Wilsonville High School is a four-year suburban,
public high school in
Wilsonville, Oregon
Wilsonville is a city primarily in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A portion of the northern section of the city is in Washington County. It was founded as Boones Landing because of the Boones Ferry which crossed the Willamette River at ...
, United States. Part of the West Linn-Wilsonville School district, Wilsonville HS opened in 1995 and has grown steadily to its current population of just over 1200 students. It offers a wide variety of academic programs, sports, and extracurricular activities as well as a thriving art program. The student body makeup is 52 percent male and 48 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 26 percent.
This is the first and only high school in Wilsonville. Before 1995, students had to either take a bus to
West Linn
West Linn is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A southern suburb within the Portland metropolitan area, West Linn developed on the site of the former Linn City, which was named after U.S. Senator Lewis F. Linn of Ste. Genevie ...
to attend
West Linn High School
West Linn High School is a public high school in West Linn, Oregon, United States. It is one of two high schools in the West Linn-Wilsonville School District, the other being Wilsonville High School.
Academics
In 1984, West Linn High School wa ...
, or go to a neighboring town’s high school. Wilsonville high school was referred to as "high tech high" when it opened in 1995, Wilsonville High School was praised for providing network computers in each classroom and internet access for all students.
Academics
In 2016, Wilsonville High School received a silver ranking from ''U.S. News & World Report'',
''U.S. News & World Report''
/ref> and was ranked 7th in the state. Standardized test scores show Wilsonville above the state average in reading, writing, math and science.
References
* Adam Guenther, "The Coolest Football Coach Ever", ''The Oregonian
''The Oregonian'' is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 18 ...
'', October 1, 2010.
"Your Schools." Wilsonville High School, ''The Oregonian''.
Accessed 2 Nov. 2016.
“Kelly Schmidt Named WHS Principal” Wilsonville High School, ''Pamplin Media Group''
External links
Wilsonville High School website
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Educational institutions established in 1995
Buildings and structures in Wilsonville, Oregon
High schools in Clackamas County, Oregon
Public high schools in Oregon
1995 establishments in Oregon