Kahala Elementary School

Kahala Elementary School, an intimate elementary-level community in Honolulu, Hawaii, overseen by Hawaii Department of Education, enrolls 273 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Hawaii's public schools average about 438 students each, so Kahala Elementary School sits 38% leaner than that benchmark.

Kahala Elementary School is one of 296 schools operated by Hawaii Department of Education, a district that instructs 167,071 students overall.

On demographics, Kahala Elementary School records that the largest single group is Asian at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 25% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 11% White, 8% Pacific Islander. Compared to Honolulu County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Honolulu County's rate of about 42%.

Around the school, census data for Honolulu County shows median household income runs about $106,195, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Honolulu County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students), of which Kahala Elementary School is one.

Waialae Elementary - PCS 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.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Kahala Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 380 (now 273). Over the same period, the Asian share declined from 47% to 41%.

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