Hakipuu Academy

Hakipuu Academy is one of the minimally staffed 9-12 campuss in Kaneohe, Hawaii, operated by Hawaii Department of Education, with 55 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 12. That puts it 95% leaner than the typical public school in Hawaii, which averages around 1,058 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Hakipuu Academy logs that 51% of students identify as Pacific Islander, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 25% Hispanic, 22% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Hakipuu Academy reports 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at Hakipuu Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, census data for Honolulu County shows median household income runs about $106,195, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Honolulu County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,011 students), of which Hakipuu Academy is one.

Kapunahala Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hakipuu Academy.

Hakipuu Academy operates from a bedroom-community location. Hakipuu Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Hakipuu Academy's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 63 (now 55). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 8% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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