Scott Bruun: A School Week and Its Discontents
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Wednesday, April 08, 2015
Scott Bruun, GoLocalPDX MINDSETTER™
Truth can be stranger than fiction. And there was a bit of truth in Salem last week, or at least a bit of stagecraft, that may be the strangest thing we see during the 2015 legislative session.
Last week the Oregon House passed a K-12 education budget of $7.3 billion. This budget will be used by Oregon’s nearly two hundred school districts over the next two years to fund operations, teacher salaries and benefits. It’s a 9% increase over the last biennial budget, and it passed on a party-line vote. All 35 House Democrats voted ‘Yes,’ while all 25 Republicans voted ‘No.’ Republicans voted ‘No’ because the budget, they said, “falls short of meeting the needs” of Oregon’s students and schools.
Wait, what?
You mean legislative Republicans put a higher priority on school spending than the Democrats? Higher than the Democrats, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of teachers’ union political money goes toward electing Democrats?
What alternate reality world do we now find ourselves in?
It reminds me of ‘Mirror, Mirror,’ one of the better episodes from the original Star Trek. The episode where an ion storm causes a transporter malfunction that sends Kirk and the landing party to a parallel universe, and an alternate Enterprise. On it, Kirk finds a savage crew and a barbaric, goatee-clad Mr. Spock. Meanwhile the real Enterprise, with the real Spock, beams up a landing party that has been transformed into brutish thugs. This alternate Kirk, a violent megalomaniac, seems like the 1960s sci-fi equivalent of Vladimir Putin.
Those damn ion storms, everyone knows they can be a real problem. And now it seems one has struck Salem.
Or maybe it’s not some parallel universe after all. You see even though Democrats voted to increase spending on public education by 9% over the next two years, they also voted to turn all kindergarten into full-day kindergarten. Meaning they voted more money for kindergarten, more for teachers of kindergarten, more for taxpayer-funded all-day daycare for kindergarten parents, and less for every other grade.
This means that classrooms and students in those other grades, grades 1-12, will only see a 1.2%-or-so increase in spending this next year. Not even enough to cover annual cost inflation.
Turns out those House Republicans were right. By expanding the size and scope of government services, House Democrats have under-funded basic education. So once again, despite the fact that adequate funds are available, arts and athletics at schools will be constrained, classroom size will get no better, and actual school learning days will be limited. And as we look at the mediocre performance of Oregon’s schools over the years, mediocre as measured by student test results and graduation rates, we should strongly consider this last point – school days.
These days Oregon’s students rarely, if ever, have full back-to-back school weeks. A full school week being five full days of school, Monday through Friday. In fact it’s an increasingly rare thing to have even one full school week. Consider: Oregon kids, the week before last, had five days off for Spring Break. Yet in my suburban school district kids also had the preceding Friday off, so Spring Break now equals six days. Fast forward to this week, only a week after Spring Break, and those same kids had Monday off. This time, according to the sign in front of the school, for “staff development day.”
Or how about Thanksgiving? Use to be that students got Thursday and Friday off for a nice four-day weekend. Fast forward, now most public schools are closed the entire week of Thanksgiving. In any case, whether it’s holidays becoming “holi-weeks,” or simply the near ceaseless drain of “teacher planning” days, early-dismissal or late-arrival days, ad-hoc half-days, “in-service” days, or “staff development” days, one thing is certain. Oregon students do not get enough actual “learning” days in school.
The new normal is a four-day school week, at best. But it shouldn’t be this way. The dollars for full weeks of school, week-in-and-week-out, are available. Oregon’s elected leaders simply need to adequately fund what we have, instead of continuously creating new programs which then leads to inadequate funding for everything else.
Focus on the basics. Give parents five days of school a week for their kids, consistently, and you will see fewer frustrated parents. More importantly, give kids five days of school consistently and you will see better student performance, better test performance, better graduation performance, better preparation for college and ultimately, better preparation for work and careers.
It’s not rocket science. It’s not some new, trendy academic fad in education. It’s not “Common Core” or “No Child Left Behind.” It’s just time in school, time in the classroom.
