Where: 81-1043 Mamalahoa, Kealakekua, Hawai'i District

Grade span: Nine through 12

Enrollment: 720 students

Race/ethnicity enrollment: Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian, 42 percent; white, 20 percent; Filipino, 10 percent; Japanese, 9 percent; Hispanic, 5 percent; other, 14 percent

Free and reduced-price lunch eligible: 34 percent

Special-education students: 11.5 percent

Computers on campus: 150 spread out among computer labs and in classrooms

Principal: Shawn Suzuki, 5 1/2 years as principal

School nickname: Wildcats

School colors: Green and White

Well-known alumni: Astronaut Ellison Onizuka; Medal of Honor recipient Rodney Yano; Harold Sakata, known as Odd Job and former Olympic weightlifter; Shane Dorian, professional surfer; Lokelani McMichael, triathlete and model.

What are you most proud of? "The hard work of the faculty and staff at Konawaena High School," school principal Suzuki said. "And the support of the community."

What is your biggest challenge? " Every school faces some kind of challenges, but ours are perhaps compounded by the fact that we're a smaller Neighbor Island school with possibly less access to some resources than may be available to others," Suzuki said. "Nonetheless, I feel one challenge, or responsibility, (is) to continue to find ways to engage students in higher-level thinking opportunities, thereby preparing them for post-secondary education or employment given resources available."

Special events: Taste of Konawaena, a culinary arts exhibition and competition; Family Fun Farm Day, a fundraiser to show off the agriculture program

History: The first ninth-grade class was established in 1921. The school operated on a schedule known as the coffee schedule in which students were allowed to take their summer vacation September through November to allow them to help in the harvesting of coffee.

Web address: www.kauai.k12.hi.us

Phone: 808-274-3160