Pomaikai Elementary School

Pomaikai Elementary School is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in Kahului, Hawaii, operated by Hawaii Department of Education, instructing 545 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 24% bigger than the typical public school in Hawaii, which averages around 438 students.

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

Demographically, Pomaikai Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is multiracial (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 23% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 12% Pacific Islander, 12% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Pomaikai Elementary School lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 26% of students at Pomaikai Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Maui County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the surrounding community, Maui County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,161 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Pomaikai Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Maui County (combined enrollment of about 19,695 students).

Maui Waena Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Pomaikai Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 595 students in 2018 compared to 545 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 29% to 23%.

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