In the last analysis, if legislators and our governor want to create an education legacy. If they want to improve Oregon’s education performance, while also best serving Oregon’s students and the taxpayers who pay the bills, they simply need to provide for full weeks of school. Five days this week, and five days the next.
Scott Bruun is a fifth-generation Oregonian and recovering politician. He lives with his family in the 'burbs', yet dutifully commutes to Portland every day where he earns his living in public affairs with Hubbell Communications.
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Met or exceeded math standards: 60.8%
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Met or exceeded science standards: 69.6%
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Economically disadvantaged: 54%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 88.3%
Met or exceeded math standards: 74.7%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 64%
Met or exceeded science standards: 56.4%
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Met or exceeded math standards: 75.9%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 40.8%
Met or exceeded science standards: 84%
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North Marion School District
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Met or exceeded science standards: 58.5%
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Met or exceeded math standards: 71.4%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 52.2%
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Met or exceeded math standards: 76%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 53.3%
Met or exceeded science standards: 65.8%
Four year graduation rate: 79.6%
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Springfield School District
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Economically disadvantaged: 49%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 90.7%
Met or exceeded math standards: 57.4%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 65.4%
Met or exceeded science standards: 73.6%
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Astoria Senior High
Astoria School District
Enrollment: 572
Economically disadvantaged: 48%
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Met or exceeded math standards: 73.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 74.3%
Met or exceeded science standards: 52.7%
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Economically disadvantaged: 39%
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Met or exceeded math standards: 97.5%
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Met or exceeded science standards: 69.6%
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Vale School District
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Economically disadvantaged: 52%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 84.6%
Met or exceeded math standards: 64.6%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 63.1%
Met or exceeded science standards: 81.5%
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Met or exceeded math standards: 81.1%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 62.2%
Met or exceeded science standards: 80.8%
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Dallas School District
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Economically disadvantaged: 35%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 84.4%
Met or exceeded math standards: 72.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 49%
Met or exceeded science standards: 69.8%
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Met or exceeded math standards: 81.7%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 62.6%
Met or exceeded science standards: 57.8%
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Met or exceeded math standards: 72.4%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 47.5%
Met or exceeded science standards: 62.2%
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Aloha High
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Enrollment: 1962
Economically disadvantaged: 61%
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Met or exceeded math standards: 64.5%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 62.2%
Met or exceeded science standards: 60.2%
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Met or exceeded math standards: 60%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 56.4%
Met or exceeded science standards: 59.4%
Four year graduation rate: 74.1%
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Yoncalla School District
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Economically disadvantaged: 70%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 58.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 64.7%
Met or exceeded science standards: 52.9%
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Economically disadvantaged: 52%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 88.7%
Met or exceeded math standards: 70.1%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 63.5%
Met or exceeded science standards: 66.7%
Four year graduation rate: 77.6%
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Met or exceeded reading standards: 82.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 73.6%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 68.8%
Met or exceeded science standards: 61.3%
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Adrian School District
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Met or exceeded math standards: 57.1%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 71.4%
Met or exceeded science standards: 57.1%
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Met or exceeded math standards: 68.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 73.4%
Met or exceeded science standards: 57.6%
Four year graduation rate: 74.9%
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North Medford High
Medford School District
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Economically disadvantaged: 50%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 89.6%
Met or exceeded math standards: 74.6%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 55.1%
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Met or exceeded math standards: 69.5%
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Met or exceeded science standards: 54.8%
Four year graduation rate: 83.4%
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Met or exceeded reading standards: 86.4%
Met or exceeded math standards: 69%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 59%
