📍 15-3038 Puna Rd, Pahoa, Hawaii County, 96778
Pahoa High & Intermediate School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Pahoa, Hawaii County. The school has 723 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 87%. The school offers 2 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pahoa High & Intermediate School enrolls 723 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 50 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 37% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 271 | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 209 | 29% |
| Two or more races | 88 | 12% |
| White | 80 | 11% |
| Asian | 73 | 10% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
538 of the school's 723 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 515 qualify for free lunch and 23 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pahoa High & Intermediate School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district HI-20, state senate district 2, state house district 4.
Pahoa High & Intermediate School is one of 295 schools in Hawaii Department of Education, based in Honolulu, Hawaii. The district serves 167,071 students district-wide and employs 11,983 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 723 students, Pahoa High & Intermediate School is larger than the district average of about 566 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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