Is Hawaiian Elementary a good school?

Hawaiian Elementary ranks 3325 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Hawaiian Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 281 students attended Hawaiian Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Hawaiian Elementary?

Students at Hawaiian Elementary are 62% Hispanic, 35% Two or more races, 2% White, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Hawaiian Elementary attend?

Students who attend Hawaiian Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle High : Artesia High

Hawaiian Elementary

Summary:

Hawaiian Elementary is a public elementary school located in Hawaiian Gardens, CA, serving grades K-6 with 293 students. It is part of the ABC Unified School District, which is ranked 414 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating.

Hawaiian Elementary faces significant challenges compared to its nearby counterparts and the district/state averages. The school has seen a dramatic increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 2.7% in 2018-2019 to 38.0% in 2021-2022, notably higher than the nearby Willow Elementary (31.3%) and Furgeson (Venn W.) Elementary (20.9%). Proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics at Hawaiian Elementary are consistently lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 38.41% of Hawaiian Elementary students were proficient or better in ELA End-of-Course, compared to 63.5% for the district and 47.04% for the state.

Despite these challenges, Hawaiian Elementary's English Language Learner and Migrant student subgroups demonstrate relatively stronger performance compared to their peers statewide. However, the school's high percentage of students (over 84%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage, may be a significant factor contributing to the overall lower performance. Addressing the root causes of the school's performance issues, particularly in the areas of attendance and socioeconomic status, could be a key focus for the school and ABC Unified School District moving forward.

Detail:

Public K-6

12350 East 226th St.
Hawaiian Gardens, CA 90716-1721

(562) 229-7865

District: ABC Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3325^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,456

Students who attend Hawaiian Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle
High:	Artesia High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.0

Number of students: 281

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

61.9%

Two or more races:

34.5%

White:

1.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 94%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Hawaiian Elementary ranks worse than 56.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 15^th among 19 ranked elementary schools in the ABC Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 37.54. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Hawaiian Elementary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the ABC Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (61.9%), two or more races (34.5%), Asian (1.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 94% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Hawaiian Elementary is 20, which is the 3^rd best among 19 elementary schools in the ABC Unified School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hawaiian Elementary is $7,456, which is the 2^nd highest among 19 elementary schools in the ABC Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Hawaiian Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Hawaiian Elementary 3325^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Hawaiian Elementary in the ranking list.)

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ABC Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks ABC Unified 414^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Hawaiian Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Hawaiian Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	14.37	4386^th	4809	8.8%
2005	12.86	4466^th	4822	7.4%
2006	14.54	4382^nd	4818	9.0%
2007	13.47	4748^th	5113	7.1%
2008	16.32	4571^st	5113	10.6%
2009	20.60	4373^rd	5193	15.8%
2010	21.03	4528^th	5314	14.8%
2011	17.78	4810^th	5377	10.5%
2012	15.26	4943^rd	5390	8.3%
2013	23.58	4489^th	5530	18.8%
2015	22.96	4333^rd	5611	22.8%
2016	30.87	3703^rd	5614	34.0%
2017	37.10	3306^th	5692	41.9%
2018	27.26	4050^th	5662	28.5%
2019	27.03	4185^th	5789	27.7%
2022	23.46	4500^th	5883	23.5%
2023	29.63	3924^th	5874	33.2%
2024	37.54	3325^th	5862	43.3%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Hawaiian Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	1.59	603^rd	610	1.1%
2023	8.47	631^st	669	5.7%
2024	8.42	626^th	669	6.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Hawaiian Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	57.45	955^th	3246	70.6%
2019	55.41	986^th	3275	69.9%
2022	56.93	890^th	3311	73.1%
2023	35.62	2113^th	3250	35.0%
2024	54.80	946^th	3160	70.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Hawaiian Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.12	3077^th	5084	39.5%
2019	33.14	3629^th	5173	29.8%
2022	32.05	3671^st	5264	30.3%
2023	40.36	3037^th	5374	43.5%
2024	48.31	2502^nd	5511	54.6%

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Rank History for Migrant students at Hawaiian Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	59.86	23^rd	68	66.2%
2024	75.98	8^th	74	89.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Hawaiian Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.39	4139^th	5413	23.5%
2019	20.35	4592^nd	5492	16.4%
2022	22.46	4459^th	5635	20.9%
2023	30.50	3710^th	5617	34.0%
2024	34.35	3461^st	5605	38.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Hawaiian Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.66	3570^th	5431	34.3%
2019	32.98	3548^th	5510	35.6%
2022	26.03	4130^th	5663	27.1%
2023	29.51	3822^nd	5650	32.4%
2024	41.07	2997^th	5636	46.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Hawaiian Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.04	3140^th	4830	35.0%
2019	32.69	3505^th	4963	29.4%
2022	35.54	3253^rd	5084	36.0%
2023	43.16	2668^th	5098	47.7%
2024	53.35	2040^th	5102	60.0%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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by a parent
Monday, February 29, 2016

