Kawaikini - NCPCS

Lihue, Hawaii, is home to Kawaikini - NCPCS, a low-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels. It enrolls 177 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 12. That puts enrollment 57% below the 412-student average for combined schools in Hawaii.

Kawaikini - NCPCS is one school in Hawaii Department of Education, a system of 296 schools with 167,071 students.

At Kawaikini - NCPCS, 74% of students are Pacific Islander. Other students are 17% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. The diversity index for Kawaikini - NCPCS is 42%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

For every teacher at Kawaikini - NCPCS, there are about 9.8 students; the school has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, combined schools in Hawaii average 12.4:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 66%. For comparison, public schools in Kauai County average 47%.

In Kauai County, median household income comes to about $97,668, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 22, with about 9,236 students.

Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School is about 0.7 miles from Kawaikini - NCPCS, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 4.

Federal data place Kawaikini - NCPCS in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area. As a charter school, Kawaikini - NCPCS is publicly funded and operates under a charter.

From 167 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 177 by 2024-25.

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