King David Kalakaua Middle School

King David Kalakaua Middle School is an intermediate school of mid-tier scale in Honolulu, Hawaii, run under Hawaii Department of Education, serveing 900 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 35% above the typical public school in Hawaii, which averages around 665 students.

Hawaii Department of Education runs 296 schools in total, collectively educating 167,071 students. King David Kalakaua Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, King David Kalakaua Middle School shows that the largest single group is Asian, at 62% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 25% Pacific Islander, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Honolulu County as a whole is about 42% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Honolulu County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, Honolulu County reports that 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. In all, Honolulu County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students), of which King David Kalakaua Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Kalihi Kai Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 1,075 students in 2018 compared to 900 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 67% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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