Mililani Waena Elementary School

Mililani Waena Elementary School is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Mililani, Hawaii, part of Hawaii Department of Education, caters to 642 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 438 students per school, that is 47% bigger than typical.

Across the 296 schools in Hawaii Department of Education (167,071 students total), Mililani Waena Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Mililani Waena Elementary School reports that the largest single group is multiracial at 32%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 26% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 13% Pacific Islander, 6% White.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Mililani Waena Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Honolulu County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Honolulu County indicate median household earnings sit near $106,195, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Mililani Waena Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in Honolulu County (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mililani High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mililani Waena Elementary School.

Mililani Waena Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Mililani Waena Elementary School's enrollment has fell 18% since 2018, when it stood at 780 (now 642). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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