Pohakea Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Pohakea Elementary School works with 493 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under Hawaii Department of Education.

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

On demographics, Pohakea Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Asian (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 22% multiracial, 21% Pacific Islander, 19% Hispanic, 5% White. That is noticeably less Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Honolulu County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Honolulu County indicate the typical household earns roughly $106,195 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Honolulu County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students), of which Pohakea Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is James Campbell High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pohakea Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Pohakea Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 526 (now 493). Class-load math has tightened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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