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Jefferson High School

Address

2200 Talbot Road Jefferson , (Marion County) , Oregon 97352 United States
Coordinates	44°43′55″N 123°00′40″W / 44.731831°N 123.01111°W / 44.731831; -123.01111
Information
Type	Public
School district	Jefferson School District
Principal	Cathy Emmert^[1]^[2]
Teaching staff	13.96 (FTE)^[3]
Grades	9-12^[1]
Number of students	264 (2017-18)^[3]
Student to teacher ratio	18.91^[3]
Color(s)	Purple gold and white ^[2]
Athletics conference	OSAA PacWest Conference 3A-3^[2]
Mascot	Lion^[2]
Website	Jefferson High School

Jefferson High School is a public high school located in Jefferson, Oregon, United States.

History

The current high school building was completed in 1980. Before then, the high school was located in what is now Jefferson Middle School.^[4]

Academics

In 2008, 89% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 61 students, 54 graduated, three dropped out, and four were still in high school the following year.^[5]^[6]

Notable alumni

Carol Menken-Schaudt (born 1957), 1984 Olympic gold medalist and professional basketball player^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Oregon School Directory 2008-09" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 139. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "OSAA - Error".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jefferson High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ Jefferson High School
^ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
^ "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
^ Kyle Odegard, "Still Standing Tall: and Rooting for OSU," Corvallis Gazette-Times, March 25, 2016.