VHS is a three-year comprehensive high school with approximately 2,000 students.

[1] In October 1895, the first established high school in Valley Junction at 415 Seventh Street was opened.

By 1916, the study body population had grown and a local bond was passed for a new high school.

In the same year a grant from the Public Works Administration allowed for a new concrete stadium to be built just north of the high school on Eighth Street.

Additional classrooms, science labs, and other student spaces have been added over the years.

Throughout the early 2010s, construction continued on Valley, including the Staplin Performing Arts Center, the schools auditorium.

[5] The Valley High School Boys' Cross Country team won the 2A State title in 1962.

[15] The Valley High School Boys' Track and Field won the State title in the Pentathlon in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2016.

The Valley Music Department was honored with the first GRAMMY Signature School award in 1999.

In addition to the strong band program, Valley's orchestra has completed concert tours in Austria and Italy.

[26] The choral show, jazz, and core ensembles have performed in several national and international festivals from Carnegie Hall to Disney World, and received top honors at competitions throughout the country.

[28] Valley High School won the 2006 National High School Mock Trial Championship, held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and more recently won the state competition in 2011.