Waiau Elementary School

Waiau Elementary School is an elementary school located in Pearl City, Hawaii, in Honolulu County. The school enrolls 498 students, from pre-K through 6.

A total of 296 schools make up Hawaii Department of Education, with 167,071 students enrolled.

The most common group at Waiau Elementary School is multiracial students, at 29%. Other groups include 29% Pacific Islander, 25% Hispanic, and 15% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at the school number 34 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.7:1. This ratio sits 0.8 above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Hawaii. Roughly 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 42% for public schools in Honolulu County.

Measured against Hawaii public elementary schools, Waiau Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

County data help place the school in context: in Honolulu County, the median household income is $106,195, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Honolulu County is home to 187 public schools and about 111,011 public school students.

Nearest public school: Highlands Intermediate School, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment grew 5% from its 2020-21 level of 476.

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