Editing Hermiston, Oregon (section)

== Education ==
[[File:EOHEC.jpg|thumb|Eastern Oregon Higher Education Center- Hermiston]]

=== K-12 ===
[[Hermiston School District]] is the largest district in [[Eastern Oregon]], with 5,508 students in the 2020–21 school year.<ref name="DBI Reports">{{Cite web |date=2022-02-03 |title=Student Enrollment Reports |url=https://www.oregon.gov/ode/reports-and-data/students/Pages/Student-Enrollment-Reports.aspx |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=Oregon Department of Education}}</ref>  The district has one high school, [[Hermiston High School]], which hosts 1,703 students.<ref name="DBI Reports"/>  Due to the school's size, it is able to offer comprehensive programming and courses for all students. The district also is composed of two middle schools and six elementary schools. There are also two private schools in Hermiston.

Voters in the Hermiston School District have shown strong support for education as the district has experienced sustained robust enrollment growth. Voters approved a $69.9 million capital construction bond in November, 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hermiston.k12.or.us/apps/pages/2008_general_obligation_bond/|title=2008 General Obligation bond|website=Hermiston School District}}</ref> and another $82.7 million capital construction bond in November, 2019.<ref name="eastoregonian.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/million-hermiston-school-bond-passes/article_10f7d66c-000a-11ea-a14b-ef5b0722d8bf.html|title=$82.7 million Hermiston school bond passes|website=East Oregonian}}</ref> The 2019 bond added a new elementary school near the intersection of NE 10th and Theater Lane, and replaced the 57-year old Rocky Heights Elementary School on-site with a larger facility. The 2019 bond will also add capacity for an additional 200 students at Hermiston High School.<ref name="eastoregonian.com"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Hermiston School District Facility Inventory By Age<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://4.files.edl.io/6b3d/07/03/18/160309-9eb936e0-1094-4007-803d-0bf577d9cf29.pdf|title=Hermiston School District Facility Master Plan 2018-2040|website=Hermiston School District}}</ref>
!School
!Construction Year
|-
|Loma Vista Elementary
|2022
|-
|Rocky Heights Elementary (Rebuild)
|2022
|-
|Armand Larive Middle
|2011
|-
|Sunset Elementary
|2011
|-
|West Park Elementary
|2010
|-
|Desert View Elementary
|2001
|-
|Sandstone Middle
|1995
|-
|Hermiston High
|1992/2001
|-
|Highland Hills Elementary
|1980
|}

==== High School Sports ====
Hermiston High School competes at the 3A level in the [[Washington Interscholastic Activities Association]]. This cross-state membership was approved by the WIAA in 2017 in recognition of the lack of comparable sized large high schools elsewhere in [[Eastern Oregon]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-06-05 |title=Hermiston to become WIAA full members starting in 2018-19, will be first out-of-state school to join |work=The Oregonian |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/highschoolsports/article/hermiston-to-become-wiaa-full-members-bound-for-tri-cities-based-mid-columbia-conference-starting-in-2018-19/}}</ref>  The second largest High School in Eastern Oregon was [[Pendleton High School (Oregon)|Pendleton]], with only 815 students, compared to Hermiston's 1,703. The WIAA membership allows HHS to compete in the Mid-Columbia Conference against high schools from Kennewick, Richland, Pasco, and Walla Walla, Washington and significantly reduce travel times for conference games.

=== Higher education ===
[[Blue Mountain Community College]] has a branch in Hermiston.  [[Eastern Oregon University]] also hosts [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]] and graduate-level courses at the Eastern Oregon Higher Education Center in Hermiston.