Lihikai Elementary School

Lihikai Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Kahului, Hawaii. Enrollment totals 632 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Hawaii, the average enrollment is about 438.

Hawaii Department of Education has 167,071 students in 296 schools, and Lihikai Elementary School is one of those schools.

About 43% of students at Lihikai Elementary School are Asian, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 27% Pacific Islander, 17% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. Maui County's residents are about 28% Asian, 15 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.

For every teacher at Lihikai Elementary School, there are about 14.7 students; the school has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Hawaii, 13.8:1, is lower. There are 389 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 62% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Maui County is 51%.

Among Hawaii public elementary schools, Lihikai Elementary School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.

In the wider Maui County area, the median household earns about $97,161 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Lihikai Elementary School shares Maui County with 33 other public schools.

Lihikai Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Maui Waena Intermediate School, its nearest public school. Lihikai Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 827 to 632, a 24% decline.

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