Keaukaha Elementary School

Keaukaha Elementary School is a K-5 school of intimate scale in Hilo, Hawaii, part of Hawaii Department of Education, works with 341 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Hawaii, which averages around 438 students.

Keaukaha Elementary School is one of 296 schools operated by Hawaii Department of Education, a district that teaches 167,071 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Keaukaha Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Pacific Islander, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 12% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Keaukaha Elementary School reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hawaii County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hawaii County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,639 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Hawaii County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,129 students), of which Keaukaha Elementary School is one.

Ka Umeke Kaeo - PCS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Keaukaha Elementary School's enrollment has fell 18% since 2018, when it stood at 416 (now 341). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 21% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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