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If you could change one rule at Kaleiopuu Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
727
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 438
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION·NCES 150003000239
Kaleiopuu Elementary School
94-665 Kaaholo St, Waipahu, HI 96797 · (808) 675-0266 · Honolulu County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL727 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Hawaii public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Hawaii public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
348 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 49%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 110 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (110).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 79% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Strive HI 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
58.0%
HI avg 52.0%
Math
47.0%
HI avg 41.9%
What this means: On the Strive HI, Hawaii's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Hawaii schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
Source: Strive HI. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like Kaleiopuu Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaleiopuu Elementary School this school | 727 | 47.9% | N/A |
| Salt Lake Elementary School Honolulu | 643 | 49.0% | N/A |
| Kaimiloa Elementary School Ewa Beach | 677 | 55.8% | N/A |
| Honowai Elementary School Waipahu | 568 | 57.6% | N/A |
| Kahului Elementary School Kahului | 795 | 59.6% | N/A |
| Kapalama Elementary School Honolulu | 476 | 56.3% | N/A |
Matched among Hawaii elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kaleiopuu Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Hawaii | In Honolulu County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #105 of 178 | #81 of 124 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #81 of 178 | #68 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 727 | #17 of 183 | #9 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #122 of 164 | #88 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #132 of 164 | #91 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #105 of 179 | #63 of 125 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #73 of 141 | #52 of 101 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
727
-104 (-13%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 727 | 49 | 14.8:1 | 48% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 739 | 51 | 14.5:1 | 47% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 772 | 53 | 14.6:1 | 47% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 831 | 49 | 17.0:1 | 48% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 848 | 50 | 17.0:1 | 46% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 879 | 52 | 16.9:1 | 48% (422) |
| 2010-11 | 966 | 53 | 18.2:1 | 37% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 992 | 52 | 19.1:1 | 41% (411) |
| 1990-91 | 544 | 25 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kaleiopuu Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (848 to 727); teachers down 2% (50 to 49).
About Kaleiopuu Elementary School
Kaleiopuu Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Waipahu, Hawaii. It teaches 727 students in pre-K through 6. It has 66% more students than the average for elementary schools in Hawaii (about 438).
Hawaii Department of Education has a total of 296 schools and 167,071 students, Kaleiopuu Elementary School among them.
At Kaleiopuu Elementary School, 52% of students are Asian. After that, the student body is 18% multiracial, 14% Pacific Islander, and 14% Hispanic. Census figures show Honolulu County is about 42% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
Staffing at Kaleiopuu Elementary School comes to 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Hawaii average 13.8:1, 1.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Kaleiopuu Elementary School counts 48% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Kaleiopuu Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 56% of Hawaii public elementary schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Honolulu County show that the median household earns about $106,195 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Honolulu County has 187 public schools with about 111,011 students, including Kaleiopuu Elementary School.
About 0.5 miles separate Kaleiopuu Elementary School from the closest public school, Honowai Elementary School. The five-mile area around Kaleiopuu Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools.
NCES assigns Kaleiopuu Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Kaleiopuu Elementary School had a net loss of 104 students, or 13%. The school's ratio dropped from 17.0:1 to 14.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Honolulu County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,001,146
Census ACS
Median income
$106,195
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
111,011 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Kaleiopuu Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kaleiopuu Elementary School?
Kaleiopuu Elementary School enrolls approximately 727 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Kaleiopuu Elementary School serve?
Kaleiopuu Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Kaleiopuu Elementary School have?
Kaleiopuu Elementary School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kaleiopuu Elementary School?
At Kaleiopuu Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 14% Hispanic, 0% Black, 52% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is Kaleiopuu Elementary School public or private?
Kaleiopuu Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hawaii Department of Education.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.