| Hood River Valley High School | |
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| Address | |
| 1220 Indian Creek Road Hood River, Oregon 97031 United States | |
| Coordinates | 45°41′05″N 121°32′45″W / 45.68471°N 121.545879°W / 45.68471; -121.545879 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | Hood River County School District |
| Principal | Columbia Jones |
| Teaching staff | 63.11 (FTE) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1,160 (2023-2024) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18.38 |
| Color(s) | Navy, Gold, and White |
| Athletics conference | OSAA 5A-1 Northwest Conference |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Team name | Eagles |
| Rival | The Dalles High School |
| Newspaper | The Talon |
| Website | School's website |
Hood River Valley High School is a public high school in Hood River, Oregon, United States.
Academics
Hood River Valley High School is a Title 1 school.
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.
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%.
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.
Athletics
Hood River Valley athletic teams compete in the OSAA 5A-1 Northwest Oregon Conference.
State Championships:
- 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
- Girls Water Polo: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
Notable alumni
- Andrew Baldwin, Class of 2001, 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
- Travis Bowe, Class of 1999 - writer, producer and voice-over actor, Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, Tosh.0
- Jeff Lahti, Class of 1974, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher; orchardist in Hood River, Oregon
References
- ^ "Hood River Valley".
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- "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.