Keolu Elementary School

Keolu Elementary School is one of the very small K-5 schools in Kailua, Hawaii, run under Hawaii Department of Education, with 125 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 71% smaller than the typical public school in Hawaii, which averages around 438 students.

Hawaii Department of Education runs 296 schools in total, collectively educating 167,071 students. Keolu Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Keolu Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Pacific Islander, 23% multiracial, 11% White, 9% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 9% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Keolu Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at Keolu Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, 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), Keolu Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Enchanted Lake Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Keolu Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 124 (now 125). Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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