Hilo High School | |
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556 Waianuenue Avenue , 96720 United States | |
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Type | Public, co-educational |
Motto | "Once a Viking...Always a Viking" |
Established | 1906 |
School district | Hawaii District |
Principal | Jasmine Urasaki |
Faculty | 78.00 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Number of students | 1,317 (2022-23)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 16.88[1] |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
Athletics | Big Island Interscholastic Federation |
Mascot | Viking |
Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
Newspaper | KVIKS News Bulletin |
Military | United States Army JROTC |
Website | www |
Designated | June 29, 2002 |
Reference no. | 50-10-35-07522[2] |
Part of | Public Schools on the Island of Hawaiʻi |
Hilo High School is a public, co-educational high school of the Hawaii State Department of Education, and serves grades nine through twelve. Established in 1906, its first class graduated in 1909. Hilo High School is near the Wailuku River in Hawaii County on the Big Island of Hawaii, United States. The campus boasts the black marble terrazzo and gray gravel sculpture Matrix by Ken Shutt in the middle of its two patios in its courtyard. The school is situated at 556 Waianuenue Avenue on across the street from Hilo Intermediate School, one of its two feeder schools, the other being Kalanianaole Intermediate School. Hilo's symbol and mascot is the Viking and its school colors are blue and gold. Hilo High School celebrated its centennial during Homecoming of 2006. Hilo High School's crosstown rivals are the Warriors of Waiakea High School.