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
44% Caucasian | 1% Native American |
36% Latinx | 6% Other Race |
7% Asian | 8% English Language Learners |
6% Black | 62% Free or Reduced Lunch |
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.
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP Economics Macro
AP Economics Micro
AP English Language & Composition
AP English Literature & Composition
AP European History
AP German
AP Government & Politics - Comparativ
AP Government & Politics - US
AP Human Geography
AP Physics 1 - Algebra Based
AP Psychology
AP Spanish Language & Culture
AP Statistics
AP Studio Art - Drawing
AP Studio Art - 2D
AP Studio Art - 3D
AP US History
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:
American University
Arizona State University
Barnard College
Baylor College
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Brigham Young University
Carnegie Mellon University
Colgate University
College of Holy Cross
Columbia University
Emory University
George Fox University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Gonzaga University
Harvard University
Humboldt State University
Oberlin College
Oregon State University
Pepperdine University
Pomona University
Pratt Institute
Princeton University
Providence College
Rice University
Santa Clara University
Seattle Pacific University
Stanford University
Suffolk University
United States Military Academy
University of Alabama
University of Arizona
University of California - LA
University of Chicago
University of Colorado
University of Denver
University of Idaho
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburg
University of Puget Sound
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California
University of Texas at Austin
University of Washington
Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
Washington State University
Whitman University
Whitworth University
Accreditation
Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC), a division of AdvancED
Revised October 22, 2020