Met or exceeded science standards: 71.6%
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Henley High
Klamath County School District
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Met or exceeded reading standards: 86.7%
Met or exceeded math standards: 74.7%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 54.7%
Met or exceeded science standards: 64.7%
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Met or exceeded math standards: 82.7%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 49.7%
Met or exceeded science standards: 61.2%
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Cottage Grove High
South Lane School District
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Economically disadvantaged: 59%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 90.4%
Met or exceeded math standards: 70.9%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 54.6%
Met or exceeded science standards: 64%
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Glencoe High
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Economically disadvantaged: 39%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 88.3%
Met or exceeded math standards: 70.5%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 58.4%
Met or exceeded science standards: 69.9%
Four year graduation rate: 77.1%
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McKenzie High
McKenzie School District
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Economically disadvantaged: 61%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 91.7%
Met or exceeded math standards: 41.7%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 50%
Met or exceeded science standards: 83.3%
Four year graduation rate: 68%
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St. Helens School District
Enrollment: 974
Economically disadvantaged: 36%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 91.4%
Met or exceeded math standards: 72.4%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 59.2%
Met or exceeded science standards: 66%
Four year graduation rate: 75.7%
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Lakeview Senior High
Lake County School District
Enrollment: 223
Economically disadvantaged: 45%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 87.8%
Met or exceeded math standards: 69.4%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 66.7%
Met or exceeded science standards: 73.5%
Four year graduation rate: 88.1%
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McNary High
Salem-Keizer School District
Enrollment: 1924
Economically disadvantaged: 49%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 89.8%
Met or exceeded math standards: 75%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 59.5%
Met or exceeded science standards: 66.1%
Four year graduation rate: 82%
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Banks High
Banks School District
Enrollment: 384
Economically disadvantaged: 23%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 91.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 79.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 57.4%
Met or exceeded science standards: 81.1%
Four year graduation rate: 80.6%
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Clackamas Middle College
North Clackamas School District
Enrollment: 290
Economically disadvantaged: 28%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 91.4%
Met or exceeded math standards: 76.3%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 59.3%
Met or exceeded science standards: 78%
Four year graduation rate: 32.6%
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South Medford High
Medford School District
Enrollment: 1698
Economically disadvantaged: 56%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 87.9%
Met or exceeded math standards: 76.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 61.7%
Met or exceeded science standards: 71.2%
Four year graduation rate: 80.4%
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McMinnville High
McMinnville School District
Enrollment: 1864
Economically disadvantaged: 48%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 91.1%
Met or exceeded math standards: 73.3%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 66%
Met or exceeded science standards: 64.6%
Four year graduation rate: 77.1%
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Estacada High
Estacada School District
Enrollment: 589
Economically disadvantaged: 46%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 89.9%
Met or exceeded math standards: 77.7%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 59%
Met or exceeded science standards: 66.4%
Four year graduation rate: 71.8%
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Philomath High
Philomath School District
Enrollment: 519
Economically disadvantaged: 29%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 82.8%
Met or exceeded math standards: 75%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 56.3%
Met or exceeded science standards: 69.5%
Four year graduation rate: 75%
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Weston-McEwen High
Athena-Weston School District
Enrollment: 164
Economically disadvantaged: 33%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 61.1%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 76.5%
Met or exceeded science standards: 47.2%
Four year graduation rate: 75.7%
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Grants Pass High
Grants Pass School District
Enrollment: 1734
Economically disadvantaged: 55%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 90.3%
Met or exceeded math standards: 68.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 68.3%
Met or exceeded science standards: 72.3%
Four year graduation rate: 69%
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North Eugene High
Eugene School District
Enrollment: 927
Economically disadvantaged: 54%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 88.1%
Met or exceeded math standards: 71.2%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 68.3%
Met or exceeded science standards: 63%
Four year graduation rate: 70.7%
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Willamette High
Bethel School District
Enrollment: 1452
Economically disadvantaged: 48%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 89.6%
Met or exceeded math standards: 69.5%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 77.1%
Met or exceeded science standards: 68.2%
Four year graduation rate: 73%
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Putnam High
North Clackamas School District
Enrollment: 1196
Economically disadvantaged: 39%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 88.6%
