09-19-2019, 10:06 AM
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Originally posted by randomq
Wow, I thought Kam Schools were supposed to be good. Looks like not much better test scores than Kea'au public HS.
https://www.niche.com/k12/kamehameha-sch...academics/
https://www.niche.com/k12/keaau-high-sch...academics/
Interesting numbers at that link. Maybe, though, not a fair comparison... A more fair comparison would be how Keaau students of Hawaiian ancestry scored on SAT etc. versus students from Kam schools. A big part of success in academics is "peer culture" (attitude...) if education is not valued (or disparaged...) in the family or among your peers, then it's tough for a student to succeed.
A more positive spin on the Kam scores is that Kam offers the opportunity for students of Hawaiian ancestry to start college at a level that's equal to, or slightly better than, the average preparation of students of all ethnicities that attend Keaau.
Which is not to say that it is all that good, unfortunately...