Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS

Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS is a school serving multiple grade levels located in Kamuela, Hawaii, in Hawaii County. Federal data show 696 students enrolled in kindergarten through 12 in 2024-25. Combined schools in Hawaii average about 412 students, which makes this school 69% larger than average.

Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS belongs to Hawaii Department of Education, a district of 296 schools and 167,071 students.

The largest group at Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS is Pacific Islander students, at 62%. Smaller groups are 22% White, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% Native American. The diversity index for Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS has 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.1:1. The school's 14.1:1 compares with an average of 12.4:1 for combined schools in Hawaii. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 57%. Public schools in Hawaii County average a similar 59%.

In the surrounding county, Hawaii County, the median household earns about $78,639 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS, Hawaii County has 55 public schools.

About 1.1 miles separate Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS from the closest public school, Waimea Middle - PCCS. Other public schools within five miles: 2.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant. Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS is one of the charter schools in Hawaii.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 696, compared with 627 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.4 to 14.1 over 4 years.

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