📍 180 W Puainako St, Hilo, Hawaii County, 96720
Waiakea Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hilo, Hawaii County. The school has 789 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 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Waiakea Elementary School enrolls 789 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 53 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 31% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 30% Two or more races and 22% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 243 | 31% |
| Two or more races | 235 | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 174 | 22% |
| Asian | 106 | 13% |
| White | 31 | 3.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
438 of the school's 789 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 376 qualify for free lunch and 62 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Waiakea 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.
Waiakea 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 789 students, Waiakea 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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