La Grande High School graduates 152 seniors in Class of 2026 ceremony
La Grande High School sent 152 seniors into the next stage of life, and the class size signals a steady pipeline for Union County schools, employers and colleges.
A class of 152 seniors crossed the stage at La Grande High School on Sunday, May 31, giving Union County another large graduating class and a clear marker of what is next for the region’s schools, workplaces and colleges. The ceremony included many pieces of advice for the Class of 2026, a reminder that graduation in a town like La Grande is not just a celebration, but a public handoff from one stage of life to the next.
The ceremony was also made available to families who could not attend in person. La Grande High School’s Class of 2026 graduation was livestreamed on the district’s LGSD.TV page, and the class graduation page said KCAT carried the event online as well.
The size of the class stood out because it matched last year’s senior count. La Grande High School also graduated 152 seniors in the Class of 2025, after 136 students graduated in 2024. For a district of about 2,000 students, those numbers show how much a single senior class can shape the school system’s public face and the county’s sense of where the next generation is headed.
That matters in Union County, where each graduating class feeds the next round of college enrollment, trade programs, military service and jobs. La Grande School District says it is located in the Grande Ronde Valley between the Blue Mountains and the Wallowa Mountains, and in a community that size, a class of 152 represents a noticeable share of the young people moving into adulthood at the same time.
The graduation also comes as the district has pointed to strong completion results. La Grande School District reported that its 2024-25 graduation and completion rates were above 90%, and the Class of 2025 posted a 93.8% graduation rate, the highest the district had reported in 12 years. That performance gives added weight to a senior class of 152, since it suggests La Grande High School is sending a large share of students through to graduation and into the next phase of their lives.
For La Grande, the Class of 2026 was more than a ceremony. It was a count of 152 students stepping out of high school and into whatever comes next for Union County.
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