Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Located at 1 Schofield Barracks, in Wahiawa, Hawaii, Sergeant Samuel K Solomon Elementary School is a sizable K-5 school that caters to 681 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Hawaii Department of Education. Compared to the state average of about 438 students per school, that is 55% bigger than typical.
Sergeant Samuel K Solomon Elementary School is one of 296 schools operated by Hawaii Department of Education, a district that serves 167,071 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Sergeant Samuel K Solomon Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 12% multiracial, 12% Black, 6% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Honolulu County as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 54 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 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Honolulu County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Honolulu County put 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%. Sergeant Samuel K Solomon Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in Honolulu County (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students).
Daniel K Inouye Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sergeant Samuel K Solomon Elementary School.
The school occupies a residential site.
Looking at the recent track record. Sergeant Samuel K Solomon Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 26% since 2018, when it stood at 920 (now 681). White enrollment moved from 39% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
