List of elementary schools in Hawaii

This is a list of elementary schools in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi.

Honolulu

Public

School Name City Grades Establishment Charter
Abraham Lincoln Elementary Honolulu K-5 1908
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Elementary Honolulu K-6 1954
ʻĀina Haina Elementary Honolulu K-5 1951
Ala Wai Elementary Honolulu K-5 1954
Āliamanu Elementary Honolulu K-6 1957
Aliʻiolani Elementary Honolulu K-5 1925
Education Laboratory NCPCS Honolulu K-12 2001 charter
Mayor Joseph J. Fern Elementary Honolulu K-5 1924
Hahaʻione Elementary Honolulu K-5 1967
Halau Lokahi NCPCS Honolulu K-12 2001 charter
Lt. Col. Horace Meek Hickam Elementary Honolulu K-6 1950
Hokulani Elementary Honolulu K-5 1958
Kaʻewai Elementary Honolulu K-5 1956
Kāhala Elementary Honolulu K-6 1954
Kalihi Elementary Honolulu K-5 1954
Kalihi Kai Elementary Honolulu K-5 1913
Kalihi Uka Elementary Honolulu K-5 1920
Kalihi Waena Elementary Honolulu K-5 1888
Kamiloʻiki Elementary Honolulu K-5 1970
Kapālama Elementary Honolulu K-5 1927
Kauluwela Elementary Honolulu K-5 1888
Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānuenue Honolulu K-12 1958
King William C. Lunalilo Elementary Honolulu K-5 1923
Koko Head Elementary Honolulu K-5 1954
Lanakila Elementary Honolulu K-5 1925
Liholiho Elementary Honolulu K-5 1926
Likelike Elementary Honolulu K-5 1922
Linapuni Elementary Honolulu K-2 1965
Maʻemaʻe Elementary Honolulu K-6 1896
Major General William R. Shafter Elementary Honolulu K-6 1966
Makalapa Elementary Honolulu K-6 1971
Mānoa Elementary Honolulu K-6 1945
Mayor John H. Wilson Elementary Honolulu K-6 1961
Mililani Mauka Elementary Honolulu K-5 1993
Moanalua Elementary Honolulu K-6 1961
Mokulele Elementary Honolulu K-6 1960
Myron B. Thompson Academy NCPCS Honolulu K-12 2001 charter
Noelani Elementary Honolulu K-6 1962
Nuʻuanu Elementary Honolulu K-5 1960
Palolo Elementary Honolulu K-5 1921
Pauoa Elementary Honolulu K-5 1847
Pearl Harbor Elementary Honolulu K-6 1956
Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary Honolulu K-6 1943
President Thomas Jefferson Elementary Honolulu K-5 1933
Prince Jonah Kūhiō Elementary Honolulu K-5 1884
Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani Elementary Honolulu K-5 1899
Puʻuhale Elementary Honolulu K-5 1929
Queen Kaʻahumanu Elementary Honolulu K-5 1900
Red Hill Elementary Honolulu K-6 1968
Royal Elementary Honolulu K-5 1839
Salt Lake Elementary Honolulu K-6 1970
Voyager PCS Honolulu K-8 2000 charter
Waiʻalae Elementary PCS Honolulu K-5 1927 charter
Waikiki Elementary Honolulu K-6 1880

Inouye Elementary School

Daniel K. Inouye Elementary opened in 1959 as Hale Kula Elementary School, and it was given its current name on April 19, 2016.[1]

Liliʻuokalani Elementary School

Named for Queen Liliʻuokalani, Queen Liliʻuokalani Elementary School opened in Kaimuki in 1912. In March 2011, due to low enrollment, the Hawai'i State Board of Education voted to close the school.[2]

Pearl Harbor Elementary School

In 2003 the Hawaii Senate voted $2,500,000 to plan, design, and construct a library for the school.[3]

The Hawaii Federal Fire Department chose this school to launch the 2004 Fire Prevention Week on October 5, 2004.[4]

