Kaewai Elementary School

Located at 1929 Kamehameha IV Rd, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kaewai Elementary School is an intimate elementary-level community that works with 257 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Hawaii Department of Education. By comparison, Hawaii's public schools average about 438 students each, so Kaewai Elementary School sits 41% leaner than that benchmark.

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

On demographics, Kaewai Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Pacific Islander, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Asian, 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Kaewai Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Honolulu County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Honolulu County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $106,195 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Kaewai Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in Honolulu County (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students).

Nearest neighbor: Governor Sanford B Dole Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kaewai Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Kaewai Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 315 (now 257). Asian enrollment moved from 20% to 27% across the same window.

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