Hood River Valley High School
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]
Hood River Valley High School offers eight Advanced Placement (AP) courses and 27 additional opportunities for college credit through Columbia Gorge Community College, Eastern Oregon University, and Mount Hood Community College.[8]
Athletics
Hood River Valley athletic teams compete in the OSAA 5A-1 Northwest Oregon Conference.
State Championships:[9]
- 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,[10] 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[11]
- Travis Bowe, Class of 1999 - writer, producer and voice-over actor, Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, Tosh.0 [12]
- Jeff Lahti, Class of 1974, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher; orchardist in Hood River, Oregon[13]
References
- ^ a b c d "Hood River Valley".
- ^ a b c "Hood River Valley High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ "HRVHS Handbook" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 1, 2007.
- ^ "HRVHS Profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 21, 2006.
- ^ "HRVHS Profile".
- ^ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
- ^ "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. June 30, 2009. Archived from the original on September 16, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
- ^ "Academic Planning Guide". Hood River County School District. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
- ^ "Records & Achives".
- ^ Westeen, Karen. "The book on Baldwin: this season has been a success story". Tacoma Weekly. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
- ^ Walker, Trisha. "Flor members relish their Hood River roots". Columbia Gorge News. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
- ^ "Travis Bowe". IMDb. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ "Jeff Lahti (1956-)". oregonencyclopedia.org. Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
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