Grunnskóli Húnaþings vestra is an elementary school located in Hvammstangi in north Iceland. Hvammstangi is a village on the Vatnsnes Peninsula, six kilometers north of the Ring Road. Nestled beside the Miðfjörður fjord. Hvammstangi is the most densely populated area in West Hunathing County, with roughly 600 inhabitants. In the West Hunathing County are roughly about 1200 inhabitants. The school was established in the year 2000 when a few smaller schools in the area were combined into one school.