SALEM — The 37,700 students that made up Oregon’s 2023 high school graduating class posted the second-highest four-year graduation rate — 81.3% — ever recorded by the state.
The Oregon Department of Education, which presented the statewide graduation rates Tuesday, Jan. 23, stressed that the Class of 2023 shouldered the full brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic as those students were starting high school when the pandemic began.
Peter Rudy, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Education, said the 81.3% graduation rate is especially noteworthy given all the challenges the students faced from the onset of their freshman year.
GRANT COUNTY — Grant County saw some encouraging numbers and some that could cause concern following the Oregon Department of Education’s report on graduation rates for the 2022-23 graduating class.
The county as a whole saw a graduation rate of 64.2% compared to the statewide average of 81.3%. The graduation rate alone doesn’t tell the entire story however.
Four of the county’s five brick-and-mortar schools exceeded the statewide graduation average with Monument leading the way, reporting a 100% graduation rate for the 2022-23 school year. Grant Union (89.7%), Prairie City High School (85.7%) and Dayville (85.7%) all exceeded the statewide graduation rate for the 2022-23 school year.
A student shot another student at Grant Union High School in Sacramento Tuesday morning and the suspect has been detained, according to police and Twin Rivers Unified School District.
Hood River Valley used its team depth and bracket victories by four wrestlers to win the Bank of Eastern Oregon boys wrestling tournament Jan. 27 at Heppner High.
Grant Union/Prairie City’s Mariana Kostiuk looks to get to her feet from the bottom position against Vale’s Abby Castro at the Grant Union wrestling tournament. Kostiuk would win the match