📍 556 Waianuenue Ave, Hilo, Hawaii County, 96720
Hilo High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Hilo, Hawaii County. The school has 1,317 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. 75% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 83%. The school offers 3 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hilo High School enrolls 1,317 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 78 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 16% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 565 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 242 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 207 | 16% |
| Asian | 204 | 15% |
| White | 96 | 7.3% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
680 of the school's 1,317 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 594 qualify for free lunch and 86 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hilo High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 1, state house district 1.
Hilo High School 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 1,317 students, Hilo High School is larger than the district average of about 566 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote