Pahoa High & Intermediate School

Pahoa High & Intermediate School, a tight-knit senior high in Pahoa, Hawaii, operated by Hawaii Department of Education, hosts 745 students, covering grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Hawaii's public schools average about 1,058 students each, so Pahoa High & Intermediate School sits 30% below that benchmark.

Across the 296 schools in Hawaii Department of Education (167,071 students total), Pahoa High & Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Pahoa High & Intermediate School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 32% Pacific Islander, 14% multiracial, 10% Asian, 10% White. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Pahoa High & Intermediate School has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting Pahoa High & Intermediate School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Hawaii County's rate of about 59%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hawaii County) records that the typical household earns roughly $78,639 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Hawaii County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,129 students), of which Pahoa High & Intermediate School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pahoa Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Pahoa High & Intermediate School.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pahoa High & Intermediate School has expanded 40%, going from 532 students in 2018 to 745 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 12% to 34% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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