Where: 1710 Kaumana Drive, Hilo, Hilo complex

Grade span: Kindergarten through sixth grade

Enrollment: 218, with capacity for 327

Race/ethnicity enrollment: 53 percent part-Hawaiian and Hawaiian; 12 percent white; 8 percent Filipino; 7 percent Japanese; 20 percent other

Free and reduced-price lunch eligible: 52 percent

Special-education students: 10 percent

Computers: 24 computers in a newly established lab, and 11 spread out around the school

Principal: Lloyd Matsunami, four years

School nickname: Kaumana Stars

School colors: Green and gold

What are you most proud of? "Our academic progress," said Kaumana Elementary School Principal Lloyd Matsunami. "Meeting the Annual Yearly Progress under the No Child Left Behind Act for the past four years; also, receiving our new computer lab that was donated by the Pohakuloa Training Area."

What is your biggest challenge? "Maintaining the current level of student support and continuing to meet the Annual Yearly Progress in times of increasing expectations and decreasing budgets," Matsunami said.

Special events: Book-of-the-month launches, Million Word Reading Celebration and 100-year celebration

History: Kaumana Elementary School began as a one-room schoolhouse in 1904. Two years later, the Territory of Hawai'i accepted the completion of the school. Sugar cane was the primary industry in the community.

Well-known alumnus: Harvey Tajiri, former state lawmaker

Testing: Here's how Kaumana Elementary students fared on the most recently released standardized tests.