Kahului Elementary School

As a well-populated elementary-level community in Kahului, Hawaii, Kahului Elementary School enrolls 795 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Hawaii Department of Education. By comparison, Hawaii's public schools average about 438 students each, so Kahului Elementary School sits 82% larger than that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kahului Elementary School records that the largest single group is Asian at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 23% Pacific Islander, 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% White. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, Kahului Elementary School records 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Maui County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Maui County) records that median household income runs about $97,161, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Kahului Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Maui County (combined enrollment of about 19,695 students).

Maui High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kahului Elementary School has declined 19%, going from 976 students in 2018 to 795 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Kahului Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.