Homeschooling High School in Hawaii

Required hours

No state minimum

Required subjects

Your choice

Notice

Required, once

Testing / evaluation

Parent's choice (testing, portfolio, or evaluation)

Recordkeeping

Required

Jump to the full Hawaii requirements for plain-English detail on each of these.

Graduation requirements in Hawaii

Hawaii does not issue homeschool diplomas, so as the parent-administrator you set the graduation requirements and award the diploma yourself. A common college-prep plan covers 4 years of English, 3–4 of math, 3 of science, 3 of social studies, 2 of a foreign language, plus electives, which lands around 24 credits total. Check any Hawaii-specific expectations for your situation, and align with the admissions requirements of the colleges your student is targeting.

Credits and GPA

A standard high-school credit (a Carnegie unit) represents roughly 120–180 hours of instruction in a subject over the year, or about a full-year course. Half-credit courses are common for semester-long electives. Track grades per course and compute a weighted or unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale. Our free GPA calculator can do the math, and Homeschool Fox tracks credits and grades for you as you log coursework.

Testing and assessment

Hawaii requires one annual progress report submitted to the child's local school principal. Families may satisfy it with a grade-level test score, a year of growth on a standardized test, a certified teacher's evaluation, or a parent-written evaluation with work samples; test scores are required in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 unless the principal approves another means of evaluation.

Building a college-ready transcript

Selective colleges expect a clean, professional transcript listing courses, credits, grades, and GPA, often alongside a school profile and course descriptions. You can build one in Hawaii yourself. A standard transcript is included with Homeschool Fox, and the $29 official transcript add-on generates AI-drafted course descriptions and a school profile that admissions readers expect.

Keeping records through high school

Keep coursework, reading lists, grades, and work samples organized from 9th grade on. Reconstructing four years at application time is painful. Hawaii also has assessment or portfolio expectations to plan around, so consistent records do double duty for both college applications and state compliance.

What Homeschool Fox tracks for Hawaii

The records Hawaii asks you to keep, plus the rest of your year, in one place. No spreadsheets, no lost notebooks.

• The records Hawaii asks you to keep
• Parent's choice (testing, portfolio, or evaluation)
• Daily activity logs
• Printable PDF reports
• Progress tracking
• High school transcripts

More Hawaii guides

• Hawaii Homeschool Requirements Hours, notice, assessment, and subjects at a glance.
• How to Start Homeschooling in Hawaii A step-by-step guide from withdrawal to your first logged day.
• Record Keeping in Hawaii What to document, how to organize it, and staying compliant.
• How to Withdraw From School in Hawaii The steps, the letter, and timing to avoid truancy issues.
• Moving to Hawaii What to file when you arrive and whether your records transfer.
• Public School Sports in Hawaii Whether homeschoolers can play, what it takes, and who to ask.
• Hawaii Letter of Intent Who to file with, when it's due, and a free generator.
• Hawaii Year End Report What goes in it, when it's due, and who reviews it.
• Homeschool Testing in Hawaii What the state asks for, when, and low-score rules.