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Keaukaha Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hilo, Hawaii County. The school has 369 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 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 19% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Keaukaha Elementary School enrolls 369 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 30% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 208 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 111 | 30% |
| Two or more races | 44 | 12% |
| White | 4 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
250 of the school's 369 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 224 qualify for free lunch and 26 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Keaukaha 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.
Keaukaha 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 369 students, Keaukaha 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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