According to a 1959 newspaper history, the first dedicated high school in the Lower Umpqua region of Oregon's south coast was established in Gardinier in 1913 in a house owned by the Gardiner Lumber Company.

[5] In Reedsport, high school classes were held in a tent in 1911, and as part of a one room schoolhouse starting in 1912.

[9] In 2017 the school offers English, social studies, REAP, credit recovery, shop, government, British lit, culinary, Spanish, health.

[10][11] The Reedsport Braves compete as part of the Oregon School Activities Association's Sunset Conference.

The school offers cheer, cross country, volleyball, football, bowling, basketball, wrestling, track and field, baseball, and swimming.