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Makawao Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Makawao, Maui County. The school has 491 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 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Makawao Elementary School enrolls 491 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 27% Hispanic or Latino, 26% Two or more races and 23% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 131 | 27% |
| Two or more races | 130 | 26% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 111 | 23% |
| White | 100 | 20% |
| Asian | 19 | 3.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
256 of the school's 491 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 198 qualify for free lunch and 58 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.
Makawao Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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 12.
Makawao 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 491 students, Makawao Elementary School is close to the district average of about 566 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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