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Chiefess Kapiolani Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hilo, Hawaii County. The school has 375 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Chiefess Kapiolani Elementary School enrolls 375 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 24% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 141 | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 99 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 89 | 24% |
| Asian | 36 | 9.6% |
| White | 10 | 2.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
266 of the school's 375 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 247 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Chiefess Kapiolani Elementary 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.
Chiefess Kapiolani 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 375 students, Chiefess Kapiolani 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: Town - Remote
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