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Waiakea Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

180 West Puainako St

Hilo HI, 96720, Hawaii County

Phone: 808-981-7215

Ranking:

(104 out of 246, top 42%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Hawaii Department of Education

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	46		50		49		49		49		51		50
Total Students:	883		858		847		844		847		888		865
Prekindergarten:	6	0.7%	8	0.9%	10	1.2%	5	0.6%	7	0.8%	6	0.7%	7	0.8%
Kindergarten:	155	17.6%	142	16.6%	133	15.7%	122	14.5%	123	14.5%	136	15.3%	146	16.9%
Grade 1:	146	16.5%	133	15.5%	123	14.5%	135	16.0%	135	15.9%	151	17.0%	146	16.9%
Grade 2:	141	16.0%	130	15.2%	142	16.8%	134	15.9%	153	18.1%	152	17.1%	144	16.6%
Grade 3:	142	16.1%	144	16.8%	140	16.5%	155	18.4%	148	17.5%	150	16.9%	143	16.5%
Grade 4:	149	16.9%	142	16.6%	152	17.9%	148	17.5%	138	16.3%	146	16.4%	142	16.4%
Grade 5:	144	16.3%	159	18.5%	147	17.4%	145	17.2%	143	16.9%	147	16.6%	137	15.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	430	48.7%	414	48.3%	424	50.1%	435	51.5%	422	49.8%	434	48.9%	446	51.6%
Female:	453	51.3%	444	51.7%	423	49.9%	409	48.5%	417	49.2%	446	50.2%	415	48.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	3	0.3%	5	0.6%
Asian:	217	24.6%	241	28.1%	256	30.2%	285	33.8%	694	81.9%	717	80.7%	691	79.9%
Hispanic:	126	14.3%	82	9.6%	52	6.1%	27	3.2%	30	3.5%	34	3.8%	33	3.8%
Black:	3	0.3%	4	0.5%	5	0.6%	4	0.5%	5	0.6%	6	0.7%	6	0.7%
White:	51	5.8%	63	7.3%	75	8.9%	65	7.7%	118	13.9%	128	14.4%	130	15.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	313	35.4%	333	38.8%	357	42.1%	355	42.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	173	19.6%	135	15.7%	101	11.9%	107	12.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	437	49.5%	387	45.1%	369	43.6%	366	43.4%	309	36.5%	338	38.1%	302	34.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	61	6.9%	75	8.7%	93	11.0%	72	8.5%	86	10.2%	85	9.6%	82	9.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.20		17.16		17.29		17.22		17.29		17.40		17.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSA
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	N/A	30.1%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	N/A	48.2%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	52%	53%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	50%	48%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	N/A	59%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	N/A	63%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	N/A	66%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	N/A	50.3%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	N/A	60.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	65%	62%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	72%	62%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	N/A	69%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	N/A	66%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	N/A	70%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	30%	N/A	32.5%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	47%	N/A	47.7%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	40%	42%	49%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	54%	61%	50%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	48%	N/A	50%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A	61%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63%	N/A	63%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55%	N/A	58.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51%	N/A	53.6%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	73%	61%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	75%	62%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	N/A	64%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	N/A	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	72%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	57%	N/A	43%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	54%	N/A	44%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	26%	N/A	24.1%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	28%	N/A	39.8%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	39%	56%	44%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	42%	25%	46%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	51%	N/A	47%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63%	N/A	57%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A	62%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46%	N/A	43.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57%	N/A	60.4%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53%	66%	57%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64%	25%	61%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A	64%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71%	N/A	67%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	N/A	70%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Waiakea Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.