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Pahoa Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pahoa, Hawaii County. The school has 377 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 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pahoa Elementary School enrolls 377 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 33% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 19% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 125 | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 119 | 32% |
| Two or more races | 71 | 19% |
| White | 35 | 9.3% |
| Asian | 24 | 6.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
300 of the school's 377 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 285 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pahoa 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 2, state house district 4.
Pahoa 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 377 students, Pahoa 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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