Kulia Academy

Kulia Academy operates as a very small 6-8 campus in Honolulu, Hawaii, one of the schools within Hawaii Department of Education. Current enrollment sits at 98 students spanning grade 6. By comparison, Hawaii's public schools average about 665 students each, so Kulia Academy sits 85% smaller than that benchmark.

Kulia Academy is one of 296 schools operated by Hawaii Department of Education, a district that instructs 167,071 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Kulia Academy lists that the most-represented group is Asian (29%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% multiracial, 20% Pacific Islander, 16% Hispanic, 4% White. By comparison, Honolulu County as a whole is about 42% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully less Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 28.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.5:1 average. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Honolulu County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Honolulu County put the typical household earns roughly $106,195 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Kulia Academy is one of 187 public schools in Honolulu County (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students).

The closest other public school is Mayor Joseph J Fern Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Kulia Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.