Haaheo Elementary School

Haaheo Elementary School is an elementary school of micro-enrollment scale in Hilo, Hawaii, one of the schools within Hawaii Department of Education, instructing 122 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Hawaii's public schools average about 438 students each, so Haaheo Elementary School sits 72% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Hawaii Department of Education, which oversees 296 schools and 167,071 students, Haaheo Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Haaheo Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 25%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Pacific Islander, 22% multiracial, 18% White, 11% Asian. By comparison, Hawaii County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Haaheo Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hawaii County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,639 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Haaheo Elementary School is one of 55 public schools in Hawaii County (combined enrollment of about 27,129 students).

The closest other public school is Connections - New Century PCS, roughly 1.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Haaheo Elementary School has contracted 38%, going from 197 students in 2018 to 122 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 16% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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