📍 74-5118 Kealakaa St, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii County, 96740
Kealakehe Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii County. The school has 842 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 16% of students are proficient in reading. 9% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kealakehe Elementary School enrolls 842 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 20% Two or more races and 20% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 383 | 45% |
| Two or more races | 170 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 169 | 20% |
| Asian | 65 | 7.7% |
| White | 54 | 6.4% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
546 of the school's 842 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 469 qualify for free lunch and 77 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kealakehe 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 3, state house district 6.
Kealakehe 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 842 students, Kealakehe Elementary 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
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