Hood River Valley High School

Hood River Valley High School
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; -121.545879Coordinates: 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	Karen Neitzel[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

References