Waialae Elementary - PCS

Waialae Elementary - PCS is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Honolulu, Hawaii, run under Hawaii Department of Education, with 495 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Waialae Elementary - PCS logs that 38% of students identify as multiracial, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 30% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 11% White, 7% Pacific Islander.

In terms of school funding signals, Waialae Elementary - PCS records 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Waialae Elementary - PCS tighter than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Honolulu County (around 42%), the school's rate is south of typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Honolulu County indicate the typical household earns roughly $106,195 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Honolulu County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students), of which Waialae Elementary - PCS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kahala Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site. Waialae Elementary - PCS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waialae Elementary - PCS has decreased 4%, going from 517 students in 2018 to 495 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 40% to 30% across the same window.

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