(Salem, OR) -- Students who were freshman during the start of the pandemic graduated last year, and Oregon graduation rates were near the highest levels ever recorded in the state at 81 percent. Students were given additional resources including after-school and summer school programs that helped them catch up. Students who learned English before entering high school graduated at 87 percent. All groups of students had about the same graduation rate when comparing 2022 with 2023. Students with two credits in Career and Technical Education had a 95 percent graduation rate.