Aloha High School

Aloha High School (AHS) is a suburban public high school in Aloha, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Beaverton School District.

Aloha High School
Location
18550 SW Kinnaman Road Aloha , Oregon 97078 United States
Coordinates	45°29′05″N 122°52′08″W
Information
Type	Public
Established	1968; 57 years ago (1968)
School district	Beaverton School District
Principal	Matt Casteel[1]
Teaching staff	91.58 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9-12[1]
Number of students	1,633 (2023-2024)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	17.83[2]
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Blue, gold, and green
Athletics conference	OSAA Metro League 6A-2[3]
Nickname	Warriors
Team name	Aloha Warriors
Rival	Mountainside High School
Feeder schools	Meadow Park Middle School, Mountain View Middle School
Website	Aloha High School

History

Aloha High School

In the 1950s, the Beaverton area had separate high school and elementary school districts.^[4] The high school district served Beaverton High School and Sunset High School.^[4] There were also twelve elementary school districts.^[4] In 1960, the thirteen districts were unified after a vote of the people.^[4]

The Beaverton area was one of the fastest growing in the state, and in 1962, the district determined that a new high school was needed.^[4] The former Kinnaman Dairy Farm was purchased, and in 1966, construction began on a new building.^[4] There were construction delays, so in September 1968, the first Aloha High School tenth and eleventh grade students used the former Merle Davies Elementary School and parts of Beaverton High School.^[4] The Aloha High School building, though incomplete, held its first classes in 1970.^[4]

School crest

The community of Aloha (pronounced Ah-LO-wa) was likely named for a place in the state of Wisconsin, and not for the Hawaiian word aloha.^[5] The association with Hawaii, however, gives the school its mascot, a Hawaiian warrior, and the design of the school crest, which includes a warrior and a conch shell, a symbol associated with Hawaii.^[4] The crest was designed by students during the 1968–69 and 1969–1970 school years.^[4]

Demographics

As of the 2024–2025 school year, the school was 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native, 7% Asian, 6% Black, 36% Hispanic, 44% White, and 6% other race.^[6] Approximately 62% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch.^[6]

Athletics and activities

School activities sanctioned by the Oregon School Activities Association include football, volleyball, soccer, cross country, basketball, swimming, wrestling, dance/drill, cheerleading, baseball, softball, track and field, tennis, golf, band, choir, solo music, and speech.^[3]

State championships

• Football: 2010^[7]
• Boys' track and field: 1978, 2012^[8]
• Boys' golf: 1977^[9]
• Cheerleading, 4A Coed: 1997; 6A/5A Large: 2013,2014; 6A Large: 2016^[10]
• Girls' cross country: AAA, 1980, 1981, 1983^[11]
• Band, 4A: 1992^[12]

Notable alumni

• Wally Backman (Class of 1977), baseball player, member of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame^[13]
• Brandon Eisert (Class of 2016), baseball pitcher, currently with the Chicago White Sox
• Brad Fitzpatrick (Class of 1998), founder of LiveJournal^[14]
• Jen-Hsun Huang (Class of 1979), co-founder and CEO of Nvidia^[15]
• Brian Joelson, former tennis player^[16]
• Greg McMackin, former head football coach at Hawaii from 1968 to 1972^[17]
• Thomas Tyner, (Class of 2013), former football player at the University of Oregon^[18]
• Joe Wolfinger, basketball player