Kindergarten teacher Ruth Komatsu was named in January 1997 as one of Hawaii's Top Teachers.[5]

Notable alumni:

Red Hill Elementary School

The campus boasts two 1976 sculptures by Claude Horan, Hoʻolaulea[7] and Cecil.[8]

Red Hill Elementary has recognized as a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School.[9]

Solomon Elementary School

Solomon Elementary's namesake was a member of the Wolfhounds. The dedication of the original campus was on November 11, 1969 while the dedication of the current facility occurred on November 9, 2019.[10] In the 2016–2017 school year it had 933 students. The Department of Defense’s Office of Economic Adjustment funded the construction of the current campus with a $70,248,901.[11] The State of Hawaii added an additional $20,000,000 to the funding. The current campus has four buildings, with each up to two stories tall, and a capacity of above 800. These buildings have 63 classrooms total.[12]

Wailupe Valley Elementary School

Wailupe Valley opened in East Honolulu in 1958. Following a school consolidation analysis, the school was closed in 2009.[13]

Private

Greater Oʻahu

Hauʻula Elementary School

Public

School Name City Grades Establishment Charter
Ahuimanu Elementary Kaneohe K-6 1973
Aiea Elementary Aiea K-6 1925
Alvah A. Scott Elementary Aiea K-6 1956
ʻAikahi Elementary Kailua K-6 1960
August Ahrens Elementary Waipahu K-6 1924
Barbers Point Elementary Kapolei K-5 1954
Blanche Pope Elementary Waimanalo K-6 1964
Daniel K. Inouye Elementary Wahiawa K-5 1959
Enchanted Lake Elementary Kailua K-6 1963
Ewa Beach Elementary Ewa Beach K-6 1959
Ewa Elementary Ewa Beach K-6 1922
Gustav H. Webling Elementary Aiea K-6 1967
Haleʻiwa Elementary Haleiwa K-6 1871
Hauʻula Elementary Hauula K-6 1900
Heʻeia Elementary Kaneohe K-6 1960
Helemano Elementary Wahiawa K-5 1956
Holomua Elementary Ewa Beach K-6 1995
Honowai Elementary Waipahu K-6 1967
Hoʻokele Elementary Kapolei K-5 2015
Iliahi Elementary Wahiawa K-5 1963
Iroquois Point Elementary Ewa Beach K-6 1960
Ka Waihona o ka Naʻauao NCPCS Waiʻanae K-8 2001 charter
Kaʻaʻawa Elementary Kaaawa K-6 1904
Kaʻala Elementary Wahiawa K-5 1958
Kaʻelepulu Elementary Kailua K-6 1973
Kahaluʻu Elementary Kaneohe K-6 1963
Kahuku Elementary Kahuku K-6 1988
Kailua Elementary Kailua K-6 1940
Kaʻimiloa Elementary Ewa Beach K-6 1972
Kainalu Elementary Kailua K-6 1954
Kaleiʻopuʻu Elementary Waipahu K-6 1989
Kamaile Academy PCS Waianae K-6 1989 charter
Kāneʻohe Elementary Kaneohe K-6 1956
Kanoelani Elementary Waipahu K-6 1982
Kaʻōhao PCS Kailua K-6 1963 charter
Kapolei Elementary Kapolei K-5 1993
Kapunahala Elementary Kaneohe K-6 1962
Ke Kula ʻo Samuel M. Kamakau Lab PCS Kaneʻohe K-12 2001 charter
Keolu Elementary Kailua K-6 1961
Keoneʻula Elementary Ewa Beach K-6 2007
Kipapa Elementary Mililani K-5 1932
Lāʻie Elementary Laie K-6 1927
Lehua Elementary Pearl City K-6 1965
Leihoku Elementary Waianae K-6 1980
Māʻili Elementary Waianae K-6 1963
Major Sheldon Wheeler Elementary Wahiawa K-5 1926
Makaha Elementary Waianae K-6 1960
Makakilo Elementary Kapolei K-5 1968
Manana Elementary Pearl City K-6 1969
Mauka Lani Elementary Kapolei K-5 1973
Maunawili Elementary Kailua K-6 1958
Mililani ʻIke Elementary Mililani K-5 2004
Mililani Mauka Elementary Mililani K-5 1993
Mililani Uka Elementary Mililani K-5 1974
Mililani Waena Elementary Mililani K-5 1971
Mokapu Elementary Kailua K-6 1960
Momilani Elementary Pearl City K-6 1972
Nānāikapono Elementary Waianae K-6 1933
Nānākuli Elementary Waianae K-6 1977
Palisades Elementary Pearl City K-6 1965
Pearl City Elementary Pearl City K-6 1956
Pearl City Highlands Elementary Pearl City K-6
Pearl Ridge Elementary Aiea K-6 1972
Pohakea Elementary Ewa Beach K-6 1963
Pūʻōhala Elementary Kaneohe K-6 1967
Reverend Benjamin Parker Elementary Kaneohe K-6 1927
Solomon Elementary Wahiawa K-5 1968
Sunset Beach Elementary School Haleiwa K-6 1973
Wahiawa Elementary Wahiawa K-5 1948
Waiahole Elementary Kaneohe K-6 1883
Waialua Elementary Waialua K-6 1966
Waiʻanae Elementary Waianae K-6 1918
Waiau Elementary Pearl City K-6 1974
Waikele Elementary Waipahu K-6 1998
Waimalu Elementary Aiea K-6 1960
Waimānalo Elementary & Intermediate Waimanalo K-8 1925
Waipahu Elementary Waipahu K-6 1918

