Hood River Valley High School

Hood River Valley High School is a public high school in Hood River, Oregon, United States. It was the result of the consolidation of two smaller high schools at the time of its founding.

Hood River Valley High School
Address
1220 Indian Creek Road

Hood River
,
Oregon
97031

United States
Coordinates45.68471°N 121.545879°W / 45.68471; -121.545879
Information
TypePublic
School districtHood River County School District
PrincipalRich Polkinghorn[1]
Grades9-12
Number of students1,363 (2016-17)[2]
Color(s)Navy blue, canary yellow, and white[1]
Athletics conferenceOSAA Intermountain Conference, 5A-3[1]
MascotEagle[1]
RivalThe Dalles High School[3]
NewspaperThe Talon
WebsiteSchool's website

Academics

Hood River Valley High School is a Title 1 school.[4]

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.[5] 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%.[6]

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.[7][8]

Advanced Placement courses
  • Studio Art: 2D Design
  • Studio Art: 3D Design
  • Studio Art: Drawing
  • US History
  • Human Geography
  • US Government and Politics
  • Spanish Language and Culture
  • English Literature and Composition
  • English Language and Composition
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Science
  • Biology
  • Physics 1
  • Physics 2
  • Principles of Computer Science
  • Calculus AB
  • Calculus BC
  • Statistics

Athletics

Hood River Valley High School is a 5A school in the Columbia River Conference of the OSAA.[1]

Hood River Valley won the 2014 and 2015 5a Soccer State Championships.[9]

Hood River Valley has won two 5a Baseball State Championships, the most recent in 2015, when they beat the Liberty Eagles 2-0.[10] In 1980 HRV also won the state championship, and were buoyed by Mike Christopher throwing the only perfect game in Oregon State Championship Baseball history.[11]

Hood River Valley won their first ever boys 5a Track and Field State Championship in 2016.[12]

The Hood River Valley's Boys Water Polo team also had a historic first state title in 2019.[13]

The Hood River's Girls Water Polo team won back to back state championships in 2016 and 2017. They won a third state championship in 2019, after taking second in 2018. The Water Polo program was only established in 2014, meaning that HRV won 3 state championships in five years.[14][15]

Notable alumni

References
  1. http://www.osaa.org/schools.aspx/HoodRiverValley/
  2. "Hood River Valley High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  3. http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2013/oct/24/time-now/
  4. "HRVHS Handbook" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-01.
  5. "HRVHS Profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-06-21.
  6. "HRVHS Profile".
  7. "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  8. "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  9. https://www.hoodrivernews.com/archive/hrv-boys-soccer-repeats-as-state-champs/article_1dd05bc3-e1f5-5bac-92e1-9f7f8561b32c.html
  10. https://www.oregonlive.com/highschoolsports/article/hood-river-valley-wins-the-5a-baseball-state-championship-with-2-0-victory-over-liberty-photos/
  11. https://hrvathletics.com/2019/06/28/class-of-2019-hrvhs-athletic-hall-of-fame-announced/
  12. https://www.hoodrivernews.com/archive/hrv-boys-track-wins-first-ever-state-title/article_943867a2-665b-5263-9f56-1ec284d1db6c.html
  13. https://www.hoodrivernews.com/sports/hrv-boys-water-polo-win-first-state-title/article_318bd92a-0af3-11ea-8338-47a22ecf0a9d.html
  14. https://www.hoodrivernews.com/sports/hrv-girls-water-polo-wins-back-to-back-state-titles/article_a6f54b87-50ea-54d1-bf84-ceb292323f41.html
  15. https://www.hoodrivernews.com/sports/hrv-s-girls-water-polo-wins-third-title/article_d62f5d2c-0af2-11ea-80ee-5fb1d3eee793.html
  16. Westeen, Karen. "The book on Baldwin: this season has been a success story". Tacoma Weekly. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  17. "Jeff Lahti (1956-)". oregonencyclopedia.org. Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
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