📍 174 Kamehameha Ave, Hilo, Hawaii County, 96720
Connections - New Century PCS is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Hilo, Hawaii County. The school has 340 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades K–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. It operates as a public charter school. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 90%. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Connections - New Century PCS enrolls 340 students across grades K–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 20% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 120 | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 68 | 20% |
| White | 62 | 18% |
| Asian | 13 | 3.8% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 2.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
223 of the school's 340 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 163 qualify for free lunch and 60 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Connections - New Century PCS is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). It operates as a public charter school. 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 1, state house district 2.
Connections - New Century PCS 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 340 students, Connections - New Century PCS is smaller than the district average of about 566 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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