Mokulele Elementary School

Mokulele Elementary School is a modestly sized primary school in Honolulu, Hawaii, run under Hawaii Department of Education. The school instructs 210 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 438 students per school, that is 52% smaller than typical.

Hawaii Department of Education comprises 296 schools with combined enrollment of 167,071 students; Mokulele Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Mokulele Elementary School shows that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 10% Black, 8% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

Looking at school resources, Mokulele Elementary School reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Honolulu County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Honolulu County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,195, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Mokulele Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in Honolulu County (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students).

Admiral Chester W Nimitz Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Mokulele Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 33%: 314 students in 2018 compared to 210 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 34% across the same window.

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