📍 4886 Kawaihau Rd, Kapaa, Kauai County, 96746
Kapaa Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kapaa, Kauai County. The school has 839 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 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kapaa Elementary School enrolls 839 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 52 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 30% Two or more races, 28% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 21% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Two or more races | 253 | 30% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 233 | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 173 | 21% |
| White | 93 | 11% |
| Asian | 86 | 10% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
481 of the school's 839 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 420 qualify for free lunch and 61 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kapaa 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 8, state house district 14.
Kapaa 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 839 students, Kapaa 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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