It was named after Robert Gray, the merchant sea-captain who was the first white man to enter the Columbia River.
Named after John Jacob Astor, who is also the namesake of Astoria, this school serves grades 1-3 and in 2006 had approximately 400 enrolled students.
It served as the site for the 1990 film Kindergarten Cop, one of several locations within Astoria which have been used for movies.
Home to 780 students and 39 staff, this school serves 9th through 12th grades.
After undergoing renovation in 2003 it added a new Applied Science Center[2] specializing in aquatic biology.