📍 16-680 Keaau-Pahoa Rd, Keaau, Hawaii County, 96749
Keaau Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Keaau, Hawaii County. The school has 821 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Keaau Elementary School enrolls 821 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 54 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 29% Hispanic or Latino, 28% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 22% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 237 | 29% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 226 | 28% |
| Two or more races | 179 | 22% |
| Asian | 117 | 14% |
| White | 57 | 6.9% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
517 of the school's 821 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 463 qualify for free lunch and 54 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Keaau Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 3.
Keaau 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 821 students, Keaau 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: Rural - Distant
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