Leilehua High School is a public, co-educational, college preparatory

University-preparatory school

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 high school

High school

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 in Wahiawa, Hawaii on the island of Oahu

Oahu

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. It is part of the Hawaii State Department of Education, nationally recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education, and fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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 (WASC). The school was first established in 1924. It was relocated to its present, 32 acres (129,499.5 m²) campus in the historic town of Wahiawa in 1949.