📍 30 Ailoa St, Kaunakakai, Maui County, 96748
Kaunakakai Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kaunakakai, Maui County. The school has 257 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kaunakakai Elementary School enrolls 257 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 21 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 19% Two or more races and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 166 | 65% |
| Two or more races | 48 | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 12% |
| Asian | 10 | 3.9% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
192 of the school's 257 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 160 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kaunakakai Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 7, state house district 13.
Kaunakakai 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 257 students, Kaunakakai 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: Rural - Remote
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