Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center

Located in Kekaha, Hawaii, Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center is a small combined-grade school. Students in pre-K through 12 attend, and enrollment is 43 students. The school's enrollment is 90% smaller than the 412 average for combined schools in Hawaii.

In Hawaii Department of Education, 296 schools enroll a combined 167,071 students.

At Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center, Pacific Islander students make up 93% of the student body. It is also 5% multiracial and 2% Hispanic.

Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.8:1. That ratio is under the 12.4:1 average for combined schools in Hawaii. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 65%. Across public schools in Kauai County, the average is 47%.

Kauai County has about 73,731 residents, and median household income is about $97,668, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 22 public schools in Kauai County, with a combined enrollment of about 9,236.

The closest public school, Kekaha Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles.

Locale data from NCES put Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center in a town far from an urbanized area (Town: Remote). Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.

The student count in 2024-25 was 43, 22% below the 55 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 13.8 in 2020-21 to 10.8 in 2024-25.

Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.