Best Public Schools in Bend, OR

Bend, Oregon is home to 31 schools serving roughly 15,321 students, spanning 19 elementary schools, 6 middle schools (grades 6–8), and 6 high schools (grades 9–12). Thirty belong to Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1, which ranks 34th of 141 Oregon districts, while Tumalo Community School sits inside the city but belongs to Redmond School District 2J. Bend's schools beat state averages overall, but that strength comes almost entirely from the elementary and middle grades.

Four elementaries lead the city: Highland School at Kenwood (top 3% of Oregon elementaries), High Lakes Elementary, William E Miller Elementary, and Pine Ridge Elementary all rank in the top 8% of the state. Pacific Crest Middle and Cascade Middle are the strongest middle schools, both five-star with proficiency around 30 points above state. Amity Creek Elementary posts the highest single proficiency figure in the data — 77.3% in science — while Bend International School has the city's lowest chronic absenteeism at 13.1%. Tumalo Community School is the only high-poverty school in that top tier.

The high schools are the clear weak link: five of six fall below the state in English language arts, and Bend Senior High School and Bend Technical Academy report math proficiency as under 5%. Among the large comprehensive high schools, Mountain View Senior High School has the best test scores but the weakest graduation rate, while Summit High School shows the reverse. Ensworth Elementary is the lowest performer in the city and also the most expensive at $26,333 per student, and Bear Creek Elementary performs similarly poorly. The widest gap sits inside a single district: a 43.7-point spread in elementary ELA between Bend's best and weakest schools.