Boring’s public schools beat 75% of Oregon districts
The public schools Boring’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 75% of Oregon’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
How Boring compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Oregon’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Oregon only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Boring.
Parts of Boring are served by Gresham-Barlow School District 1J.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school in Boring
3 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Boring families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Boring
There’s no college in Boring, but 18 are within 30 miles. The closest is Mt Hood Community College in Gresham, 5.9 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Boring. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 8 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Oregon. Stars are from neighbors.