📍 86-4355 Mamalahoa Hwy, Captain Cook, Hawaii County, 96704
Hookena Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Captain Cook, Hawaii County. The school has 121 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hookena Elementary School enrolls 121 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 20% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 46 | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 29 | 24% |
| White | 24 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 17% |
| Asian | 2 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
75 of the school's 121 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 62 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hookena Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 3, state house district 5.
Hookena Elementary 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 121 students, Hookena Elementary 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: Rural - Remote
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