East Waikiki PS is located in the suburb of Cooloongup in the seaside City of Rockingham, approximately 45km south of Perth. The school zone is encompassed within Ennis Ave, Grange Dve, Goongarrie Dve, Read St and Gnangara Dve. East Waikiki was established in 1987, commencing operations with an enrolment of 36 part-time pre-primary students and 149 primary students, a total of 185. By 1997 the school had experienced remarkable growth and peaked at 999 students.