Nanakuli High & Intermediate School

As an average-sized high school in Waianae, Hawaii, Nanakuli High & Intermediate School teaches 928 students from grades 7 through 12, part of Hawaii Department of Education.

Hawaii Department of Education comprises 296 schools with combined enrollment of 167,071 students; Nanakuli High & Intermediate School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Nanakuli High & Intermediate School reports that 63% of the student body identifies as Pacific Islander. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Asian.

On the resource side, The school reports having 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Honolulu County's rate of about 42%.

Across the wider county, census data for Honolulu County shows median household earnings sit near $106,195, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Honolulu County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students), Nanakuli High & Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Nanakuli Elementary 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 High & Intermediate School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 1,032 students in 2018 compared to 928 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 6% to 19% over that span.

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