Niihau High & Elementary School

Niihau High & Elementary School is a small combined-grade school in Waimea, Hawaii, under Hawaii Department of Education. The school had 13 students in pre-K through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for combined schools in Hawaii is about 412, so this school runs 97% smaller than that.

Hawaii Department of Education runs Niihau High & Elementary School along with 295 other schools, enrolling 167,071 students in total.

Niihau High & Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 100% Pacific Islander.

The school reported 1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.0:1. Combined schools in Hawaii average about 12.4:1, a similar figure. Eligible students account for 69% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That is 22 points above the 47% average for public schools in Kauai County.

According to the American Community Survey, in Kauai County, median household income is about $97,668, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Niihau High & Elementary School is one of 22 public schools in Kauai County, which together enroll about 9,236 students.

The shortest distance from Niihau High & Elementary School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Waimea High School. The five-mile area around Niihau High & Elementary School holds 5 other public schools.

Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.

A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 13%, from 15 to 13. The ratio of students to teachers went from 7.5:1 to 13.0:1 over the same years.

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