Public school in Hood River, Oregon, United States
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.[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[when?], 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.
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
- Girls Water Polo: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
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