Kalaheo High School

Kalaheo High School is a high school of low-enrollment scale in Kailua, Hawaii, run under Hawaii Department of Education, caters to 874 students in grades 9 through 12.

Hawaii Department of Education comprises 296 schools with combined enrollment of 167,071 students; Kalaheo High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kalaheo High School records that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 18% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 10% Pacific Islander, 7% Asian. By comparison, Honolulu County as a whole is about 18% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Kalaheo High School records 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting Kalaheo High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Honolulu County (around 42%), the school's rate is south of typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Honolulu County indicate median household income runs about $106,195, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Kalaheo High School is one of 187 public schools in Honolulu County (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students).

Kainalu Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 8%: 808 students in 2018 compared to 874 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 40% to 46%.

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