This is the worst principal that I have encountered. She tries to tell parents what she knows about your child is better than what you know. She also doesn't feel that she needs to do what is required of her as a principal. As far as the school rules are concerned, she does nothing when they are violated. When phone calls are made to the school, the administrative people are poor in relaying the message. If you do not push and advocate for your child, then your child just becomes a dollar sign to them. Would not recommend them at all!!!! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Hawaiian Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	114	1	22	419	0	n/a	n/a	0	556
1989	103	2	15	451	1	n/a	n/a	0	572
1990	87	10	15	492	0	n/a	n/a	0	604
1991	76	9	14	507	0	n/a	n/a	0	606
1992	81	16	13	492	0	n/a	n/a	0	602
1993	68	13	6	457	1	n/a	n/a	0	545
1994	70	13	15	475	3	n/a	n/a	0	576
1995	81	15	17	507	4	n/a	n/a	0	624
1996	81	15	17	507	4	n/a	n/a	0	624
1997	88	12	20	505	4	n/a	n/a	0	629
1998	72	7	22	563	3	n/a	n/a	0	667
1999	55	7	16	626	2	n/a	n/a	0	706
2000	58	12	21	634	3	n/a	n/a	0	728
2001	47	18	23	678	3	n/a	n/a	0	769
2002	33	13	17	677	0	n/a	n/a	0	740
2003	33	13	17	677	0	n/a	n/a	0	740
2004	19	5	12	674	0	n/a	n/a	2	712
2005	7	1	10	617	0	n/a	n/a	6	641
2006	8	5	4	551	2	n/a	n/a	8	578
2007	8	4	9	532	0	n/a	n/a	5	558
2008	3	3	8	510	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	524
2009	11	1	8	507	0	0	3	0	530
2010	9	1	7	467	2	2	1	0	489
2011	8	4	8	464	0	2	2	0	488
2012	10	4	4	464	1	4	1	0	488
2013	9	3	2	465	8	4	1	0	492
2014	8	3	2	415	7	4	0	0	439
2015	7	1	2	412	5	5	4	0	436
2016	9	3	3	383	3	5	5	0	411
2017	7	2	5	372	5	1	5	0	397
2018	5	0	4	335	4	1	19	0	368
2019	0	0	4	297	4	1	42	0	348
2020	0	0	3	238	2	2	78	0	323
2021	0	1	0	200	2	2	92	0	297
2022	1	1	1	165	1	1	120	0	290
2023	3	1	2	171	1	0	115	0	293
2024	5	0	5	174	0	0	97	0	281

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Hawaiian Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	556	21.5	25.8	n/a
1989	572	21.0	27.2	n/a
1990	604	21.0	28.7	n/a
1991	606	22.3	27.1	n/a
1992	602	22.7	26.5	90.5
1993	545	21.0	26.0	89.5
1994	576	19.5	29.5	93.1
1995	624	25.5	24.5	93.3
1996	624	25.5	24.5	93.3
1997	629	22.5	28.0	90.5
1998	667	35.0	19.1	94.8
1999	706	35.5	19.9	93.8
2000	728	33.0	22.1	91.5
2001	769	37.9	20.3	98.3
2002	740	35.3	21.0	97.8
2003	740	35.3	21.0	97.8
2004	712	35.3	20.2	98.5
2005	641	31.5	20.3	95.3
2006	578	29.0	19.9	95.6
2007	558	27.0	20.7	95.7
2008	524	30.0	17.5	94.5
2009	530	26.0	18.9	94.7
2010	489	25.0	19.5	93.9
2011	488	n/a	n/a	94.9
2012	488	20.3	24.0	n/a
2013	492	24.0	20.5	99.4
2014	439	18.0	24.3	97
2015	436	18.0	24.2	97.5
2016	411	17.0	24.1	97.1
2017	397	16.0	24.8	97
2018	368	14.0	26.2	96.5
2019	348	14.0	24.8	94.3
2020	323	n/a	n/a	96.3
2021	297	14.0	21.2	84.8
2022	290	14.0	20.7	85.2
2023	293	15.0	19.5	84.6
2024	281	14.0	20.0	94

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Hawaiian Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	556	21.5	25.8	n/a
1989	572	21.0	27.2	n/a
1990	604	21.0	28.7	n/a
1991	606	22.3	27.1	n/a
1992	602	22.7	26.5	90.5
1993	545	21.0	26.0	89.5
1994	576	19.5	29.5	93.1
1995	624	25.5	24.5	93.3
1996	624	25.5	24.5	93.3
1997	629	22.5	28.0	90.5
1998	667	35.0	19.1	94.8
1999	706	35.5	19.9	93.8
2000	728	33.0	22.1	91.5
2001	769	37.9	20.3	98.3
2002	740	35.3	21.0	97.8
2003	740	35.3	21.0	97.8
2004	712	35.3	20.2	98.5
2005	641	31.5	20.3	95.3
2006	578	29.0	19.9	95.6
2007	558	27.0	20.7	95.7
2008	524	30.0	17.5	94.5
2009	530	26.0	18.9	94.7
2010	489	25.0	19.5	93.9
2011	488	n/a	n/a	94.9
2012	488	20.3	24.0	n/a
2013	492	24.0	20.5	99.4
2014	439	18.0	24.3	97
2015	436	18.0	24.2	97.5
2016	411	17.0	24.1	97.1
2017	397	16.0	24.8	97
2018	368	14.0	26.2	96.5
2019	348	14.0	24.8	94.3
2020	323	n/a	n/a	96.3
2021	297	14.0	21.2	84.8
2022	290	14.0	20.7	85.2
2023	293	15.0	19.5	84.6
2024	281	14.0	20.0	94

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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