North Valley High School

North Valley High School, a cozy secondary school in Grants Pass, Oregon, overseen by Three Rivers/Josephine County SD, enrolls 424 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 630 students.

Across the 17 schools in Three Rivers/Josephine County SD (4,440 students total), North Valley High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Valley High School records that 80% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, North Valley High School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.3:1. The state averages around 19.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at North Valley High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Josephine County (around 84%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Valley High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.0%; this one delivers 35.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Josephine County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,098, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. North Valley High School is one of 28 public schools in Josephine County (combined enrollment of about 9,944 students).

The closest other public school is Fleming Middle School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around North Valley High School. On composite proficiency, North Valley High School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Valley High School has fell 19%, going from 521 students in 2018 to 424 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.