📍 73-4500 Kahilihili St, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii County, 96740
West Hawaii Explorations Academy is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii County. The school has 274 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 84%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
West Hawaii Explorations Academy enrolls 274 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 18% Two or more races and 15% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 121 | 44% |
| Two or more races | 50 | 18% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 42 | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 15% |
| Asian | 16 | 5.8% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
114 of the school's 274 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 85 qualify for free lunch and 29 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
West Hawaii Explorations Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). It operates as a public charter school. 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.
West Hawaii Explorations Academy 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 274 students, West Hawaii Explorations Academy 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 - Fringe
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