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Waiakeawaena Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hilo, Hawaii County. The school has 684 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 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Waiakeawaena Elementary School enrolls 684 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 51 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 31% Two or more races, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 23% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Two or more races | 213 | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 196 | 29% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 160 | 23% |
| Asian | 82 | 12% |
| White | 32 | 4.7% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
355 of the school's 684 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 285 qualify for free lunch and 70 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Waiakeawaena 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.
Waiakeawaena 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 684 students, Waiakeawaena 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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