Private

Niʻihau

School Name City Grades Establishment
Niʻihau High & Elementary Waimea K-12 1904

Kauaʻi

Public

School Name City Grades Establishment Charter
ʻEleʻele Elementary Eleele K-5 1911
Elsie H. Wilcox Elementary Lihue K-5 1881
Hanalei Elementary Hanalei K-6 1881
Kalaheo Elementary Kalaheo K-5 1903
Kanuikapono PCS Anahola K-12 2001 charter
Kapaʻa Elementary Kapaa K-5 1964
Kawaikini NCPCS Lihue K-12 2008 charter
Ke Kula Niʻihau o Kekaha PCS Kekaha K-12 2001 charter
Kekaha Elementary Kekaha K-5 1888
Kilauea Elementary Kilauea K-6 1921
King Kaumualiʻi Elementary Lihue K-5 1990
Koloa Elementary Koloa K-5 1877
Kula Aupuni Niʻihau A Kahelelani Aloha Makaweli K-12 2001 charter

Private

Molokaʻi

School Name City Grades Establishment Charter
Kaunakakai Elementary Kaunakakai K-6 1908
Kilohana Elementary Kaunakakai K-6 1935
Kualapuu Elementary NCPCCS Kualapuu K-6 1962 charter
Maunaloa Elementary Maunaloa K-6 1927

Lānaʻi

The only school in Lānaʻi is Lānaʻi High & Elementary School.

Maui

Public

School Name City Grades Establishment Charter
Haʻikū Elementary Haiku K-5 1920
Hāna High and Elementary School Hana K-12 1912
Kahului Elementary Kahului K-5 1960
Kamaliʻi Elementary Kihei K-5 1996
Kihei Elementary Kihei K-5 1977
Kihei Charter Kihei K-12 2001 charter
*King Kamehameha III Elementary* Lahaina K-5 1957
Kula Elementary Kula K-5 1964
Lihikai Elementary Kahului K-5 1965
Makawao Elementary Makawao K-5 1936
Pāʻia Elementary Paia K-5 1908
Pōmaikaʻi Elementary Kahului K-5 2007
Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary Lahaina K-5 1988
Puʻu Kukui Elementary Wailuku K-5 2013
Pukalani Elementary Pukalani K-5 1976
Waiheʻe Elementary Wailuku K-5 1879
Wailuku Elementary Wailuku K-5 1904
  • King Kamehameha III Elementary School was destroyed as the result of the Maui Fires 2023 Hawaii wildfires

