Nanakuli Elementary School

Set in Waianae, Hawaii, Nanakuli Elementary School is a mid-tier K-5 school, overseen by Hawaii Department of Education. It enrolls 384 students across grades pre-K through 6.

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

Looking at the student body, Nanakuli Elementary School shows that Pacific Islander students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school records 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Nanakuli Elementary School shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Honolulu County's rate of about 42%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Honolulu County) records that the typical household earns roughly $106,195 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Honolulu County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students), of which Nanakuli Elementary School is one.

Nanakuli High & Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Nanakuli Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nanakuli Elementary School has edged down 11%, going from 430 students in 2018 to 384 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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