Ala Wai Elementary School

Ala Wai Elementary School operates as a tight-knit elementary school in Honolulu, Hawaii, part of Hawaii Department of Education. Current enrollment sits at 344 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Hawaii, which averages around 438 students.

Within Hawaii Department of Education, which oversees 296 schools and 167,071 students, Ala Wai Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Ala Wai Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Pacific Islander (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Asian, 19% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 3% White.

On the income-and-resources front, Ala Wai Elementary School reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 65% of students at Ala Wai Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Honolulu County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Honolulu County put median household earnings sit near $106,195, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Honolulu County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students), of which Ala Wai Elementary School is one.

Prince Jonah Kuhio Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Ala Wai Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Ala Wai Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 384 (now 344). Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 34% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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