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About this school
Barbers Point Elementary School is
a rural public school
in Kapolei, Hawaii that is part of Leeward Oahu School District.
It serves 522 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
Its teachers have had 201 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
32%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.
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Barbers Point Elementary School
$136,413
raised using DonorsChoose
201
projects
funded
71
teachers
funded
282
donors
19
projects
for
basic supplies
24
projects for
technology
25
projects for
books
13
projects
for
art supplies
Barbers Point Elementary School has received support from
163 individuals from Hawaii and
119 individuals out-of-state.