Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS

Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS operates as a roomy multi-level school in Kamuela, Hawaii, one of the schools within Hawaii Department of Education. Current enrollment sits at 696 students spanning grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 69% above the state mean of about 412.

Hawaii Department of Education runs 296 schools in total, collectively educating 167,071 students. Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS reports that 62% of the student body identifies as Pacific Islander. Beyond that, the school records 22% White, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% Native American.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 57% of students at Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hawaii County) logs that median household earnings sit near $78,639, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hawaii County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,129 students), of which Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS is one.

Waimea Middle - PCCS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site. Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS has rose 25%, going from 559 students in 2018 to 696 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 43% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.