Manoa Elementary School

Set in Honolulu, Hawaii, Manoa Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus, overseen by Hawaii Department of Education. It hosts 518 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Hawaii Department of Education runs 296 schools in total, collectively educating 167,071 students. Manoa Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Manoa Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Asian (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 6% Pacific Islander, 4% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Manoa Elementary School shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Manoa Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Honolulu County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Honolulu County put the typical household earns roughly $106,195 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Manoa Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in Honolulu County (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students).

Noelani Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Manoa Elementary School.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 535 students in 2018 compared to 518 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked down from 53% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Manoa Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.