The Oregon Department of Education on Thursday posted Oregon’s highest-ever recorded graduation rate at 83% for the class of 2025. That Oregon’s graduation rate does not correlate to student proficiency in core subjects, or high rates of absenteeism, is no secret. That’s much closer to the ultimate graduation rate than the class of 2024, which posted an 81.6% graduation rate but a 73.6% ninth grade on-track rate. Oregon’s largest district, Portland Public Schools, shared data in March that it termed a “post-secondary success rate,” separate from its graduation rate. Participation rates for high school students on the OSAS remain a problem.