Equity
Four Vulnerable Oregon Student Groups Trailed the State Graduation Rate
In 2025, graduation rates for incarcerated, pregnant or parenting, foster-care, and homeless students ranged from 42.9% to 62.5%, below Oregon's 83.0% statewide rate.
Oregon
Education News & Data
Local education reporting from every corner of Oregon, grounded in Oregon Department of Education data.
Lake Oswego Was Below Oregon Absenteeism in All Nine Reported Years
Lake Oswego reported 18.1% chronic absenteeism in 2024–25, below Oregon’s 33.5% rate and lowest among districts with at least 5,000 attendance-enrolled students.
Nyssa's Three In-Person Schools Cut Chronic Absence From 33.1% to 18.3%
Chronic absenteeism fell three years running across Nyssa's three in-person schools, and the superintendent describes the work behind it. The district-wide rate is not comparable.
Portland's Attendance Turnaround: Biggest Improvement Among Oregon's Large Districts
Portland SD 1J dropped 4.4 points to 32.5% chronic absenteeism, the largest 2025 gain among Oregon districts with more than 10,000 students, and returned below the state average.
84% of Oregon Districts Have Chronic Absenteeism Rates at or Above 25%
Oregon's attendance crisis is not concentrated in a few struggling districts. 154 of 184 districts reported rates at or above 25% in 2024-25, and 156 did when each district is measured on the schools whose attendance the state publishes.
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Absence
Oregon's High Schools Are Stuck at 42.5% Chronic Absenteeism While Elementary Recovers
Elementary chronic absenteeism dropped 8 points from peak. High school dropped 1.2 points. Oregon's attendance recovery is happening in grades K-5, not 9-12.
Graduation Rate
37 Oregon Districts Hit All-Time High Graduation Rates in 2025
Thirty-seven Oregon districts with Class of 2025 cohorts of 50 or more set all-time high graduation rates, including four of the state's 10 largest districts.
Absence
Lake Oswego and Springfield: A 21.7-Point Attendance Gap
Lake Oswego reported 18.1% chronic absenteeism in 2024-25 and Springfield reported 39.8%. The gap was present in every available year and has more than doubled since 2014-15.
District Spotlight
Portland's Graduation Rate Peaked at 84.4% - Then Dropped for Two Straight Years
Portland SD 1J's graduation rate peaked at 84.4% in 2023 after climbing from 53.6% in 2010, then slipped to 82.5% in 2025.
Methodology
How a Definition Change Revealed a 12-Point Graduation Gap Oregon Had Been Hiding
Oregon's poverty graduation gap appeared to vanish because 78% of the cohort was classified as disadvantaged. A tighter definition revealed a 12-point gap.
Absence
Oregon's Native American Chronic-Absence Rate Was 45.9%
Oregon's Native American state row reported 5,516 students and a 45.9% chronic absenteeism rate in 2024-25, down from a 51.5% panel peak.
District Spotlight
Redmond's Graduation Rate Rose From 46.1% to 91.2%
Redmond SD 2J's reported four-year graduation rate rose from 46.1% in 2010 to 91.2% in 2025 across 11 Oregon package observations.
Equity
Nearly Half of Portland's Native American Students Don't Graduate on Time
Portland's Native American graduation rate is stuck at 47.6% for three straight years, 26 points below statewide and 35 below the district average.
Absence
56% of Oregon's Homeless Students Are Chronically Absent
Oregon's 15,920 students who are currently homeless have a chronic absenteeism rate of 56.4% — more than half miss too much school. The gap with the overall rate has held near 22 to 25 points every year since 2018.
Absence
More Than Half of Oregon's Pacific Islander Students Are Chronically Absent
Pacific Islander students have the highest chronic absenteeism of any racial group in Oregon at 51.5%. The gap with white students has quadrupled from 5.0 to 20.8 points.
