Puu Kukui Elementary School

Puu Kukui Elementary School, an expansive elementary school in Wailuku, Hawaii, run under Hawaii Department of Education, educates 750 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 71% bigger than the typical public school in Hawaii, which averages around 438 students.

Hawaii Department of Education comprises 296 schools with combined enrollment of 167,071 students; Puu Kukui Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Puu Kukui Elementary School records that the largest single group is multiracial at 27%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 21% Pacific Islander, 21% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 11% White.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 34% of students at Puu Kukui Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Maui County's rate of about 51%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Maui County indicate median household income runs about $97,161, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Maui County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,695 students), Puu Kukui Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wailuku Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Puu Kukui Elementary School.

Puu Kukui Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Puu Kukui Elementary School has edged down 5%, going from 789 students in 2018 to 750 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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