📍 1710 Kaumana Dr, Hilo, Hawaii County, 96720
Kaumana Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hilo, Hawaii County. The school has 240 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kaumana Elementary School enrolls 240 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 48% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 17 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 37% Hispanic or Latino, 28% Two or more races and 26% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 89 | 37% |
| Two or more races | 66 | 28% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 62 | 26% |
| White | 12 | 5% |
| Asian | 10 | 4.2% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
125 of the school's 240 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 107 qualify for free lunch and 18 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kaumana Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
Kaumana 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 240 students, Kaumana 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 - Fringe
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