[3] Sheldon High School offers nine Advanced Placement (AP) classes and opportunities for college credit through Lane Community College and the University of Oregon.

[4] In June 2010, KGW and The Register-Guard reported that Sheldon had made Newsweek's annual list of the nation's best public high schools of the year, ranking second best in Oregon and 665th in the nation.

[5][6] Sheldon High School athletic teams compete in the OSAA 6A-7 Southwest Conference (excluding football which competes in 6A-SD1).

[9] It was given the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's Silver Crown Award for high school newspapers in 1988.

[10] Sheldon is home to KRVM (AM) and KRVM (FM), a public access radio station which includes student involvement.