📍 1601 North School St, Honolulu, Honolulu County, 96817
Kapalama Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Honolulu, Honolulu County. The school has 518 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 46% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kapalama Elementary School enrolls 518 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Asian, 16% Two or more races and 11% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Asian | 321 | 62% |
| Two or more races | 81 | 16% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 58 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 55 | 11% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
303 of the school's 518 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 217 qualify for free lunch and 86 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.
Kapalama Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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-10, state senate district 14, state house district 29.
Kapalama 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 518 students, Kapalama 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: City - Large
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