📍 74-5000 Puohulihuli St, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii County, 96740
Kealakehe High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii County. The school has 1,450 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 76%. The school offers 11 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kealakehe High School enrolls 1,450 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 81 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 19% White and 16% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 586 | 40% |
| White | 274 | 19% |
| Asian | 231 | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 217 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 134 | 9.2% |
| Black or African American | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
694 of the school's 1,450 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 590 qualify for free lunch and 104 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.
Kealakehe High 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 3, state house district 6.
Kealakehe High 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 1,450 students, Kealakehe High 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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