Wilsonville High School is a public high school in Wilsonville, Oregon

Wilsonville, Oregon

Wilsonville is a city primarily in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A portion of the northern section of the city is in Washington County. Originally founded as Boones Landing due to the Boones Ferry which crossed the Willamette River at the location, the community became Wilsonville in...

. 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

Newsweek

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Academics

In 2008, 85% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma

High school diploma

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. Of 289 students, 245 graduated, 28 dropped out, 9 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 7 are still in high school.

Sports

The school features the largest expanse of artificial turf in any high school in the Northwest.

Also the 2011 Varsity cheerleaders went to the NCA cheer camp and won best performance

In the first ten years of its existence, the school has collected at least 25 state trophies. Many of these were won by the cross country team and track and field teams (8 state championships). Wilsonville has also won state championships in men's football, women's swimming, women's dance team, women's basketball (2001 and 2002) and men's basketball.

Wilsonville was reclassified as an OSAA 5A team as of the 2006-2007 school year.

Technology

Wilsonville was called “high tech” when it opened in 1995. It was praised for providing network computers in each classroom—most of which were donated by local computer companies—and internet access for all students. The school features an open digital library, computer porches for every four classrooms, and nine state-of-the-art science labs.