998), but higher on the mathematics assessment (1996), especially for the 8th graders.Dropouts and School Completion Dropout rates for students in grades 9-12 average about 4.7% per year. Almost 80% of public school seniors intend to continue their formal education.Student Discipline The incidence rates of disciplinary suspension decreased in 1997-98, both overall and in each category of threat to safety.Home | School | State DOE | About ARCH | Resources | Contact Us Copyright 2011 State of Hawaii Department of Education |