Met or exceeded math standards: 73.4%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 69.9%
Met or exceeded science standards: 59.3%
Four year graduation rate: 75.7%
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Neah-Kah-Nie High
Neah-Kah Nie School District
Enrollment: 181
Economically disadvantaged: 54%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 83.7%
Met or exceeded math standards: 58.5%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 41.9%
Met or exceeded science standards: 97.5%
Four year graduation rate: 87.5%
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Scappoose High
Scappoose School District
Enrollment: 692
Economically disadvantaged: 28%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 89.6%
Met or exceeded math standards: 85.2%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 54.6%
Met or exceeded science standards: 84.4%
Four year graduation rate: 80.6%
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Gladstone High
Gladstone School District
Enrollment: 677
Economically disadvantaged: 40%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 88.7%
Met or exceeded math standards: 77.5%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 66%
Met or exceeded science standards: 82.2%
Four year graduation rate: 78.9%
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Franklin High
Portland School District
Enrollment: 1387
Economically disadvantaged: 56%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 89.2%
Met or exceeded math standards: 77.7%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 68.1%
Met or exceeded science standards: 59.8%
Four year graduation rate: 78.4%
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Seaside High
Seaside High School
Enrollment: 453
Economically disadvantaged: 52%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 91.2%
Met or exceeded math standards: 70.3%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 60.8%
Met or exceeded science standards: 65.3%
Four year graduation rate: 69.5%
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Siuslaw High
Siuslaw School District
Enrollment: 409
Economically disadvantaged: 53%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 89.4%
Met or exceeded math standards: 65.1
Met or exceeded writing standards: 73.3%
Met or exceeded science standards: 77.1%
Four year graduation rate: 65.9%
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Century High
Hillsboro School District
Enrollment: 1608
Economically disadvantaged: 43%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 87.8
Met or exceeded math standards: 78.6%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 62.7%
Met or exceeded science standards: 72.9%
Four year graduation rate: 84.8%
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Junction City High
Junction City School District
Enrollment: 532
Economically disadvantaged: 54%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 85.6%
Met or exceeded math standards: 76.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 56.8%
Met or exceeded science standards: 64.8%
Four year graduation rate: 65.1%
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Sam Barlow High
Gresham-Barlow School District
Enrollment: 1651
Economically disadvantaged: 38%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 84.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 78.4%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 68.8%
Met or exceeded science standards: 76.7%
Four year graduation rate: 81.8%
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Forest Grove High
Forrest Grove School District
Enrollment: 1779
Economically disadvantaged: 59%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 89.4%
Met or exceeded math standards: 85.7%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 66.6%
Met or exceeded science standards: 61.1%
Four year graduation rate: 72.5%
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Bandon Senior High
Bandon School District
Enrollment: 242
Economically disadvantaged: 60%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 86.1%
Met or exceeded math standards: 68.1%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 56.3%
Met or exceeded science standards: 70.4%
Four year graduation rate: 72.9%
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South Salem High
Salem-Keizer School District
Enrollment: 1835
Economically disadvantaged: 49%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 89.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 73.3%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 66.2%
Met or exceeded science standards: 66.5%
Four year graduation rate: 81.9%
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Hood River Valley High
Hood River County School District
Enrollment: 1218
Economically disadvantaged: 57%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 87.1%
Met or exceeded math standards: 78.5%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 69.7%
Met or exceeded science standards: 53.5%
Four year graduation rate: 77.4%
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North Douglas High
North Doughlas School District
Enrollment: 98
Economically disadvantaged: 45%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 91.3%
Met or exceeded math standards: 78.3%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 72.7%
Met or exceeded science standards: 60.9%
Four year graduation rate: 69%
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Baker High
Baker School District
Enrollment: 501
Economically disadvantaged: 47%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 84.6%
Met or exceeded math standards: 73.6%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 65.9%
Met or exceeded science standards: 75.3%
Four year graduation rate: 77.8%
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Oakland High
Oakland School District
Enrollment: 185
Economically disadvantaged: 50%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 91.5
Met or exceeded math standards: 83%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 68.1%
Met or exceeded science standards: 83%
Four year graduation rate: 86.1%
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Newberg Senior High
Newberg School District
Enrollment: 1508
Economically disadvantaged: 42%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 87.9%
Met or exceeded math standards: 77.6%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 71.8%
Met or exceeded science standards: 68.3%
Four year graduation rate: 78.2%
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West Salem High
Salem-Keizer School District
Enrollment: 1646
