With the recent release of 2024-25 graduation rates, Gladstone High School students have a lot to be proud of.
Gladstone students overall had a strong four-year graduation rate of 83.8% last year, up from 81.8% in 2024. Oregon’s statewide average on-time graduation rate went up to a record 83% in 2025.
Gladstone’s graduation rates improved in a key area over the previous year, according to the data issued by the Oregon Department of Education on Jan. 29. 85.3% of Gladstone students of underserved races graduated on time last year, compared with 80% the year before.
Gladstone Superintendent Jeremiah Patterson said he was impressed by how leaders and staff at GHS work diligently to support all students, with a continuing emphasis on our students of color and students who are supported by special education.
“Principal Amy Mikesell and her team are showing how we can close student outcome gaps, by focused collaboration on student needs, and by developing relationships with students,” Patterson said. “Through these data, we also see how we have work that remains to be done, in particular for supporting students with identified learning disabilities.”
Another wonderful sign for Gladstone in the recently released graduation rates: 93.5% of the class of 2025 students who participated in career and technical education (CTE) graduated in four years, or at a rate of more than 95% if they concentrated on CTE courses.
GHS received a $249,000 state grant in 2023 to revitalize our CTE Pathways, which we used to upgrade existing infrastructure and create a new health sciences program starting in the 2024-25 class year. The latest graduation percentages released by the state show that our ability to offer five cutting-edge CTE programs (health sciences, business management, communications, engineering technology and digital arts) is already benefitting another generation of students.