Pleasant Hill High School (Oregon)

Public school in Pleasant Hill, , Oregon, United States

Pleasant Hill High School

Address

36386 Highway 58

Pleasant Hill

(Lane County)

Oregon

97455

United States

Coordinates| 43°57′26″N 122°54′59″W﻿ / ﻿43.957109°N 122.916455°W﻿ / 43.957109; -122.916455
Information
Type| Public
School district| Pleasant Hill School District
Principal| TBD[1]
Grades| 6-12[1]
Number of students| 532 (2023-2024)[2]
Color(s)| Navy and gold  [3]
Athletics conference| OSAA PacWest Conference 3A[3]
Mascot| Billy goat[3]
Team name| Billies[3]
Website| www.pleasanthill.k12.or.us

Pleasant Hill High School is a public school in Pleasant Hill, Oregon, United States, serving grades six through twelve. The school served grades nine through twelve until 2009, when the Pleasant Hill School District closed the district's Junior High School because of declining enrollment and funding issues. The students were redistributed, K-5 going to the middle school buildings and 6-12 going to the high school buildings.[4] The current high school building was constructed in 1961,[5] and rebuilt in 2016.[6]

## Academics

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In 1984, Pleasant Hill High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States.[7]

In 2008, 86% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 96 students, 83 graduated, nine dropped out, three received a modified diploma, and one was still in high school the following year.[8][9]

## Athletics

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The school's mascot is the billy goat and its athletic teams' nickname is the "Billies". Formerly the teams were known as the Hillbillies, but only for three years in the "Ma and Pa Kettle" movie era. An early publication of the school in the 1920s was The Goat's Gazette, showing that the original team name did refer to the goat, not "hillbillies."[5][10]

In 1910, the basketball team went undefeated, beating the University of Oregon's second team as well as Springfield and Eugene high schools.[5]

## Notable alumni

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* Russ Francis,[11] NFL player; Super Bowl Champion with San Francisco 49ers; member of Oregon State Sports Hall of Fame; national and world record holder for javelin, 1971
* Joe Freuen, trombone player in the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
* Everett W. Holstrom, United States Air Force brigadier general and participant in the Doolittle Raid during World War II.[12]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Oregon School Directory 2009-10" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 48\. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
2. ^ "Pleasant Hill High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
3. ^ a b c d OSAA.org :: Schools
4. ^ Malkin, Whitney (May 17, 2009). "Pleasant Hill school packs up for good". The Register-Guard. Archived from the original on March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
5. ^ a b c "PHHS in 1910". Pleasant Hill School District. Archived from the original on December 23, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
6. ^ Hubbard, Saul. "Lane County permit delays slow upgrade of schools". The Register-Guard. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
7. ^ "Archived: Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009. Retrieved July 4, 2009.
8. ^ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
9. ^ "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
10. ^ "Pleasant Hill, Santa Clara Top Standings in Six-Man B League". The Register-Guard. October 8, 1939. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
11. ^ "Russ Francis – Football". Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
12. ^ "Brigadier General Everett W. Holstrom". af.mil. Retrieved October 10, 2022.

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