Today Konawaena has successfully grown to encompass a middle school and an elementary school Kealakekua. , the total school population is around 825 students. In 1995 it held the most students in the whole state, a total of 3,900 in the high school alone. Altogether, that same year there were about 5,000 on the campus grades K-12. The current principal is Shawn S. Suzuki, former band teacher and vice-principal. Suzuki replaced Dr. James Dumaguin who died in 2005. Konawaena High School's rival is Kealakehe High School.