Nuuanu Elementary School

Nuuanu Elementary School serves students in Honolulu, Hawaii, as a small elementary school. The school counted 314 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 28% below the 438-student average for elementary schools in Hawaii.

Hawaii Department of Education operates 296 schools. Combined enrollment is 167,071 students.

Of every 100 students at Nuuanu Elementary School, about 46 are Asian, the largest group. The school is also 31% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 5% Pacific Islander, and 5% White. Census estimates put Honolulu County at about 42% Asian, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.

Staffing at Nuuanu Elementary School comes to 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.3:1. It is about the same as the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Hawaii. On the income side, 14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 42% average for public schools in Honolulu County.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Honolulu County show that the median household earns about $106,195 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Honolulu County, 187 public schools serve about 111,011 students.

Of the public schools around it, Nuuanu Elementary School is closest to Maemae Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 10%, from 349 to 314.

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