Best Public Schools in Zip Code 96022

Schools in ZIP code 96022 include eight schools serving grades K–4 through K–12: four elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school and one alternative school, with two schools serving K–8. Seven have 2025–26 test results; Cottonwood Creek Charter’s latest results are from 2024–25. The most important takeaway is that results vary widely between schools: current ELA proficiency ranges from 29% at North Cottonwood to 75% at Bend Elementary, a 45-point spread, while math ranges from 28% at Evergreen Institute of Excellence to 60% at Bend, a 32-point spread.

Bend is the strongest current all-grades performer, leading in ELA, math and science at 75%, 60% and 59%, respectively—25, 21 and 23 points above state results. North Cottonwood is the clearest academic concern: its ELA is 20 points below the state, and its math is 7 points below. Evergreen Institute also stands out for a split profile: its science score is 49%, but its math score is 28%, 10 points below the state. Results vary by grade, too: Evergreen Elementary exceeds the state in both 3rd- and 4th-grade ELA and math, while North Cottonwood falls below it in all four comparisons. Cottonwood Creek Charter’s latest scores, from 2024–25, were 68% in ELA and 69% in math, the highest reported that year.

Trends are mixed rather than uniformly improving: among schools with results in both years, average ELA rose about 1 point and math about 2 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the science advantage over the state narrowed. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking for North Cottonwood fell from 57 to 26 between 2023–24 and 2025–26; Bend’s rose from 60 to 81. For context, all schools report free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL) for 2024–25, ranging from 27% at Cottonwood Creek Charter to 60% at Evergreen Elementary; student–teacher ratios range from 15.3 at Evergreen Institute to 26.1 at Cottonwood Creek Charter. These measures are observations, not explanations for test results. Schools serve different grade spans, and Bend (102 students) and Evergreen Institute (184) are relatively small, so comparisons deserve context.