📍 1403 California Ave, Wahiawa, Honolulu County, 96786
Kamalani Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wahiawa, Honolulu County. The school has 156 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. It operates as a public charter school. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kamalani Academy enrolls 156 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 14 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 28% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 23% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 43 | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 38 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 23% |
| White | 27 | 17% |
| Asian | 9 | 5.8% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
75 of the school's 156 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 63 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kamalani Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district HI-20, state senate district 22, state house district 46.
Kamalani Academy is one of 295 schools in Hawaii Department of Education, based in Honolulu, Hawaii. The district serves 167,071 students district-wide and employs 11,983 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 156 students, Kamalani Academy is smaller than the district average of about 566 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large