Hood River Valley High School Explained
Hood River Valley High School |
Streetaddress: | 1220 Indian Creek Road |
Zipcode: | 97031 |
Country: | United States |
Principal: | Columbia Jones[1] |
Grades: | 9-12 |
Students: | 1,177 (2021-2022)[2] |
Teaching Staff: | 65.47 (FTE) |
Ratio: | 17.98 |
Mascot: | Eagle |
Team Name: | Eagles |
Colors: | Navy, Gold, and White |
Conference: | OSAA 5A-1 Northwest Conference |
Newspaper: | The Talon |
Homepage: | 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.[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.
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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Hood River Valley.
- Web site: Hood River Valley High School. National Center for Education Statistics. October 18, 2023.
- Web site: HRVHS Handbook . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070801054559/http://schools.gorge.net/hrcsd/hrvhs/academics/Student_Parent%20Handbook/HRVHS%202005%20Handbook.pdf . 2007-08-01 .
- Web site: HRVHS Profile . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060621201536/http://schools.gorge.net/hrcsd/hrvhs/academics/school%20profile/School%20Profile%2005-06.pdf . 2006-06-21 .
- Web site: HRVHS Profile .
- News: State releases high school graduation rates. 2009-06-30. The Oregonian. 2009-07-01.
- Web site: Oregon dropout rates for 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110916113750/http://blog.oregonlive.com/education_impact/2009/06/Dropout-Rates.xls . dead . 2011-09-16 . 2009-06-30 . . 2009-07-01 .
- Web site: Records & Achives.
- News: The book on Baldwin: this season has been a success story. Westeen. Karen. Tacoma Weekly. 2009-09-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20090107085022/http://www.tacomaweekly.com/article/2242/. 2009-01-07. dead.
- News: Flor members relish their Hood River roots. Walker. Trisha. Columbia Gorge News. 7 March 2022.
- News: Travis Bowe . IMDb . 2022-03-28.
- Web site: Jeff Lahti (1956-). oregonencyclopedia.org. Oregon Historical Society. 4 November 2016.