Hillsboro, Forest Grove school districts see mixed student test scores; Banks, Gaston improve

Students in the Hillsboro and Forest Grove school districts saw mixed results in math, science and English test scores during the 2025-26 school year, while Banks and Gaston reported improvements across all three subjects. That’s according to the Oregon Department of Education, which released results of the Oregon Statewide Assessments in late September, showing statewide proficiency rates on the rise for the second consecutive year. Statewide, proficiency increased by 1.4 percentage points in math, 0.8 percentage points in English language arts and 0.6 percentage points in science compared to the previous school year. Despite those improvements, fewer than half of Oregon students who took the assessments demonstrated proficiency in each of the three subjects. “These results give us reason to be encouraged, but also reinforce how much more there is to accomplish,” Oregon Department of Education Director Charlene Williams said in a release.

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