Pearl City Highlands School

Pearl City Highlands School operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in Pearl City, Hawaii, part of Hawaii Department of Education. Current enrollment sits at 515 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Pearl City Highlands School is one of 296 schools operated by Hawaii Department of Education, a district that caters to 167,071 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pearl City Highlands School logs that the most-represented group is Asian (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 27% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, 12% Pacific Islander, 2% White. That composition is broadly in line with Honolulu County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Honolulu County's rate of about 42%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Honolulu County indicate median household earnings sit near $106,195, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Honolulu County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students), of which Pearl City Highlands School is one.

Highlands Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Pearl City Highlands School's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 545 (now 515). Asian enrollment moved from 52% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.