Pu'ukumu Charter School is a new independent school coming to the North Shore and will give parents another education option for their children. Based in Kilauea, Pu'ukumu will offer an education program "fully aligned with Common Core Standards and the American College Testing (ACT) College-Readiness Standards" for middle school and high school students. The school started in 2014 has one eighth grade class and will be adding a new class each year until grade 12.