📍 1500 Kalanianaole Ave, Hilo, Hawaii County, 96720
Ka Umeke Kaeo - PCS is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Hilo, Hawaii County. The school has 263 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ka Umeke Kaeo - PCS enrolls 263 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 161 | 61% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 63 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 11% |
| White | 7 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
179 of the school's 263 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 154 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ka Umeke Kaeo - PCS 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 1, state house district 2.
Ka Umeke Kaeo - PCS 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 263 students, Ka Umeke Kaeo - PCS 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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