Of 231 students, 167 graduated, 27 dropped out, ten received a modified diploma, and 27 were still in high school the following year.

[5][6] These numbers have gotten slightly better (and higher than the state average), with, in 2014, a 78% on-time graduation rate for seniors and 34 dropping out.

On May 17, 2019, 18 year old Angel Granados Dias entered his Parkrose High School classroom wearing a black trench coat and carrying a loaded shotgun while suffering from a mental health crisis.

[8] He was subdued by the school's security guard and sports coach, former Oregon Ducks football team star wide receiver Keanon Lowe.

The administration falsely identified "Shooter" as Sanders and raised caution over the fact that he was reportedly fascinated by guns, wore a trench coat, and was found with sharpened scissors.