West Linn High School is a public high school in West Linn, Oregon

West Linn, Oregon

West Linn is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. Now a prosperous southern suburb of Portland, West Linn has a history of early development, prompted by the opportunity to harvest energy from nearby Willamette Falls. It was named after Senator Dr. Lewis Fields Linn of Ste...

, United States

United States

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. It is one of two high schools in the West Linn-Wilsonville School District

West Linn-Wilsonville School District

The West Linn-Wilsonville School District is a school district that serves part of the southern metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon. In addition to the cities of West Linn and Wilsonville, the district's boundaries encompass unincorporated areas of southwestern Clackamas County, including the...

, the other being Wilsonville High School

Wilsonville High School

Wilsonville High School is a public high school in Wilsonville, Oregon. Wilsonville opened in 1995 and doubled in capacity in 2005. In 2007, the school was ranked as the 526th best high school in the United States by Newsweek.-Academics:...

.

Academics

In 1984, West Linn High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program

Blue Ribbon Schools Program

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, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States.

In 2008, 93% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma

High school diploma

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. Of 373 students, 346 graduated, 18 dropped out, 6 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 3 are still in high school.

The school received a silver ranking from U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report

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's 2010 "America's Best High Schools" survey.

Notable alumni

• Brandon Ebel
  Brandon Ebel
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   - President of Tooth & Nail Records
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• Cole Gillespie
  Cole Gillespie
  Cole B. Gillespie is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He is from Portland, Oregon....
  
   - baseball player, Arizona Diamondbacks
  Arizona Diamondbacks
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• David Hume Kennerly
  David Hume Kennerly
  David Hume Kennerly in Roseburg, Oregon, won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his portfolio of photographs taken of the Vietnam War, Cambodia, East Pakistani refugees near Calcutta, and the Ali-Frazier fight in Madison Square Garden, March 8, 1971...
  
   - photojournalist
• Cade McNown
  Cade McNown
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   - football quarterback
• Chael Sonnen
  Chael Sonnen
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   - MMA fighter
• Mitch Williams - baseball pitcher
• David Hume Kennerly
  David Hume Kennerly
  David Hume Kennerly in Roseburg, Oregon, won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his portfolio of photographs taken of the Vietnam War, Cambodia, East Pakistani refugees near Calcutta, and the Ali-Frazier fight in Madison Square Garden, March 8, 1971...
  
   - Pulitzer Prize
  Pulitzer Prize
  The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
  
  -winning photographer