Pauoa Elementary School

Pauoa Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in Honolulu, Hawaii, run under Hawaii Department of Education. Current enrollment sits at 348 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% leaner than the state mean of about 438.

Within Hawaii Department of Education, which oversees 296 schools and 167,071 students, Pauoa Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Pauoa Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Asian (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 24% Pacific Islander, 24% multiracial, 17% Hispanic, 2% White. That is visibly less Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the resource side, On paper, Pauoa Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Honolulu County) logs that median household income runs about $106,195, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Pauoa Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in Honolulu County (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students).

The closest other public school is Prince David Kawananakoa Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 22%: 285 students in 2018 compared to 348 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked up from 23% to 32% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.