Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS

Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS is one of the sizable K-12 campuss in Pahoa, Hawaii, overseen by Hawaii Department of Education, with 738 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. By comparison, Hawaii's public schools average about 412 students each, so Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS sits 79% bigger than that benchmark.

Hawaii Department of Education comprises 296 schools with combined enrollment of 167,071 students; Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS is among them.

Looking at the student body, Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS logs that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 22% Hispanic, 20% multiracial, 14% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Hawaii County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Hawaii County's rate of about 59%.

In the broader community, census data for Hawaii County shows median household earnings sit near $78,639, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Hawaii County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,129 students), of which Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pahoa Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS.

The campus sits in an outlying setting. As a public charter, Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 644 (now 738). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 17% to 22% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.