Lanai High & Elementary School

Lanai High & Elementary School is a reasonably sized multi-level school in Lanai City, Hawaii, overseen by Hawaii Department of Education. The school works with 579 students in grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Hawaii's public schools average about 412 students each, so Lanai High & Elementary School sits 41% bigger than that benchmark.

Lanai High & Elementary School is one of 296 schools operated by Hawaii Department of Education, a district that caters to 167,071 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lanai High & Elementary School reports that 31% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 25% multiracial, 24% Pacific Islander, 16% Hispanic, 3% White. Compared to Maui County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting Lanai High & Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Maui County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,161 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Maui County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,695 students), Lanai High & Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Kilohana Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 17.1 miles from this campus.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lanai High & Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 571 students in 2018 to 579 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 44% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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