Pleasant Hill School District 1

Pleasant Hill School District 1 is a small Oregon district with just two schools serving about 947 students: Pleasant Hill Elementary School for grades K–5 and Pleasant Hill High School for grades 6–12. There is no separate middle school, so middle-grade results are included in the high school's data. The district as a whole is rated 1 star, ranked 108th of 141 districts in Oregon (23rd percentile) — a rating that hides two very different schools.

Pleasant Hill Elementary School is the bright spot. It is rated 3 stars and ranked 245th of 709 elementary schools (65th percentile), and it has earned 3 stars in all three listed years. Its proficiency is above the state in every subject: ELA 49.3% vs 43.8%, math 44.3% vs 32.9%, and science 31.5% vs 30.6%. Grade-level scores are above the state almost everywhere, including 4th-grade ELA (52.8% vs 43.5%) and 3rd-grade math (51.4% vs 41.3%). Chronic absenteeism is 20.3%, far below the state's 33.5%.

Pleasant Hill High School is the district's main concern. It is rated 0 stars and ranked 268th of 271 high schools (1st percentile), down from 2 stars and 37th percentile in 2021–2022. Proficiency is well below the state: ELA 28.2% vs 43.8%, math 20.4% vs 32.9%, and science 11.9% vs 30.6%; 11th-grade math is reported as under 5%. Chronic absenteeism is 34.4%, above the state. Two positives stand out: the graduation rate is 88.5%, above the state's 83.0%, and 6th-grade math (31.6%) is the one grade-level score above the state. Notably, the high school spends more per student ($19,551 vs $17,319) and has nearly identical free/reduced lunch rates (52.83% vs 52.76%), so spending and this poverty measure do not explain the gap.