Hillsboro High School

Hillsboro High School is a 9–12 comprehensive high school in Hillsboro, Oregon, part of Hillsboro School District 1J, serving 1,327 students. In 2025–26 it ranked 230th of 271 Oregon high schools (15th percentile, 1 star), well below its district's overall standing of 69th of 141 and placing it in the bottom sixth of the state's high schools. Its rank has slid from the 34th percentile in 2021–22 to the 15th percentile now, and it has earned 1 star in each of the last four reported years.

Among same-district comprehensive high schools, Hillsboro High ranks lowest: Century High School (45th percentile), Glencoe High School (42nd), and Liberty High School (23rd) all place higher. It does outrank nearby Aloha High School and Community School, but sits far below Beaverton's Mountainside High School, Westview High School, International School of Beaverton, and Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering. Notably, 67.67% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch—nearly identical to Liberty, Glencoe, and Century—so its lower results aren't explained by poverty alone. Eleventh-grade OSAS proficiency was 25.5% in ELA, 13.3% in math, and 18% in science, trailing district and state figures in all three. The graduation rate is 86.2%, above Oregon's 83.0% but below the district's 90.4%. Chronic absenteeism is the clearest red flag: 45.0%, the highest among Hillsboro district high schools and above both district and state rates.

Resources appear comparable to or better than nearby schools: $19,368 per student and a 20.9 student–teacher ratio. Results vary widely by student group—multi-racial students rank in the 76th percentile statewide and Asian students improved to the 41st percentile, while Hispanic students (1st percentile) and low-income students (3rd percentile) rank near the bottom. For families, the biggest leverage points appear to be attendance, ELA and science instruction, and support for Hispanic and low-income students.