Economically disadvantaged: 35%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 92.7%
Met or exceeded math standards: 83.5%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 74.6%
Met or exceeded science standards: 74.2%
Four year graduation rate: 86.3%
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Canby High
Canby School District
Enrollment: 1481
Economically disadvantaged: 32%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 87.3%
Met or exceeded math standards: 84%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 71.5%
Met or exceeded science standards: 61.6%
Four year graduation rate: 82.5%
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Burns High
Harney County School District
Enrollment: 208
Economically disadvantaged: 33%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 76.2%
Met or exceeded math standards: 69%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 40.5%
Met or exceeded science standards: 83.3%
Four year graduation rate: 96.2%
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Sheldon High
Eugene School District
Enrollment: 1399
Economically disadvantaged: 29%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 91.4%
Met or exceeded math standards: 77.7%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 69.1%
Met or exceeded science standards: 76.6%
Four year graduation rate: 72.4%
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Oregon City Senior High
Oregon City School District
Enrollment: 2117
Economically disadvantaged: 34%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 90.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 63%
Met or exceeded science standards: 76.7%
Four year graduation rate: 83%
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Beaverton High
Beaverton School District
Enrollment: 1588
Economically disadvantaged: 43%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 90%
Met or exceeded math standards: 76.7%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 70.7%
Met or exceeded science standards: 65.4%
Four year graduation rate: 74.2%
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Silverton High
Silver Falls School District
Enrollment: 1179
Economically disadvantaged: 41%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 86.1%
Met or exceeded math standards: 74.1%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 71.9%
Met or exceeded science standards: 72.1 %
Four year graduation rate: 77.7%
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Colton High
Colton School District
Enrollment: 215
Economically disadvantaged: 28%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 90%
Met or exceeded math standards: 76%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 68%
Met or exceeded science standards: 85.1%
Four year graduation rate: 95.2%
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Bend Senior High
Bend-LaPine School District
Enrollment: 1527
Economically disadvantaged: 40%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 92.7%
Met or exceeded math standards: 88.4%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 65.9%
Met or exceeded science standards: 75.6%
Four year graduation rate: 78.7%
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Tualatin High
Tigard-Tualatin School District
Enrollment: 1714
Economically disadvantaged: 27%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 92.2%
Met or exceeded math standards: 76.7%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 62.9%
Met or exceeded science standards: 71.4%
Four year graduation rate: 84.4%
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Mountain View Senior High
Bend-LaPine School District
Enrollment: 1283
Economically disadvantaged: 42%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 93.7%
Met or exceeded math standards: 82%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 75.2%
Met or exceeded science standards: 76.1%
Four year graduation rate: 78.3%
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Tigard High
Tigard-Tualatin School District
Enrollment: 1835
Economically disadvantaged: 32%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 92.7%
Met or exceeded math standards: 83.5%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 64.5%
Met or exceeded science standards: 67.7%
Four year graduation rate: 80.8%
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Sherwood High
Sherwood School District
Enrollment: 1469
Economically disadvantaged: 15%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 85.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 62.2%
Met or exceeded science standards: 84.8%
Four year graduation rate: 91.3%
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Corvallis High
Corvallis School District
Enrollment: 1184
Economically disadvantaged: 32%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 87.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 79.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 69.2%
Met or exceeded science standards: 76.4%
Four year graduation rate: 70.7%
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Sprague High
Salem-Keizer School District
Enrollment: 1608
Economically disadvantaged: 32%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 86.2%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 72.5%
Met or exceeded science standards: 79.6%
Four year graduation rate: 82.2%
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Wilsonville High
West Linn-Wilsonville School District
Enrollment: 1093
Economically disadvantaged: 24%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 92.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 74.1%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 74.2%
Met or exceeded science standards: 71.3%
Four year graduation rate: 85%
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West Albany High
Greater Albany Public School District
Enrollment: 1317
Economically disadvantaged: 28%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 92.3%
Met or exceeded math standards: 87.5%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 75%
Met or exceeded science standards: 84.9%
Four year graduation rate: 93.6%
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Clackamas High
North Clackamas School District
Enrollment: 2230
Economically disadvantaged: 29%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 91.7%
Met or exceeded math standards: 85.7%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 80.5%
Met or exceeded science standards: 74.2%
Four year graduation rate: 85.5%
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Pacific High
Port Orford-Langlois School District
Enrollment: 90
Economically disadvantaged: 53%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 90.9%
