Waipahu Elementary School

Waipahu Elementary School is a large elementary school serving families in Waipahu, Hawaii. It enrolls 827 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 6. That is 89% larger than the average of about 438 students for elementary schools in Hawaii.

Enrollment across the 296 schools in Hawaii Department of Education totals 167,071 students.

Pacific Islander students account for 43% of enrollment at Waipahu Elementary School, more than any other group. Other groups include 37% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Waipahu Elementary School scores 66%.

Its ratio of 12.5:1 is based on 66 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Hawaii average 13.8:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 73%. On average, public schools in Honolulu County report 42%.

Census data for Honolulu County show median household income comes to about $106,195, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 187 public schools in the county, enrolling about 111,011, Waipahu Elementary School among them.

Waipahu Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Waipahu Intermediate School, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Waipahu Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools.

The federal government classifies Waipahu Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.

A 20% decline took enrollment from 1,037 in 2017-18 to 827 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.5:1) than in 2017-18 (14.0:1).

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