Kalihi Elementary School

Kalihi Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Honolulu, Hawaii, part of Hawaii Department of Education. Current enrollment sits at 183 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Hawaii's public schools average about 438 students each, so Kalihi Elementary School sits 58% leaner than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Kalihi Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Pacific Islander at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 21% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial.

On the resource side, Kalihi Elementary School shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Honolulu County's rate of about 42%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Honolulu County indicate median household earnings sit near $106,195, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Honolulu County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students), Kalihi Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Kalihi Uka Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Kalihi Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 226 (now 183). Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 31% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

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