Hillsboro School District Weekly Hot News, January 29, 2024 - Graduation Rates Hold Steady

The graduating class of 2023 was the first “full pandemic” cohort, meaning they lost the last quarter of their freshman year to the beginning of COVID and spent their entire sophomore year in distance and hybrid learning. Despite this significant challenge, 86.18% of students districtwide graduated in four years. This represents a very slight decrease of 0.09 percentage points from 2022, is less than one percentage point away from the district’s all-time high of 87.07% in 2020, and is 4.86 percentage points above the state average.  Disaggregated data shows gains in eight of ten categories of traditionally underserved populations, with the largest overall growth seen for students identifying as Black/African American/African, those who were English learners at any time in high school, and students with disabilities. Learn more on our website.  Our featured event is the official wrap-up of our 2017 Bond! After hundreds of projects and over half a billion dollars invested in infrastructure, the 2017 Hillsboro School District Bond is now concluded. Check out the final report and a video highlighting the work that was accomplished on our website. We couldn’t have done it without our amazing HSD community, so thank you! First semester ends on Thursday, February 1st. There will be no school for all students on Friday, February 2nd and Monday, February 5th as teachers prepare grades and get ready for second semester, which begins on Tuesday, February 6th. Hot News is produced and emailed to HSD families and staff each week school is in session. Please add the address to your “safe sender” list to make sure you always receive the latest issue. Please also bookmark our district website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hsd.k12.or.us⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to stay informed about what’s happening in our district and schools.