Hood River Valley High School
Hood River Valley High School is a public high school in Hood River, Oregon, United States.
| Hood River Valley High School | |
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| Address | |
1220 Indian Creek Road , 97031 United States | |
| Coordinates | 45.68471°N 121.545879°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | Hood River County School District |
| Principal | Columbia Jones[1] |
| Teaching staff | 65.47 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1,177 (2021-2022)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.98[2] |
| Color(s) | Navy, Gold, and White [1] |
| Athletics conference | OSAA 5A-1 Northwest Conference[1] |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Team name | Eagles[1] |
| Rival | The Dalles High School |
| Newspaper | The Talon |
| Website | School's website |
Academics
Hood River Valley High School is a Title 1 school.[3]
The school has a dropout rate of 2.8% and an attendance rate of 94%. Of the 38% of students who took the SAT, the average verbal score was 504 and the average math score was 507.[4]
In the 2006 Oregon Statewide Assessments, the score for reading was 57%, the state average being 55%. For science, the score was 50%, below the state average of 62%. In writing the score was 55%, equal to the state average of 55%. The score for math was 38%, and the state average was 45%.[5]
In 2008, 76% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 314 students, 238 graduated, 53 dropped out, five received a modified diploma, and 18 were still in high school in 2009.[6][7]
Athletics
Hood River Valley athletic teams compete in the OSAA 5A-1 Northwest Oregon Conference. The athletic director is Tom Ames and the athletics secretary is Jessica Lara.
State Championships:[8]
- Baseball: 1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2015
- Boys Soccer: 2014, 2015
- Boys Track and Field: 2016
- Cheerleading: 1992
- Choir: 1991, 1992, 1993
- Football: 1989
- Girls Tennis: 1962
- Girls Cross Country: 1992, 2018
- Softball: 1996
- Speech: 2020, 2021
- Girls Wrestling: 2019
Notable alumni
- Andrew Baldwin, Class of 2001,[9] baseball player, Tacoma Rainiers
- Dylan Bauld, Class of 2009; Zach Grace and McKinley Kitts, Class of 2010, of the Los Angeles-based indie pop band Flor[10]
- Travis Bowe, Class of 1999 - writer, producer and voice-over actor, Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, Tosh.0 [11]
- Jeff Lahti, Class of 1974, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher; orchardist in Hood River, Oregon[12]
References
- "Hood River Valley".
- "Hood River Valley High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- "HRVHS Handbook" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-01.
- "HRVHS Profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-06-21.
- "HRVHS Profile".
- "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- "Records & Achives".
- Westeen, Karen. "The book on Baldwin: this season has been a success story". Tacoma Weekly. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
- Walker, Trisha. "Flor members relish their Hood River roots". Columbia Gorge News. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- "Travis Bowe". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- "Jeff Lahti (1956-)". oregonencyclopedia.org. Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved 4 November 2016.