Puuhale Elementary School

Located at 345 Puuhale Rd, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Puuhale Elementary School is a compact primary school that works with 239 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Hawaii Department of Education. By comparison, Hawaii's public schools average about 438 students each, so Puuhale Elementary School sits 45% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Puuhale Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Pacific Islander (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Honolulu County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Honolulu County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $106,195 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Puuhale Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in Honolulu County (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kalihi Kai Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Puuhale Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 224 students in 2018 compared to 239 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share declined from 45% to 28%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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