📍 155 W Kawili St, Hilo, Hawaii County, 96720
Waiakea High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Hilo, Hawaii County. The school has 1,297 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 77% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 91%. The school offers 4 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Waiakea High School enrolls 1,297 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 77 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 28% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 23% Asian and 20% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 365 | 28% |
| Asian | 299 | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 256 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 244 | 19% |
| White | 128 | 9.9% |
| Black or African American | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
554 of the school's 1,297 students (43%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 440 qualify for free lunch and 114 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.
Waiakea High 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 High 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 1,297 students, Waiakea High 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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