Kamaile Academy in Waiʻanae found the ticket to getting students to eat breakfast at school: it is served after the bell rings. The school calls it a Wiki Breakfast, a 15-minute window to grab a quick nutritious meal after first period is in the books.

A new survey by the Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice shows most public schools in Hawaiʻi struggle to get kids to participate in school breakfast.

In 2015-16 fewer than half of eligible students ate the meal, landing Hawaiʻi near the bottom nationally.

“It's hard for families to get to school early. Sometimes the buses get there too late so the kids can't get breakfast even if they catch them on time,” Appleseed senior policy analyst Nicole Woo said.

On the mainland entire school districts slid breakfast to after the morning bell to accommodate more students.