Palolo Elementary School

As a compact elementary campus in Honolulu, Hawaii, Palolo Elementary School educates 248 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Hawaii Department of Education. By comparison, Hawaii's public schools average about 438 students each, so Palolo Elementary School sits 43% smaller than that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Palolo Elementary School logs that nearly all students (83%) are Pacific Islander. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 90% of students are eligible 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Honolulu County put median household earnings sit near $106,195, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Palolo Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in Honolulu County (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students).

William P Jarrett Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Palolo Elementary School.

Palolo Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palolo Elementary School has contracted 10%, going from 277 students in 2018 to 248 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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