Summary
Hood River Valley High School is a public high school in Hood River, Oregon, serving grades 9–12 with 1,174 students as part of the Hood River County School District. The district ranks 46th of 141 Oregon districts (67th percentile, 3 stars), while the school itself ranked 137th of 271 high schools in 2025–2026 — 49th percentile, 2 stars — putting it near the state median overall.
Compared with its nearest comparable school, The Dalles High School (795 students, 18.35 miles away), Hood River Valley High School ranks higher and posts stronger math and science results. In 11th-grade math, 25.7% of students were proficient — above the state's 22.9% and well above The Dalles' 16.2%. In science, 26.9% were proficient versus The Dalles' 19.0%, though both trail the state's 33.8%. In English language arts, 42.2% were proficient, slightly behind The Dalles' 43.4% and below the state's 46.0%. Graduation is a strength at 89.8%, above the state's 83.0% but just under The Dalles' 91.2%. Chronic absenteeism, at 31.2%, is lower than both The Dalles (32.5%) and the state (33.5%). The school spends $19,079 per student — about $4,015 less than The Dalles — with a lower student-teacher ratio of 18.1 versus 19.6.
Two areas deserve attention. First, school-effectiveness rankings vary widely across student groups: White students rank at the 76th percentile, while Hispanic students and low-income students both sit at the 29th percentile, with low-income students at 1 star. Second, performance has slipped recently, from 91st of 268 schools in 2023–2024 down to 137th of 271 now, and the school's decade-long rank history has been unusually volatile. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch also rose sharply, from 42.27% in 2022–2023 to 71.12% in 2024–2025 — useful context when reading these results.
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