Summary:
ZIP code 97455 contains exactly one public high school, Pleasant Hill High School, which serves grades 6–12 with 530 students and belongs to Pleasant Hill School District 1. Because it is the only high school option in the area, the most useful comparisons are against its own district and against Oregon statewide averages rather than against local peers.
The school's profile is mixed. Its graduation rate of 88.5% is 5.5 percentage points above Oregon's 83.0%, and 6th grade mathematics proficiency (31.6%) edges out the state (29.7%) — the only grade-level measure above state. Almost everything else trails Oregon. All-grade ELA proficiency is 28.2% versus 43.8% statewide, mathematics is 20.4% versus 32.9%, and science is 11.9% versus 30.6%. Upper-grade results are the sharpest concern: 11th grade mathematics proficiency is under 5% compared with the state's 22.9%, and 11th grade science is 6.3% versus 33.8%. Chronic absenteeism is also high at 34.4%, above both the district's 28.1% and the state's 33.5%. Current state ranking is 268 of 271 high schools — the 1st percentile with 0 stars — down from 152 of 241 (37th percentile, 2 stars) in 2021–2022.
Context figures show 52.83% of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch, per-student spending of $19,551, and a 16:1 student-teacher ratio, though no district or state benchmarks are available to judge those. The district itself ranks 108 of 141, in the 23rd percentile with 1 star, and its all-grade proficiency rates are also below state. In short, families here have one public high school option with a strong graduation rate but low test proficiency, high absenteeism, and a declining ranking.
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