Waimea Middle - PCCS

Set in Kamuela, Hawaii, Waimea Middle - PCCS is a rural-scale middle school, part of Hawaii Department of Education. It instructs 188 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 72% smaller than the state mean of about 665.

Hawaii Department of Education comprises 296 schools with combined enrollment of 167,071 students; Waimea Middle - PCCS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Waimea Middle - PCCS logs that the most-represented group is Pacific Islander (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 15% Asian, 8% White.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.5:1, putting Waimea Middle - PCCS tighter than the state norm the norm. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Hawaii County's rate of about 59%.

In the area at large, Hawaii County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,639 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Hawaii County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,129 students), Waimea Middle - PCCS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Waimea Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area. As a public charter, Waimea Middle - PCCS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Waimea Middle - PCCS's enrollment has fell 27% since 2018, when it stood at 258 (now 188). Asian enrollment moved from 9% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

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