County / FIPS 15007
Kauai County
Hawaii
Kauai County runs 21 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 3 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
21
Hospitals
3
With a star rating
1
Land area
620
Kauai County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
73,731
Median household income
$97,668
Poverty rate
9.1%
Unemployment rate
3.8%
Median home value
$873,200
Median gross rent
$1,870
Bachelor's degree or higher
30.1%
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Kauai County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$654.7M
Per resident
$8,933
Change since FY2021
−7%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $706M |
| 2022 | $532M |
| 2023 | $644M |
| 2024 | $677M |
| 2025 | $655M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Kauai County ranks 730th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Kauai County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Wilcox Memorial Hospital | Lihue | |
| Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital | Waimea | Not rated |
| Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital | Kapaa | Not rated |
Public schools in Kauai County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaka'I O Kaua'I Charter School | Hawaii Department of Education | Koloa | 201 |
| Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School | Hawaii Department of Education | Lihue | 808 |
| Eleele Elementary School | Hawaii Department of Education | Eleele | 408 |
| Elsie H Wilcox Elementary School | Hawaii Department of Education | Lihue | 731 |
| Hanalei Elementary School | Hawaii Department of Education | Hanalei | 192 |
| Kalaheo Elementary School | Hawaii Department of Education | Kalaheo | 399 |
| Kanuikapono - Pcs | Hawaii Department of Education | Anahola | 203 |
| Kapaa Elementary School | Hawaii Department of Education | Kapaa | 839 |
| Kapaa High School | Hawaii Department of Education | Kapaa | 1,005 |
| Kapaa Middle School | Hawaii Department of Education | Kapaa | 575 |
| Kauai High School | Hawaii Department of Education | Lihue | 1,108 |
| Kawaikini - Ncpcs | Hawaii Department of Education | Lihue | 151 |
| Ke Kula Niihau O Kekaha Learning Center | Hawaii Department of Education | Kekaha | 50 |
| Kekaha Elementary School | Hawaii Department of Education | Kekaha | 337 |
| Kilauea Elementary School | Hawaii Department of Education | Kilauea | 270 |
| King Kaumualii Elementary School | Hawaii Department of Education | Lihue | 549 |
| Koloa Elementary School | Hawaii Department of Education | Koloa | 342 |
| Waimea Canyon Middle School | Hawaii Department of Education | Waimea | 477 |
| Waimea High School | Hawaii Department of Education | Waimea | 767 |
| Kula Aupuni Niihau A Kahelelani Aloha - Ncpcs | Hawaii Department of Education | Kekaha | 46 |
| Niihau High & Elementary School | Hawaii Department of Education | Waimea | 17 |