Kealakehe Elementary School

Kealakehe Elementary School is a primary school of big scale in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, part of Hawaii Department of Education, instructing 924 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Hawaii's public schools average about 438 students each, so Kealakehe Elementary School sits 111% above that benchmark.

Across the 296 schools in Hawaii Department of Education (167,071 students total), Kealakehe Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Kealakehe Elementary School records that 48% of students identify as Pacific Islander, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 20% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 8% Asian, 6% White.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Kealakehe Elementary School has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Hawaii County's rate of about 59%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hawaii County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,639 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Hawaii County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,129 students), of which Kealakehe Elementary School is one.

Kealakehe Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kealakehe Elementary School has decreased 6%, going from 986 students in 2018 to 924 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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