Summary
Willamette High School is a comprehensive 9–12 school serving 1,455 students on Echo Hollow Road in Eugene, Oregon, as part of Bethel School District 52. It is one of the larger high schools in the Eugene area — similar in size to South Eugene High School and Sheldon High School — but it ranked 242nd of 271 Oregon high schools in 2025–26 (11th percentile, 1 star), the lowest position in its ten-year record. Its percentile has dropped every year since 2021–22: 64, then 38, 21, 16, and now 11.
Test results in 2025–26 show 22.7% of students meeting standards in English language arts, 8.3% in math and 18.8% in science, against statewide rates of 43.8%, 32.9% and 30.6%. Because Willamette tests only 11th grade, the fairest local comparison is with other Bethel 11th graders — and there the school is above its district in all three subjects (district 11th grade: ELA 20.5%, math 6.9%, science 16.5%). At the same time, its 91.6% graduation rate is the highest of any nearby school and above both the district (84.5%) and the state (83.0%) for five straight years. Chronic absenteeism, at 26.4%, is also the lowest nearby — roughly half the rate at Sheldon, South Eugene and Churchill High School.
The contrast with similar schools is striking. North Eugene High School, 1.76 miles away, posts almost the same test profile but graduates 65.7% of students with 47.3% chronically absent. Within the same district, Kalapuya High School reports a 53.8% graduation rate, 65.2% absenteeism and $27,603 in per-student spending, versus $19,226 at Willamette. Willamette's student–teacher ratio is 19.3, and 87.5% of students are economically disadvantaged. Notably, students with disabilities rank 60th of 93 (35th percentile) — higher than the school overall — while gifted and talented students rank 71st of 75 (5th percentile).
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