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Bend, Oregon - 35 schools
An equity score of 17/100 ranks Bend-Lapine Administrative Sd 1 #157 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,289 per pupil, Bend-Lapine Administrative Sd 1 ranks #166 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
17,360
Total Enrollment
35
Schools
$13,289
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bend-Lapine Administrative Sd 1 operates 35 public schools serving 17,360 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 21 elementary, 7 high, 7 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Deschutes County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,289 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oregon compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 50.0% local, 42.2% state, and 7.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 17/100, ranked #157 of 160 in Oregon against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 6 of 35 schools offering Advanced Placement (60 AP courses district-wide), a 334.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 46.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.6% White, 12.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bear Creek Elementary School, with a diversity index of 54.9/100.
Its largest campus is Caldera High School, enrolling 1,354 students (8% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Marshall High School, at 116 students, a 12x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Bend-Lapine Administrative Sd 1 school enrollment varies 12× across entities
Bend-Lapine Administrative Sd 1 school enrollment ranges from 116 students (lowest) to 1,354 students (highest), a spread of 1,238 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Bend-Lapine Administrative Sd 1 student-counselor ratio is 334:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Bend-Lapine Administrative Sd 1 is typically wider than the Bend-Lapine Administrative Sd 1-aggregate figure suggests.
Bend-Lapine Administrative Sd 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 46.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Bend-Lapine Administrative Sd 1's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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