Connections - New Century PCS
Hilo · HI · Hawaii Department of Education · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Hilo High School → St Joseph School → Waiakea High School → Ka Umeke Kaeo - PCS → Ke Ana Laahana - PCS → Christian Liberty Academy → Kamehameha Schools Hawai'I → Keaau High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 66th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 90% (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Connections - New Century PCS compares for families
What families should know about Connections - New Century PCS.
- ▸ LocallyHI trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Hilo High School, St Joseph School, Waiakea High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2166th percentile 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 49% 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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 352 students:
≈ 22 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $18,374 per student in district revenue, the 22 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $404,228/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilo High School Hilo |
Public | 0.7 | 1,161 | -11.8% |
| St Joseph School Hilo |
Private | 0.8 | 185 | -28.3% |
| Waiakea High School Hilo |
Public | 1.9 | 1,175 | -6.4% |
| Ka Umeke Kaeo - PCS Hilo |
Public · charter | 3.4 | 36 | — |
| Ke Ana Laahana - PCS Hilo |
Public · charter | 3.4 | 18 | — |
| Christian Liberty Academy Keaau |
Private | 7.7 | 211 | +15.9% |
| Kamehameha Schools Hawai'I Keaau |
Private | 8.2 | 1,163 | — |
| Keaau High School Keaau |
Public | 8.6 | 1,028 | -5.1% |