Met or exceeded math standards: 59.1%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 77.3%
Met or exceeded science standards: 68.2%
Four year graduation rate: 78.3%
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Southridge High
Beaverton School District
Enrollment: 1722
Economically disadvantaged: 27%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 91.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 80.4%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 66.3%
Met or exceeded science standards: 68.9%
Four year graduation rate: 88.5%
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Sisters High
Sisters School District
Enrollment: 480
Economically disadvantaged: 28%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 93.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 74.1%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 77.8%
Met or exceeded science standards: 83.3%
Four year graduation rate: 88.4%
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Glide High
Glide School District
Enrollment: 215
Economically disadvantaged: 45%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 70.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 68.8%
Met or exceeded science standards: 93.8%
Four year graduation rate: 86.7%
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Summit High
Bend-LaPine School District
Enrollment: 1344
Economically disadvantaged: 22%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 93.3%
Met or exceeded math standards: 74.6%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 73.6%
Met or exceeded science standards: 73.6%
Four year graduation rate: 88.3%
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Grant High
Portland School District
Enrollment: 1489
Economically disadvantaged: 24%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 92.6%
Met or exceeded math standards: 83.3%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 70.3%
Met or exceeded science standards: 66.4%
Four year graduation rate: 84.3%
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Westview High
Beaverton School District
Enrollment: 2418
Economically disadvantaged: 33%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 92.2%
Met or exceeded math standards: 81.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 75.4%
Met or exceeded science standards: 70.3%
Four year graduation rate: 80.1%
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Cleveland High
Portland School District
Enrollment: 1457
Economically disadvantaged: 29%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 92.6%
Met or exceeded math standards: 80.2%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 81.4%
Met or exceeded science standards: 59.7%
Four year graduation rate: 76.2%
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Sunset High
Beaverton School District
Enrollment: 1942
Economically disadvantaged: 29%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 94.7%
Met or exceeded math standards: 83.3%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 76.8%
Met or exceeded science standards: 79.7%
Four year graduation rate: 81.4%
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Wilson High
Portland School District
Enrollment: 1185
Economically disadvantaged: 22%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 91.8%
Met or exceeded math standards: 80.4%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 82.8%
Met or exceeded science standards: 63.8%
Four year graduation rate: 84.4%
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Ashland High
Ashland School District
Enrollment: 940
Economically disadvantaged: 28%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 85.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 79.8%
Met or exceeded science standards: 77.2%
Four year graduation rate: 86.1%
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Crescent Valley High
Corvallis School District
Enrollment: 965
Economically disadvantaged: 23%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 85.3%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 78.1%
Met or exceeded science standards: 77.8%
Four year graduation rate: 70.1%
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West Linn High
West Linn-Wilsonville School District
Enrollment: 1514
Economically disadvantaged: 10%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 87.9%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 85.8%
Met or exceeded science standards: 83.2%
Four year graduation rate: 93.2%
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Riverdale High
Riverdale School District
Enrollment: 242
Economically disadvantaged: <6%*
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 89.8%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 74.6%
Met or exceeded science standards: 74.6%
Four year graduation rate: 94.2%
*numbers less than 6% are represented by an asterisk in the Oregon Department of Education data.
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School of Science & Technology
Beaverton School District
Enrollment: 167
Economically disadvantaged: 20%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 86%
Met or exceeded science standards: 63.9%
Four year graduation rate: 81.1%
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Lincoln High
Portland School District
Enrollment: 1471
Economically disadvantaged: 12%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 92.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 85.3%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 88.1%
Met or exceeded science standards: 79.9%
Four year graduation rate: 89.3%
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Lakeridge High
Lake Oswego School District
Enrollment: 1078
Economically disadvantaged: 8%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 93.9%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 91.8%
Met or exceeded science standards: 92.1%
Four year graduation rate: 89.8%
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South Eugene High
Eugene School District
Enrollment: 1321
Economically disadvantaged: 24%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 91.6%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 84.9%
Met or exceeded science standards: 89.2%
Four year graduation rate: 79.4%
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Lake Oswego Senior High
Lake Oswego School District
Enrollment: 1224
Economically disadvantaged: 6%
Met or exceeded reading standards: 97.5%
Met or exceeded math standards: 92.4%
Met or exceeded writing standards: 89.1%
Met or exceeded science standards: 87.7%
Four year graduation rate: 89.5%
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