School Info

District Goal

CEEB Code 380073

Community

Aloha is an unincorporated suburban residential community in Washington County, located ten miles west of Portland, Oregon. Employment opportunities in the Beaverton area include business and professional, light industry and high tech electronics manufacturing.

Description

Aloha High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school, one of the six comprehensive high schools in the Beaverton School District, a K-12 unified school district serving more than 40,000 students in 55 schools.  Current enrollment at Aloha High School is 1,834 students.  The class of 2021 is comprised of 423 students.

DEMOGRAPHICS

Faculty

The AHS family comprises over 110 licensed personnel, including four administrators, one dean of students, seven counselors, one full-time social worker, one full-time school psychologist, and an additional part-time school psychologist.  Over 88% of our faculty have a Master's Degree or higher.

Curriculum

Aloha High School offers a comprehensive program with college preparatory Advanced Placement and dual credit course offerings in addition to a wide range of career & technical education offerings.  Typically, AHS is on a semester A/B schedule with four 88-minute classes per day.

Covid Impact

For the 2020-2021 school year, classes will be offered in a 4-period non-rotating block schedule. Students will earn .5 credit for 9-week courses, and 1.0 credit for 18-week courses; they will have the potential to earn a total of 7 credits for the school year. Students will participate in their courses via Comprehensive Distance Learning through at least early February, 2021 and school officials will monitor if and when students can return to in-building classes either full-time or part-time.

Advanced Placement Program

In May 2020, 520 students at Aloha High School took a total of 900 AP exams. For the Class of 2020, the AP Program recognized 22 AP Scholars, 8 AP Scholars with Honors, 6 AP Scholars with Distinction, and 1 AP National Scholar based on the 2020 AP National Exam results.  Below are the 21 AP classes that are available to students in 2020-2021.

Duel language

Aloha High School offers an outstanding Dual Language program providing opportunities for students to graduate from high school with a high level of biliteracy and even the official Seal of Biliteracy. The Dual Language program consists of the following classes, all of which are taught completely in Spanish: Spanish Lit & Comp II, Spanish Lit & Comp III, AP Spanish, Human Geography, US History, Physics, and Chemistry. The Spanish Lit & Comp courses provide World Language or Elective credit, Human Geography and US History provide Social Studies credit, and Physics and Chemistry provide Science credit. Any combination of these courses will improve a student’s biliteracy.

Seal of Biliteracy

The official Seal of Biliteracy is awarded if a student meets the minimal requirements of receiving a 4 or higher on the AP Spanish exam or a 7 on the STAMP test, and meeting all other graduation requirements

Grading/Ranking

Aloha High School assigns letter grades using a 4.0 system, with a D being the lowest passing mark. Letter grades are assigned as follows:
A = 90%-100%;  B = 80%-89%;   C = 70%-79%;   D = 60%-69%;   F = 59% or less.

Aloha High School has both unweighted and weighted GPA noted on the transcript.  Weighted Percentile Rank in Class can be provided per request.  Advanced Placement courses, which are transferable to a 4-year university, are weighted. Grades A, B and C earned in weighted classes will earn an extra grade point. Weighted courses are noted in the first column on the transcript.

Test Scores

The average ACT Composite score for the Class of 2019 was 18.0. The average SAT composite score for the Class of 2019 was 1083 with a class average of 586 for Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, and 545 for Mathematics.

College Admission, Attendance History

Of graduating seniors in 2019, 63% continued their education after high school.  28% of the Class of 2019 are attending a 4-year college or university, and 35% of the Class of 2019 are attending a 2-year college.  In addition to the universities and colleges within Oregon, Aloha Graduates have been admitted to numerous colleges and universities throughout the nation. The following is a sample of schools where admission has been granted:

Accreditation

Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC), a division of AdvancED

Revised October 22, 2020