Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary School

Set in Honolulu, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary School is a modestly sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Hawaii Department of Education. It instructs 371 students across grades pre-K through 6.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 19% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 10% Black, 5% Asian. By comparison, Honolulu County as a whole is about 18% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Honolulu County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Honolulu County shows median household earnings sit near $106,195, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Harbor Kai Elementary School is one.

Mokulele Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary School has decreased 19%, going from 457 students in 2018 to 371 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 35% to 44% over that span.

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