Kanuikapono - PCS

Kanuikapono - PCS is an all-grades campus of small scale in Anahola, Hawaii, part of Hawaii Department of Education, educateing 191 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 54% below the state mean of about 412.

Kanuikapono - PCS is one of 296 schools operated by Hawaii Department of Education, a district that enrolls 167,071 students overall.

On demographics, Kanuikapono - PCS logs that the largest single group is Pacific Islander at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 18% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 15% White.

On the income-and-resources front, Kanuikapono - PCS shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.0:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at Kanuikapono - PCS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kauai County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Kauai County put the typical household earns roughly $97,668 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kauai County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,236 students), Kanuikapono - PCS is one campus in the mix.

Kapaa High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Kanuikapono - PCS.

Kanuikapono - PCS operates from a rural location. Kanuikapono - PCS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kanuikapono - PCS has stayed largely flat, going from 194 students in 2018 to 191 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 32% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Kanuikapono - PCS community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.