Parkrose High School

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Parkrose High School
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Location
Parkrose High School
12003 NE Shaver Street

, ,
97220

United States
Coordinates 45°33′10″N122°32′25″W / 45.552672°N 122.540152°W / 45.552672; -122.540152
Information
Type Public
Opened1913
School district Parkrose School District
PrincipalMolly Ouche
Teaching staff41.25 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12 [2]
Number of students1,011 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio24.51 [1]
Color(s)Black, green, and white     [3]
Athletics conference OSAA Northwest Oregon Conference 5A-1 [3]
MascotBronco [3]
Team nameBroncos
Rival Centennial High School [4]
NewspaperThe Bronco Blaze
Feeder schoolsParkrose Middle School
Website hs.parkrose.k12.or.us

Parkrose High School (PHS) is a public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is the only high school in the Parkrose School District.

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Academics

In 2008, 72% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 231 students, 167 graduated, 27 dropped out, ten received a modified diploma, and 27 were still in high school the following year. [5] [6] These numbers have gotten slightly better (and higher than the state average), with, in 2014, a 78% on-time graduation rate for seniors and 34 dropping out. [7]

Athletics

The Parkrose High School dance team, the Elite, placed first in the OSAA State Championships in 1996, 2001, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2024 for 5A Pom, and 2025 for 5A Hip-Hop (With a Superior Score.)

The boy's water polo team won state in the 2018–19 school year.

Boys' Basketball Program

The men's basketball team has been one of the most successful programs in Oregon. Parkrose has produced 10-plus D1 basketball recruits in program history. Some previous Bronco players have chosen to play at Kentucky, Syracuse, Oregon State, Oregon, Washington State, New Mexico State, and other schools. Parkrose has won state titles in 1964, 1978, and 1982. Kendrick Williams has been the head coach since 2025.

Notable Events

On May 17, 2019, 18 year old Angel Granados Dias entered his Parkrose High School classroom wearing a black trench coat and carrying a loaded shotgun while suffering from a mental health crisis. [8] He was subdued by the school's security guard and sports coach, former Oregon Ducks football team star wide receiver Keanon Lowe. [9] Lowe had previously been searching for Dias after the school received information on a possible threat. It was discovered that the shotgun was only loaded with one round on which Dias had written "5-17-19 just for me" and that Dias was going to attempt suicide. He was also carrying a suicide note with cremation costs and instructions for his body. On October 10, 2019, after five months in jail, Dias pleaded guilty to felony possession of a firearm in a public building and misdemeanor possession of a loaded firearm in public and was sentenced to three years of probation and any necessary mental health treatment. [10]

In June 2018, it was reported that the school's administration and police had repeatedly harassed an autistic teenager, named only as Sanders, his middle name, for months over fears that he was planning a school shooting. Fears were raised after a librarian reported that they had overheard students discussing the recent nationwide school shootings and referred to another student by a nickname "Shooter." The administration falsely identified "Shooter" as Sanders and raised caution over the fact that he was reportedly fascinated by guns, wore a trench coat, and was found with sharpened scissors. [11]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Parkrose High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  2. "Oregon School Directory 2008-09" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 139. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 "OSAA - Error".
  4. "Kobe Hein, Akari Harris help Centennial run past Parkrose; game called early with Broncos short on players - Sports Illustrated High School News, Analysis and More". www.si.com. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  5. "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian . June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
  6. "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian . June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
  7. The Oregonian. 2014 Graduation Rates. Portland, OR.
  8. Oregonian/OregonLive, Everton Bailey Jr | The; Oregonian/OregonLive, Molly Young | The; Oregonian/OregonLive, Jim Ryan | The; Oregonian, Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | The (May 18, 2019). "Gunman scare at Parkrose High School ends with no injuries, student in custody, coach applauded as hero". oregonlive. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  9. Bogage, Jacob. "Former University of Oregon football star stops armed student at Portland high school". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  10. Oregonian/OregonLive, Aimee Green | The (October 10, 2019). "Student who walked into Parkrose High School with gun, prompted mass fear, is sentenced to mental health help". oregonlive. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  11. Oregonian/OregonLive, Bethany Barnes | The (June 26, 2018). "Targeted: A Family and the Quest to Stop the Next School Shooter". oregonlive. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  12. K.J. White, Miller's Time: A Legacy of OSU Basketball, 1971-1989. Portland, OR: Highland Times Press, 1997; pg. 58.

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