Kawaikini - NCPCS
Lihue · HI · Hawaii Department of Education · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Kanuikapono - PCS → Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center → Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind → Ke Kula o Samuel M Kamakau - A Laboratory PCS → Niihau High & Elementary School → Hakipuu Academy → Ke Kula o Ehunuikaimalino → Kula Aupuni Niihau A Kahelelani Aloha - NCPCS →📋 At a glance
- 🔢 1 calculus classes
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 22% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 75% (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Kawaikini - NCPCS compares for families
What families should know about Kawaikini - NCPCS.
- ▸ LocallyHI trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Kanuikapono - PCS, Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center, Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Limited — narrow advanced curriculum
Bottom 14% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 22% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $15,664/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 177 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanuikapono - PCS Anahola |
Public · charter | 13.4 | 23 | — |
| Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center Kekaha |
Public · charter | 20.2 | 16 | — |
| Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind Honolulu |
Public | 112.6 | 25 | — |
| Ke Kula o Samuel M Kamakau - A Laboratory PCS Kaneohe |
Public · charter | 108.3 | 32 | — |
| Niihau High & Elementary School Waimea |
Public | 17.2 | 5 | — |
| Hakipuu Academy Kaneohe |
Public · charter | 109.1 | 42 | — |
| Ke Kula o Ehunuikaimalino Kealakekua |
Public | 281.9 | 45 | — |
| Kula Aupuni Niihau A Kahelelani Aloha - NCPCS Kekaha |
Public · charter | 19.9 | 4 | — |