Private

Big Island

Public

School Name City Grades Establishment Charter
Chiefess Kapiʻolani Elementary Hilo K-6 1922
Connections PCS Hilo K-10 2000 charter
Ernest Bowen de Silva Elementary Hilo K-6 1959
Haʻaheo Elementary Hilo K-6 1900
Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science PCS Pahoa K-12 2001 charter
Hilo Union Hilo K-6 1912
Holualoa Elementary Holualoa K-5 1896
Honaunau Elementary Captain Cook K-5 1901
Honokaʻa Elementary Honokaa K-6 1889
Hoʻokena Elementary Captain Cook K-5 1931
Innovations PCS Kailua-Kona K-8 2001 charter
Ka ʻUmeke Kāʻeo PCS Hilo K-6 2001 charter
Kahakai Elementary Kailua-Kona K-5 1982
Kanu o ka ʻĀina New Century PCS Kamuela K-12 2000 charter
Kaʻū High and Pāhala Elementary Pahala K-12 1881
Kaʻūmana Elementary Hilo K-6 1904
Ke Kula ʻo ʻEhunuikaimalino Kealakekua K-12
Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Iki Lab PCS Keaʻau K-6 2001 charter
Keaʻau Elementary Keaʻau K-5 1998
Kealakehe Elementary Kailua-Kona K-5 1968
Keaukaha Elementary Hilo K-6 1930
Keonepoko Elementary Pahoa K-6 1991
Kohala Elementary Kapaau K-5 1901
Kona Pacific PCS K-5 2008 charter
Konawaena Elementary Kealakekua K-5 1963
Laupāhoehoe High & Elementary School Laupahoehoe K-12 1904
Mountain View Elementary Mountain View K-5 1902
Nā Wai Ola PCS Kurtistown K-12 2000 charter
Naʻalehu School Naalehu K-6 1928
Paʻauilo Elementary & Intermediate Paauilo K-9 1951
Pahoa Elementary Pahoa K-6 1910
Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Elementary & Intermediate Papaikou K-8 1884
Volcano School Arts/Sciences PCS Volcano K-8 2001 charter
Waiākea Elementary Hilo K-5 1963
Waiākeawaena Elementary Hilo K-5 1909
Waikoloa Elementary & Middle Waikoloa K-8 1994
Waimea Elementary Kamuela K-5 1966

Private

See also

References

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  2. ^ Vorsino, Mary (2011-05-26). "Liliuokalani Elementary closes today after 99 years". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  3. ^ "Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 15th senatorial district", Twenty-Second Legislature 2003, Hawaii Senate, accessed 28 December 2007
  4. ^ " Hawaii's Federal Fire Department Kicks Off Fire Prevention Week", Official website of the United States Navy, October 8, 2004
  5. ^ "Hawaii’s Top Teachers", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, January 25, 1997
  6. ^ "Children's Book Author Deborah Wiles", Deborah Wiles, accessed 29 December 2007
  7. ^ "Ho`olaulea". Public Art Archive. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  8. ^ Radford, Georgia; Radford, Warren (1978). "Cecil (from the book Sculpture in the Sun)". De Gruyter. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Three Hawaii elementary schools win National Blue Ribbon honors". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  10. ^ "History". Samuel K. Solomon Elementary School. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  11. ^ Kalani, Nanea (2017-04-14). "Elementary school at Schofield to get $70M federal grant". Honolulu Star Advertiser. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  12. ^ Burgos, Annalisa (2019-11-17). "New Schofield Barracks school lauded as model for modernizing Hawaii's military facilities". KITV. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  13. ^ Poythress, Katherine (2010-11-20). "Shutting Schools: Closing a Few to Keep the Rest Healthy". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved 2023-11-30.