Hawaii Department of Education

What the Numbers Say About Hawaii Department of Education

Hawaii Department of Education is a large urban school district in Hawaii, serving 173,178 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $19,381. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $93,034, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 1500030 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Hawaii statewide average of $93,034, teacher pay in Hawaii Department of Education runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 0.0% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (13.1% differential). Among enrolling districts in Hawaii, it pays more than 0% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, Hawaii Department of Education reports $3356.4M in total expenditure against $3564.7M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 32% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $607.7M, special-education teacher pay is $210.3M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.