Ke Kula o Samuel M Kamakau - A Laboratory PCS
Kaneohe · HI · Hawaii Department of Education · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Hakipuu Academy → Koolau Baptist Academy → Castle High School → Kalaheo High School → Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus → Trinity Christian School → Kailua High School → Olomana School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Ke Kula o Samuel M Kamakau - A Laboratory PCS compares for families
What families should know about Ke Kula o Samuel M Kamakau - A Laboratory 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: Hakipuu Academy, Koolau Baptist Academy, Castle High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
👩🏫 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 148 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakipuu Academy Kaneohe |
Public · charter | 0.9 | 42 | — |
| Koolau Baptist Academy Kaneohe |
Private | 1.2 | 199 | +5.9% |
| Castle High School Kaneohe |
Public | 2.0 | 986 | -9.9% |
| Kalaheo High School Kailua |
Public | 4.4 | 862 | +8.0% |
| Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus Honolulu |
Private | 4.9 | 3,195 | +0.1% |
| Trinity Christian School Kailua |
Private | 4.9 | 227 | -19.5% |
| Kailua High School Kailua |
Public | 5.2 | 788 | -0.1% |
| Olomana School Kailua |
Public | 5.4 | 68 | +6.2% |