President Thomas Jefferson Elementary School

As a cozy elementary campus in Honolulu, Hawaii, President Thomas Jefferson Elementary School enrolls 346 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Hawaii Department of Education. By comparison, Hawaii's public schools average about 438 students each, so President Thomas Jefferson Elementary School sits 21% below that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, President Thomas Jefferson Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Asian (25%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 24% multiracial, 19% Hispanic, 18% Pacific Islander, 13% White. That is visibly less Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, President Thomas Jefferson Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 56% of students at President Thomas Jefferson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Honolulu County's rate of about 42%.

Around the school, census data for Honolulu County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,195 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Honolulu County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students), of which President Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 380 students in 2018 compared to 346 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 34% to 25% across the same window.

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