Hood River Valley High School
| Hood River Valley High School | |
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| Address | |
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1220 Indian Creek Road Hood River, Oregon 97031 United States | |
| Coordinates | 45°41′05″N 121°32′45″W / 45.68471°N 121.545879°WCoordinates: 45°41′05″N 121°32′45″W / 45.68471°N 121.545879°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | Hood River County School District |
| Principal | Rich Polkinghorn[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1225[2] |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue, Canary yellow, and White[1] |
| Athletics conference | OSAA Columbia Gorge Conference, 5A-3[1] |
| Mascot | Eagles[1] |
| Newspaper | The Talon |
| Website | School's website |
Hood River Valley High School (HRVHS) is a public high school in Hood River, Oregon, United States. HRVHS was the result of the consolidation of two smaller high schools at the time of its founding.
Academics
HRVHS is a Title 1 school.[3] The school has a drop out rate of 2.8% and the attendance rate of the school is 94%. Of the 38% of students who took the SAT, the average Verbal score was 504 and the average Math score was 507.[2]
For 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%.[4]
In 2008, 76% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 314 students, 238 graduated, 53 dropped out, 5 received a modified diploma, and 18 are still in high school.[5][6]
Athletics
HRVHS is currently a 5A school in the Columbia River Conference of the OSAA.[1]
Notable alumni
- Andrew Baldwin, 2001,[7] baseball, Tacoma Rainiers
- Brooke Struck, 1997, Survivor: Guatemala contestant and lawyer
- Jeff Lahti,1974, baseball, St Louis Cardinals pitcher World Series, orchardist Hood River, OR[8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.osaa.org/schools.aspx/HoodRiverValley/
- 1 2 "HRVHS Profile" (PDF).
- ↑ "HRVHS Handbook" (PDF).
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ↑ Westeen, Karen. "The book on Baldwin: this season has been a success story". Tacoma Weekly. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
- ↑ "Jeff Lahti (1956-)". oregonencyclopedia.org. Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved 4 November 2016.