Ernest Bowen DeSilva Elementary School
Hilo, HI · Middle School · Grades -1-6
Ernest Bowen DeSilva Elementary School is a middle school in Hilo, HI with 486 students enrolled and a 65% proficiency rate. Part of Hawaii Department of Education. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Ernest Bowen DeSilva Elementary School is a middle school located in Hilo, Hawaii. The school serves 486 students in grades -1-6. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.3:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 65% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Ernest Bowen DeSilva Elementary School is part of the Hawaii Department of Education in Hawaii.
How This School Compares
Ernest Bowen DeSilva Elementary School has 486 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Hawaii Department of Education (577 students). Its 65% proficiency rate is 14 percentage points above the district average of 51%. Compared to the Hawaii state average of 51%, the school performs 14 points higher. The 20.3:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ernest Bowen DeSilva Elementary School has 486 students enrolled in grades -1-6. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.3:1.
According to EDFacts data, 65% of students at Ernest Bowen DeSilva Elementary School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Ernest Bowen DeSilva Elementary School is part of the Hawaii Department of Education in Hilo, Hawaii. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.