Summary:
Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1 serves roughly 3,567 middle-school students across seven schools in grades 6–8 in and around Bend and LaPine, Oregon. The district ranks #34 of 141 Oregon districts (76th percentile, 4 stars), and its middle schools outperform the state in English language arts (53.0% vs. 43.8%), math (43.5% vs. 32.9%), and science (33.7% vs. 30.6%), while chronic absenteeism (34.2%) runs slightly above the state's 33.5%.
The district's strong reputation rests mainly on two schools. Pacific Crest Middle School is #22 of 371 statewide (94th percentile, 5 stars), leads every subject (ELA 73.3%, math 62.6%, science 42.5%), has the lowest absenteeism at 28.1%, and has climbed from #56 to #31 to #22 over three years. Cascade Middle School is nearly as strong and far steadier — #26, #28, #30 over three years (5 stars each) — with the district's top science score (45.3%). At the other extreme, LaPine Middle School ranks #331 of 371 (11th percentile, 1 star), posts the lowest scores (ELA 19.8%, math 15.7%, science 18.9%), and has the highest absenteeism (44.4%).
Between those poles: Sky View Middle School (#93, 4 stars) is strong in ELA (59.8%) but weak in math (32.0%); Realms Middle School (#92, 4 stars) beats the district in math (46.7%) but sits 10.8 points below it in science (22.9%) and has slid in rank three years running; Pilot Butte Middle School (#144, 3 stars) has the second-highest absenteeism (39.3%); and High Desert Middle School (#185, 3 stars) improved from 2 to 3 stars but trails the state in all three subjects. Money and class size don't track with results here: LaPine spends the most per student ($19,243) with the smallest classes (17.0 ratio) and the lowest scores, while five Bend schools with nearly identical poverty rates (47.2%–50.6%) span 41.3% to 73.3% in ELA.
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