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Hilo Intermediate School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Hilo, Hawaii County. The school has 473 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hilo Intermediate School enrolls 473 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 41 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 33% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 21% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 157 | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 134 | 28% |
| Two or more races | 98 | 21% |
| Asian | 43 | 9.1% |
| White | 36 | 7.6% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
298 of the school's 473 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 256 qualify for free lunch and 42 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 Intermediate 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 2.
Hilo Intermediate 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 473 students, Hilo Intermediate School is smaller than the district average of about 566 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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