📍 16-725 Keaau-Pahoa Rd, Keaau, Hawaii County, 96749
Keaau High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Keaau, Hawaii County. The school has 1,046 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 92%. The school offers 5 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Keaau High School enrolls 1,046 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 66 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 33% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 15% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 340 | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 259 | 25% |
| Asian | 155 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 153 | 15% |
| White | 124 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 8 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
760 of the school's 1,046 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 678 qualify for free lunch and 82 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 High 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 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 1,046 students, Keaau 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: Rural - Distant