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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Century High School this year?
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Enrollment
1,563
High
DISTRICT 1,460 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBORO SD 1J·NCES 410002301248
Century High School
2000 SE Century Blvd, Hillsboro, OR 97123 · (503) 844-1800 · Washington County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,563 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Oregon public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public high schools
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
1,069 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 388 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 383 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 387 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 405 | 26% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -8.9pp since 2023
Math
23.6%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 22.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Century High School
Century High School's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Century High School this school | 1,563 | 68.4% | 35.3% |
| Liberty High School Hillsboro | 1,459 | 67.7% | 30.0% |
| Tualatin High School Tualatin | 1,687 | 58.2% | 28.1% |
| Tigard High School Tigard | 1,771 | 59.7% | 34.5% |
| Hillsboro High School Hillsboro | 1,327 | 67.7% | 19.9% |
| Glencoe High School Hillsboro | 1,492 | 67.9% | 27.4% |
Matched among Oregon high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Century High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #57 of 177 | #8 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #59 of 194 ▲ 7 | #10 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #77 of 201 ▼ 31 | #13 of 19 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,563 | #34 of 257 | #9 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #140 of 171 | #19 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #9 of 171 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #119 of 207 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #64 of 67 | #6 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,563
+46 (+3%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 1,958
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 25.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,563 | 67.9 | 23.0:1 | 68% (1,069) |
| 2023-24 | 1,565 | 69.7 | 22.4:1 | 49% (762) |
| 2022-23 | 1,551 | 71.5 | 21.7:1 | 46% (714) |
| 2020-21 | 1,517 | 59 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,554 | 62.1 | 25.0:1 | 35% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 1,595 | 62 | 25.7:1 | 35% (555) |
| 2010-11 | 1,660 | 71 | 23.4:1 | 39% (648) |
| 2000-01 | 1,958 | 91 | 21.5:1 | 24% (464) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Century High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,554 to 1,563); teachers up 9% (62.1 to 67.9).
About Century High School
This page covers Century High School, a large high school in Hillsboro, Oregon. Federal data show 1,563 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 630 students for high schools in Oregon.
Hillsboro SD 1J runs Century High School along with 36 other schools, enrolling 18,465 students in total.
At Century High School, White students make up the biggest share, 38%. The remaining students are 35% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among people living in Washington County, the White share is about 64%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
Teacher count: 67.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 23.0:1. Compared with the 19.8:1 average for high schools in Oregon, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 68%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Washington County is 57%.
Among Oregon public high schools, Century High School outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Century High School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.3% actual, 36.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Oregon.
Looking at the county, Washington County, the median household earns about $107,772 a year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Washington County has 136 public schools with about 79,469 students, including Century High School.
Ladd Acres Elementary School is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Century High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Century High School places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Century High School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment increased 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 25.7:1 to 23.0:1.
The discussion board for Century High School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
603,947
Census ACS
Median income
$107,772
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
136
79,469 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hillsboro SD 1J
- Glencoe High SchoolHigh · 1,492 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,459 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Evergreen Jr High SchoolMiddle · 728 students
- J W Poynter Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- South Meadows Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
Other schools in Hillsboro
- Glencoe High SchoolHigh · 1,492 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,459 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Beaverton Academy of Science and EngineeringHigh · 852 students
- Evergreen Jr High SchoolMiddle · 728 students
- J W Poynter Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
Other Century High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Century High. Century High School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Century High SchoolROCHESTER, MN · 1,608 students
- Century HighSanta Ana, CA · 1,519 students
- CENTURY HIGH SCHOOLBismarck, ND · 1,406 students
- Century HighSykesville, MD · 1,101 students
- CENTURY HIGH SCHOOLPOCATELLO, ID · 1,068 students
Nearby schools
- Ladd Acres Elementary School0.6 mi · 369
- Imlay Elementary School0.6 mi · 409
- R A Brown Middle School0.7 mi · 653
- Rosedale Elementary School0.9 mi · 301
- Indian Hills Elementary School1.0 mi · 372
- Tamarack Elementary School1.1 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About Century High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Century High School?
Century High School enrolls approximately 1,563 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Century High School serve?
Century High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Century High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Century High School is approximately 23.0:1 (68 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Century High School?
At Century High School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 35% Hispanic, 4% Black, 12% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Century High School public or private?
Century High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hillsboro SD 1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.