State report puts SHHS Class of 2024 graduation rate at 81%

Eighty-one percent of Sweet Home High School seniors who entered high school in 2019 graduated during the 2023-24 school year, according to a report released Jan. 30 by the Oregon Department of Education.

That rate represents the 166 students who earned regular or modified diplomas out of the total senior class of 205.

The rate for completers, students who earn GED certificates or finish through Adult or Extended high school programs, was 82.4%.

The 2024 graduation rates marked a nearly 2% improvement over 2023, which was 78.1%.

Those numbers represent students who are part of the four-year cohort that started in 2019-20.

Statewide, ODE officials reported, the five-year completion rate was 86.7%, the third-highest ever reported. That rate is roughly equal to the Class of 2022, they said. Overall, the state’s graduation rate in 2024 was nearly 10 percentage points higher than it was in 2014.

Sweet Home High School’s female students had a 85.9% graduation rate and males’ were 77.0%

Students considered economically disadvantaged had a graduation rate of 74.4%, while 74.4% of students with disabilities finished with diplomas, according to the report. Homeless students were 77.3%, up from 70.8 the year before

Students without disabilities graduated at a 91.4 percentage rate, while more than 95% of Talented and Gifted students graduated.

Career and Technical Education participants – students who have completed at least a half credit of CTE coursework, had a 94.6% graduation rate. CTE concentrators – those who earned one or more credits in technical skill-based courses, had a graduation rate of above 95%

Lebanon’s graduation rate for students finishing high school in 2023-24 was 88.8%.

The Central Linn district had a 95% graduation rate for female students, while males was 90%.

Economically disadvantaged students’ graduation rate was 84.6%, up from 78.3% the previous year.

Oregon students still struggling in math, reading

A report released Wednesday, Jan. 29,  from The National Assessment for Educational Progress indicated that Oregon’s fourth- and eighth-graders scored in the bottom half of all states in math and reading proficiency. The 2024 assessment showed students are trailing behind pre-pandemic levels in math and reading.

When comparing state/jurisdiction average scores in mathematics for fourth-grade public school students in 2024 with those from 2022, the previous assessment year,

  • 15 scored higher;
  • 1 scored lower; and
  • 37 had no significant change in scores.

Oregon’s fourth-graders ranked near the bottom in math scores – only Alaska, New Mexico and Puerto Rico scored lower.  Oregon eighth-graders, overall, ranked 12th from the bottom, and dropped slightly  from 2022, the last time the assessment took place. Top-scoring fourth-graders showed slight increases over 2022.

Nationally, eighth-grade ower eighth-grade mathematics scores in four states compared to 2022; scores did not change significantly in most states/jurisdictions

Oregon fourth-graders were fifth from the bottom in reading, while eighth-graders ranked 17th in reading, according to the report.

The report did not provide individual district statistics.

Also on Jan. 29, in response to the NAEP report, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Education to support school choice alternatives such as charter schools and private school tuition assistance. The order prioritizes school choice as a major priority for the U.S. Department of Education and other federal agencies involved in K-12 education.

“Too many children do not thrive in their assigned, government-run K-12 school,” Trump’s order said, citing the NAEP report.

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