Kualapuu School - Public Conversion Charter

Kualapuu School - Public Conversion Charter, a low-enrollment primary school in Kualapuu, Hawaii, operated by Hawaii Department of Education, instructs 291 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 34% below the typical public school in Hawaii, which averages around 438 students.

Across the 296 schools in Hawaii Department of Education (167,071 students total), Kualapuu School - Public Conversion Charter accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Kualapuu School - Public Conversion Charter reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Pacific Islander (89%). The remainder comes out to 3% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Kualapuu School - Public Conversion Charter tighter than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Maui County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the area at large, Maui County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,161, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Maui County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,695 students), of which Kualapuu School - Public Conversion Charter is one.

Nearest neighbor: Molokai Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Kualapuu School - Public Conversion Charter.

Kualapuu School - Public Conversion Charter operates from a rural location. Kualapuu School - Public Conversion Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Kualapuu School - Public Conversion Charter's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 325 (now 291). Asian enrollment moved from 6% to 2% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Kualapuu School - Public Conversion Charter community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.