Correction (July 21, 2026): The original article said Hawaii's male graduation rate climbed steadily and called the 1.4-point narrowing in 2025 the largest annual narrowing in the dataset. The package shows four annual male-rate declines and a larger 1.5-point narrowing in 2018. This version bounds the series-low claim to the available 2010-2025 data, removes unsupported CTE, poverty, ceiling-effect and intervention explanations, repairs the complex-area chart's negative range, fixes five obsolete chart destinations, and rebuilds the charts and claim ledger from fresh state-package output.

Hawaii's female-male graduation-rate gap was 2.9 percentage points in 2025, the lowest in the package's 2010-2025 state series. The male rate was 84.4% and the female rate was 87.3%.

In 2010, the male rate was 77.9% and the female rate was 82.9%, a 5.0-point gap. By 2025, the male rate had gained 6.5 points and the female rate had gained 4.4 points, reducing the gap by 2.1 points.

The Male Gain Was Not Steady

The male rate gained 1.2 points from 2010 to 2015, 3.1 points from 2015 to 2020 and 2.2 points from 2020 to 2025. But it did not rise every year: it fell in four annual transitions, ending in 2011, 2015, 2022 and 2023.

From 2019 through 2025, the female rate ranged from 87.3% to 88.6%, a 1.3-point range with a standard deviation of 0.42. It peaked at 88.6% in 2021 and then declined in each of the next four years.

The Gap Moved in Both Directions

The state gap reached 6.2 points in both 2017 and 2019. It was 4.6 points in 2021, 4.3 in 2022, 5.1 in 2023 and 4.3 in 2024 before falling to 2.9 in 2025.

The 2025 narrowing was 1.4 points. It was not the largest annual narrowing in the series: the gap narrowed by 1.5 points in 2018.

Complex-Area Results Spanned 11.4 Points

Hilo-Waiakea had the widest 2025 complex-area gap at 9.9 points, with a 79.5% male rate and an 89.4% female rate. Kailua-Kalaheo was next at 7.9 points, with rates of 80.0% and 87.9%.

Kapaa-Kauai-Waimea reported 91.0% for both groups. In Hana-Lahainaluna-Lanai-Molokai, the male rate was 86.3% and the female rate was 84.8%, producing a negative 1.5-point female-male gap. The distance from that result to Hilo-Waiakea was 11.4 points.

Fifteen complex areas had matching names and both 2017 and 2025 values. Fourteen narrowed and one widened. Kailua-Kalaheo narrowed from 16.6 to 7.9 points, an 8.7-point reduction, while its male rate gained 9.3 points. Charter Schools was the exception: its gap widened from 1.1 to 4.5 points, a 3.4-point increase.

School Results Varied More

Kamaile Academy reported a 50.0% male rate and an 82.6% female rate in 2025. Its 32.6-point gap was the largest among schools with both rates. Kaimuki High reported 73.1% and 88.0%, a 14.9-point gap. Farrington High reported 68.0% and 76.8%, an 8.8-point gap.

Fourteen schools reported a higher male rate. Kaiser High's rates were 96.3% for male students and 92.7% for female students, a negative 3.6-point female-male gap. Kapaa High reported 95.8% and 91.7%, a negative 4.1-point gap.

Male Rates Rose Across the Matched Complex-Area Panel

All 15 matched complex areas had a higher male rate in 2025 than in 2017. The gains ranged from 1.8 points in Kau-Keaau-Pahoa to 15.8 points in Hana-Lahainaluna-Lanai-Molokai, where the rate rose from 70.5% to 86.3%.

Nanakuli-Waianae rose from 70.0% in 2017 to 76.7% in 2025, a 6.7-point gain. Its 2025 rate was 7.7 points below the 84.4% statewide male rate. Across the full 2010-2025 Nanakuli-Waianae series, the male rate rose from 58.9% to 76.7%, a 17.8-point gain.

What the File Cannot Explain

The package reports aggregate graduation rates by group and institution. It does not identify whether career programs, sports, poverty, housing, attendance, student composition or a ceiling effect caused the changes. School and complex-area comparisons also do not show that gender itself caused any rate difference.

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