Vale High School

{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Vale High School | image = | image_size = | address = 505 Viking Drive | city = Vale | county = (Malheur County) | state = Oregon | zipcode = 97918 | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|43.978848|-117.252638|type:edu_source:googlemaps_region:US-OR|display=inline,title}}  | type = Public | principal = Chad Hartley<ref name="osaa-profile">[http://www.osaa.org/schools.aspx/Vale/ Member School A-Z Listing (292 Total Schools)]</ref><ref name="ode-directory">{{cite web|url=http://www.ode.state.or.us/pubs/directory/school-directory-september-2008.pdf|title=Oregon School Directory 2008-09|publisher=Oregon Department of Education|pages=139|accessdate=2009-05-28|archive-date=May 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526202904/http://www.ode.state.or.us/pubs/directory/school-directory-september-2008.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | grades = 9-12 | enrollment = 293 (2024–2025)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=410001400761&ID=410001400761|title=Vale High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=February 7, 2026}}</ref> | rival = | teaching_staff = 19.50 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | ratio = 15.03<ref name=NCES/> | mascot = Viking<ref name="osaa-profile" /> | mascot image = | team_name = | colors = Black and white {{color strip|border-color=black|border-style=dotted|border=1|black|white}}<ref name="osaa-profile" /> | athletic_conference = OSAA Eastern Oregon League 3A-5<ref name="osaa-profile" /> | district = Vale School District 84 | opened = | website = [https://vhs.valesd.org/ vhs.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,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41045_malheur/DC20SD_C41045.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Malheur County, OR|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-07-15}}</ref> as well as the unincorporated community of Willowcreek.<ref name=Willowcreek>{{cite web |url= http://wces.vale.k12.or.us/ |title=Willowcreek Elementary School |publisher= Vale School District |accessdate= 2011-01-06}} - [https://wces.valesd.org/phoneaddressmap Address]: "2300 9th Avenue West Vale, OR 97918"</ref> {{As of|1979}} Vale High also takes high school students from Juntura, which is in Juntura School District 12 (a K-8 school district).<ref name=Easterling>{{cite news|last=Easterling|first=Jerry|title=Keeping the school clean takes students to faraway places|newspaper=Statesman Journal|place=Salem, Oregon|date=1979-05-27|pages=3G–5G}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105763604/ Clipping of first], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105763696/ second], and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105763878/ third pages] at Newspapers.com.</ref> {{As of|2009}} some students in the Juntura area attended Vale High.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eastoregonian.com/2009/07/25/the-oasis-lives-between-vale-and-burns/|title=The Oasis lives between Vale and Burns|newspaper=East Oregonian|date=2009-07-25|access-date=2025-03-22}}</ref>

==Academics== The graduation rate has risen over recent years. In 2008, the school's graduation rate was 87% with 80 of the 92 senior students receiving a high school diploma.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2009/06/high_school_dropout_rates.html|title=State releases high school graduation rates|date=2009-06-30|work=The Oregonian|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref> In 2022, the school's graduation rate was 97% with 66 of the 67 senior students receiving a high school diploma.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search Best High Schools |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/search?name=Vale%20High%20School&ranked=true |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=US News}}</ref>

As of 2024, Vale High School is ranked #6,873 in the country, and #67 in the state of Oregon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vale High School |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/oregon/districts/vale-school-district-84/vale-high-school-16359 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=US News}}</ref>

==Notable alumni== * Lynn Findley (1970), state representative * Dave Wilcox (1960), NFL linebacker (1964–74), Pro Football Hall of Fame (2000) * Janice Kapp Perry (1956), composer, songwriter, and author

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==External links== * [https://vhs.valesd.org/ Vale High School] {{Education in Malheur County, Oregon}} {{authority control}}

Category:High schools in Malheur County, Oregon Category:Vale, Oregon Category:Public high schools in Oregon