Oregon has worst graduation rate in the U.S

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And it shows. They are only ranked 40 out of 50 in academic performance.

Hey, it's better than dead last.

oregon ranks middle of the pack on SAT scores and most other education metrics.

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oregon ranks middle of the pack on SAT scores and most other education metrics.

Slightly below median for SAT scores yes. Overall K-12 academic performance, it's at the bottom.

http://www.oregonlive.com/education/...n_student.html

40 out of 50. Your northern neighborhor was #9 tho'

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Slightly below median for SAT scores yes. Overall K-12 academic performance, it's at the bottom.

http://www.oregonlive.com/education/...n_student.html

40 out of 50. Your northern neighborhor was #9 tho'

you live in california right? the average SAT score in oregon is 40 points higher than it is in your state, and 20 points ahead of washington state.

http://www.commonwealthfoundation.or...-by-state-2014

edit: im not trying to argue that education in oregon is good, im just saying its not the worst in the country as the OP implies.

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you live in california right? the average SAT score in oregon is 40 points higher than it is in your state, and 20 points ahead of washington state.

http://www.commonwealthfoundation.or...-by-state-2014

California? You'd have to pay me to live in that craphole. Try Colorado.

Fun fact (according to the link above): Oregon has the dumbest white people in the USA, worse than Mississippi

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D.C., not a state, but typically ranked among states, actually has a much lower HS graduation rate than Oregon. DC has a bunch of troubled inner city kids, New Mexico has Native Americans and isolated and remote rural folks, what's Oregon's excuse with all those little liberal white kids running around. :

All of NE/SE D.C. is pretty much filtered with really bad high schools. West Philly had some high school shut down near where I lived. I used to tutor a few "troubled kids" from West Philly and the lack of knowing basic math was evident. Sad thing is a lot of them were from troubled homes. Our supervisor said a few of them literally had their parents in jail or were negligent to their children. Chicago has a mix from what I've heard. My friend went to school in Northside Chicago and said for the most part, the bad "high schools" are spread out through the city.