Portland schools report higher graduation rates despite pandemic January 21 2021
Oregon Department of Education says state s lax guidelines in 2020 had little impact on spiked rates.
Oregon education officials are celebrating an increase in the overall on-time graduation rate during the 2019-20 academic year.
Across Oregon, the graduation rate climbed from 80% in 2019 to 83% in 2020.
In Portland Public Schools, the graduation rate jumped to nearly 84%, up from 80.5% the year prior, making it the highest rate for PPS in the last decade.
Within Oregon s largest district, nearly all student groups showed a jump in on-time graduation rates. Rates for Latino students jumped by four percentage points, while Black students saw a five-percentage-point increase in on-time graduations.