Vale High School

Public school in Vale, , Oregon, United States
43°58′44″N 117°15′09″W / 43.978848°N 117.252638°W / 43.978848; -117.252638InformationTypePublicSchool districtVale School District 84PrincipalChad Hartley[1][2]Teaching staff16.50 (FTE)[3]Grades9-12Number of students281 (2017–18)[3]Student to teacher ratio17.03[3]Color(s)Black and white   [1]Athletics conferenceOSAA Eastern Oregon League 3A-5[1]MascotViking[1]Websitevhs.valesd.org

Vale High School is a public high school in Vale, Oregon, United States. It is a part of Vale School District 84.

The Vale School District takes students from Vale and Brogan,[4] as well as the unincorporated community of Willowcreek.[5] As of 1979[update] Vale High also takes high school students from Juntura, which is in Juntura School District 12 (a K-8 school district).[6] As of 2009[update] some students in the Juntura area attended Vale High.[7]

Academics

The graduation rate has risen over the past 12 years. In 2008, the school's graduation rate was 87% with 80 of the 92 senior students receiving a high school diploma.[8] In 2022, the school's graduation rate was 97% with 66 of the 67 senior students receiving a high school diploma.[9] Vale High School is ranked #10,602 in the country, and #123 in the state of Oregon.[10]

Notable alumni

  • Lynn Findley (1970), state representative
  • Dave Wilcox (1960), NFL

References

  1. ^ a b c d Member School A-Z Listing (292 Total Schools)
  2. ^ "Oregon School Directory 2008-09" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 139. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  3. ^ a b c "Vale High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  4. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Malheur County, OR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  5. ^ "Willowcreek Elementary School". Vale School District. Retrieved 2011-01-06. - Address: "2300 9th Avenue West Vale, OR 97918"
  6. ^ Easterling, Jerry (1979-05-27). "Keeping the school clean takes students to faraway places". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. pp. 3G–5G. - Clipping of first, second, and third pages at Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "The Oasis lives between Vale and Burns". East Oregonian. 2009-07-25. Retrieved 2024-03-29. - The article's full text may not load on some archived versions.
  8. ^ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  9. ^ "Vale High School". US News. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  10. ^ "Search Best High Schools". US News. Retrieved 2022-09-19.

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McDermitt School District 51 sends all of its students to McDermitt Combined School in McDermitt, Nevada and Oregon (a school of the Humboldt County School District)
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