Kamalani Academy

Set in Wahiawa, Hawaii, Kamalani Academy is an one-room-style elementary-level community, part of Hawaii Department of Education. It enrolls 110 students across grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 438 students per school, that is 75% below typical.

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

On demographics, Kamalani Academy lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 19% Pacific Islander, 17% multiracial, 16% White, 6% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 41% of students at Kamalani Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, census data for Honolulu County shows median household income runs about $106,195, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kamalani Academy is one of 187 public schools in Honolulu County (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students).

Leilehua High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting. Kamalani Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 62%: 286 students in 2018 compared to 110 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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