📍 18-1355 Volcano Hwy, Mountain View, Hawaii County, 96771
Na Wai Ola - PCS is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mountain View, Hawaii County. The school has 96 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hawaii Department of Education school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. 15% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Na Wai Ola - PCS enrolls 96 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 33% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 22% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 32 | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 25 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 22% |
| White | 18 | 19% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
53 of the school's 96 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 53 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Na Wai Ola - PCS is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 2, state house district 3.
Na Wai Ola - 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 96 students, Na Wai Ola - 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: Rural - Distant