Lake Oswego
84% of Oregon Districts Have Chronic Absenteeism Rates at or Above 25%
Correction (September 5, 2026): An earlier version of this article reported that thirty Oregon districts had chronic absenteeism rates below 25%, and its chart of the lowest rates ranked Marcola SD 79...
Salem-Keizer's Absenteeism Is the Highest Among Oregon's Largest Districts, and the Slowest to Recover
In October 2024, Governor Tina Kotek picked up the phone and personally called families in the Salem-Keizer school district to talk about attendance. The governor of Oregon, dialing numbers, asking pa...
Hillsboro Breaks 90% for the First Time as Portland's Suburbs Pull Away
Hillsboro SD 1J graduated 90.4% of its students for the Class of 2025, crossing the 90% threshold for the first time in the district's recorded history. With 1,651 students in the cohort, it is the la...