Hermiston School District is a public school district

School district

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 in Hermiston, Oregon

Hermiston, Oregon

As of the census of 2010, there were 16,745 people, 4,964 households, and 3,360 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,035.4 people per square mile . There were 5,383 housing units at an average density of 832.9 per square mile...

, United States

United States

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. It serves one high school, Hermiston High School

Hermiston High School

Hermiston High School is a public high school in Hermiston, Oregon, United States. As of 2002, their campus building contains 70 classrooms, eight computer labs, three physical education spaces, a 532-seat auditorium, a library/media center, a lecture hall and a large modular building to house the...

, two middle schools, and five elementary schools.

As of October 2006, the enrollment in K-12 schools is 4,805. The superintendent is currently Darce Driskel, although he has since announced his retirement at the end of the 2006-07 school year.

On March 26, 2007, the school board announced that Dr. Fred Maiocco would serve as superintendent beginning the 2007-08 school year.

Demographics

In the 2009 school year, the district had 68 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education

Oregon Department of Education

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, or 1.4% of students in the district.