Hawaiian Elementary

Hawaiian Avenue Elementary School is an urban primary school located in Wilmington, California. Founded in 1942, Hawaiian Ave School is part of Local District 8 of the Los Angeles Unified School District, offering services to pre-kindergarten through 5th grade students under a four-track 90/30 school calendar. The school's mission is to foster and encourage academic, emotional, and social development so that all students may achieve their full potential and have equal access to higher education. The school also has various programs and facilities to help enhance the student's overall experience at school, including a modern Library, a Computer Lab, L.A.'s Best, Ready Set Go Program, and a S.R.L.D.P. program.

Rankings

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report, the school has an API score of 696, which corresponds to a state rank of 3 (1 is the worst, 10 is the best. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school’s or school district’s performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2006).

School Statistics

97% of the school's teachers have full teaching credentials. They also compile an average of 12 years in teaching experience, and 12 average years teaching in the district. Only 2% of the faculty are first year teachers...the school's average class size is 21 for kindergarten, 19 for grade 1, 20 for grade 2, 18 for grade 3, 27 for grade 4, and 34 for grade 5.

The Students per paraprofessional staff ratio is 77, the Students per office/clerical staff ratio is 215, while the Students per other classified staff ratio is 134...majority of the school's population are of Hispanic or Latino descent (98%). The rest of the students are African Americans (approx 2%), White, Pacific Islander, Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Filipino.