📍 200 W Puainako St, Hilo, Hawaii County, 96720
Waiakea Intermediate School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Hilo, Hawaii County. The school has 774 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 24% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Waiakea Intermediate School enrolls 774 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 56 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 27% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 23% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 207 | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 196 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 176 | 23% |
| Asian | 149 | 19% |
| White | 45 | 5.8% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
405 of the school's 774 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 317 qualify for free lunch and 88 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 Intermediate 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 Intermediate 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 774 students, Waiakea Intermediate 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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