Demographics

• American Indian 2%
• Asian or Pacific Islander 12%
• Black 6%
• Hispanic 23%
• White 62%
• Multiple Categories Selected 5%

Academics

In 2008 75% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma

High school diploma

A high school diploma is a diploma awarded for the completion of high school. In the United States and Canada, it is considered the minimum education required for government jobs and higher education. An equivalent is the GED.-Past diploma styles:...

. Of 517 students 389 graduated, 69 dropped out, 14 received a modified diploma

Oregon modified high school diploma

The Oregon modified high school diploma, also known as the OAR 581-022-1134 Modified Diploma, is a document that is given to students who need special consideration throughout their time in high school...

, and 45 are still in high school.

In 2009 Ken Yarnell took over duties as the principal. Yarnell has blogged about his educational experiences.

Aloha High was ranked as one of Newsweek's top 1500 high schools in the U.S. in 2008, 2009, and 2010, where it was ranked the third best high school in the state.

Aloha currently offers 18 Advanced Placement courses, a 125% increase from 2001. In 2008-09 424 students took 694 AP tests compared to 156 AP tests administered in 2001.

Athletics

On December 11, 2010, the Aloha High School football team played Tualatin High School for the state championship at Reser Stadium at Oregon State University. Aloha High School won the game with a score of 34-13.

Faculty

In the 2008-2009 school year, there were 71 teachers, 177 instructional assistants, 40 administrators and 30 other staff members. Teachers had on average 1.67 years of experience, and 25% had at least a masters degree.

Notable alumni

• Wally Backman
  Wally Backman
  Walter Wayne Backman is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. He is best known for his time with the New York Mets from - and was a member of their 1986 World Series-winning team...
  
   (Class of 1977), baseball player
• Brad Fitzpatrick
  Brad Fitzpatrick
  Bradley Joseph "Brad" Fitzpatrick , is an American programmer. He is best known as the creator of LiveJournal and is the author of a variety of free software projects such as memcached....
  
   (Class of 1998), founder of LiveJournal
  LiveJournal
  LiveJournal is a virtual community where Internet users can keep a blog, journal or diary. LiveJournal is also the name of the free and open source server software that was designed to run the LiveJournal virtual community....
  
  
• Jen-Hsun Huang
  Jen-Hsun Huang
  Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang is a Taiwanese American entrepreneur and businessman. A native of Taiwan, he grew up in Oregon, graduating from Oregon State University before moving to California where he graduated from Stanford University. He co-founded the graphics-processor company Nvidia and serves...
  
   (Class of 1981), Co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA
  NVIDIA
  Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...
  
  
• S.D. Perry (Class of 1988), science fiction writer
• Dan Schmid
  Dan Schmid
  Daniel Joseph Schmid is an American musician, known for his work as the bassist for the ska-swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, of which he is a co-founder, and the piano rock trio The Visible Men.-Career:...
  
  (Class of 1981), musician