Portland
Portland's Graduation Rate Peaked at 84.4% - Then Dropped for Two Straight Years
Portland SD 1J, Oregon's largest district by 2025 graduation cohort, tells two graduation stories. The long arc is a 30.9-point climb: from 53.6% in 2010 to a peak of 84.4% in 2023.
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...
Oregon's Hispanic-White Absence Gap Has Grown Sixfold Since 2015
In 2014-15, the gap between Hispanic and white chronic absenteeism in Oregon was 1.6 percentage points. Hispanic students were at 18.7%, white students at 17.1%. Close enough that, at a glance, attend...
Native American Graduation Rates Climbed 24 Points in Oregon, but Wide Gaps Remain Between Districts
Jefferson County SD 509J graduates Native American students at 86.8%. Portland SD 1J graduates them at 47.6%. Same state, same year, same population -- a 39-point gap between two districts 120 miles a...
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...
93 Students Separate Oregon's #2 and #3 Districts
For 17 years, the ranking among Oregon's three largest school districts never changed. Portland first. Salem-Keizer second. Beaverton third.
Oregon's COVID Recovery Is Going Backward
Six years after the pandemic emptied Oregon classrooms, the state's school districts are not recovering. They are falling further behind.
Portland Loses 1,213 Students in One Year, Hits 17-Year Low
Portland SD 1J added students for nine consecutive years, peaking at 48,677 in 2019. Then it lost 6,571 of them. The 2025-26 school year brought the steepest single-year drop since the pandemic crash:...
Salem-Keizer's 8-Year Freefall Puts #2 Ranking at Risk
In 2010, Salem-Keizer SD 24J enrolled 2,256 more students than Beaverton SD 48J. In 2026, that cushion has shrunk to 93.