Salem-Keizer SD 24J
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...
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.
Salem-Keizer Is 1.9 Points From a Hispanic Majority
In 2016, Salem-Keizer was a majority-white school district. White students made up 51.9% of enrollment; Hispanic students, 37.2%. Nine years later, those numbers have inverted. White enrollment has fa...
Oregon's White Student Share Falls Below 57%
In 2017, Salem-Keizer SD 24J became the first large Oregon school district where white students no longer made up a majority. That crossing barely registered at the time. Eight years later, white stud...
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.