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Desert Sky Montessori

Q: Is Desert Sky Montessori a good school?

Desert Sky Montessori ranks 266 th of 706 Oregon elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-6

266^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 706 Oregon Elementary Schools

Better than 62% of Oregon elementary schools

Summary

Desert Sky Montessori is a public charter elementary school serving 171 students in grades K-6 in Bend, Oregon, which is part of the Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1. While the district is ranked 28 out of 140 in the state and has a 4-star rating, Desert Sky Montessori has faced some challenges in recent years.

The school has had consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 19.2% to 39.7%, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, its test scores in English Language Arts and Mathematics are generally lower than the district and state averages. For example, in 2024-2025, only 32% of 3rd graders at Desert Sky Montessori were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 52.4% for the district and 40.1% for the state. The school's statewide ranking and SchoolDigger rating have also fluctuated, ranging from 266th out of 706 elementary schools (3 stars) to 527th out of 710 (1 star), placing it in the middle to lower range of elementary schools in Oregon.

When comparing Desert Sky Montessori to the nearby schools in the Bend-LaPine district, such as Juniper Elementary, Ponderosa Elementary, and Highland School at Kenwood Elementary, it generally underperforms in areas like test scores, chronic absenteeism, and statewide rankings. Additionally, Desert Sky Montessori's spending per student is lower than the nearby schools, and its student-teacher ratio has fluctuated significantly, suggesting that the school may need to re-evaluate its strategies and resource allocation to better support student success.

168

Students ?

21.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,237

Per pupil spending ?

63175 O B Riley Rd
Bend, OR 97703-9003

(541) 350-2090

District: Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1

Racial breakdown:

White:

85.7%

Two or more races:

7.1%

Hispanic:

4.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 51st percentile in 2022 → 62nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 11 percentile points since 2022

✓Above the Oregon median (62nd percentile)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school43%

District avg49%

Oregon avg38%

266^th of 706

Oregon public elementary schools ?

Top 38%▲ up 12 pts since 2022

From top 49% (2022) to top 38% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 21Elementary Schools in the Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1

28^th of 140Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1 among Oregon districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2025	56.5	266 of 706	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	26.2	527 of 710	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.8	423 of 706	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.9	348 of 706	50.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2025	57.7	229 of 653	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	34.6	424 of 658	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.1	498 of 652	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2022	47.2	344 of 703	51.1%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2025	51.9	276 of 664	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.7	319 of 665	52.0%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2025	48.2	315 of 669	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	20.0	562 of 670	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.9	467 of 656	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	44.3	362 of 666	45.6%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2025)65th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)58th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)53rd percentile-9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2022)51st percentile~ school

By subject vs Oregon (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts56%+13 vs state

Science38%+8 vs state

Mathematics30%-6 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				OSAS English Language Arts (2025)						OSAS Mathematics (2025)						OSAS Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	OSAS Mathematics 4th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 5th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 6th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 7th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 8th Grade	OSAS Science 5th Grade	OSAS Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Desert Sky Montessori	Public, Charter	K-6	63175 O B Riley Rd	Bend	97703	Deschutes County	Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 350-2090	168	8	21.1		144 (85.7%)	1 (0.6%)	8 (4.8%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.1%)	56.5	266^th of 706 public elementary schools	62.3%		26.2	527^th of 710 public elementary schools	25.8%	261	57.7	50.0	64.3				32.0	33.3	21.4				38.5		$7,237	$672	$6,566
Bend International School	Public, Charter	K-8	63020 OB Riley Road	Bend	97703	Deschutes County	Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 797-7038	217	12	18.7	32.3%	164 (75.6%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (15.7%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	13 (6.0%)	70.1	168^th of 706 public elementary schools	76.2%		77.7	133^rd of 710 public elementary schools	81.3%	35	60.0	61.9	80.0	50.0	65.2	70.0	52.0	47.6	20.0	20.0	65.2	45.0	56.0	35.0	$7,237	$672	$6,566
North Star Elementary	Public	K-5	63567 N.W. Brownrigg Road	Bend	97703	Deschutes County	Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 355-1000	319	18	17.3	49.5%	238 (74.6%)	4 (1.3%)	46 (14.4%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (7.5%)	58.8	247^th of 706 public elementary schools	65.0%		76	140^th of 710 public elementary schools	80.3%	107	53.3	46.5	56.3				48.3	41.3	31.3				24.5		$16,341	$900	$15,441
Lava Ridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	20805 Cooley Rd	Bend	97701	Deschutes County	Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 355-2400	404	21	19.0	48.3%	297 (73.5%)	1 (0.2%)	76 (18.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.7%)	79	126^th of 706 public elementary schools	82.2%		65.2	203^rd of 710 public elementary schools	71.4%	77	57.7	52.2	70.1				53.7	53.0	42.6				47.1		$15,483	$671	$14,812
Ponderosa Elementary	Public	K-5	63100 NE Purcell	Bend	97701	Deschutes County	Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 355-4300	464	24	19.7	48.1%	363 (78.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (11.6%)	13 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (7.1%)	80.1	119^th of 706 public elementary schools	83.1%		68.5	181^st of 710 public elementary schools	74.5%	62	57.7	64.6	69.4				56.6	44.3	46.6				42.7		$15,648	$1,209	$14,439
Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	701 NW Newport Ave	Bend	97701	Deschutes County	Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 355-1900	384	19	20.4	48.2%	348 (90.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.5%)	95.4	30^th of 706 public elementary schools	95.8%		95.1	29^th of 710 public elementary schools	95.9%	1	67.2	67.9	80.0				71.2	70.9	76.4				60.0		$15,217	$672	$14,545
Ensworth Elementary School	Public	K-5	2150 NE Daggett Ln	Bend	97701	Deschutes County	Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 355-1600	130	11	11.4	97.7%	86 (66.2%)	2 (1.5%)	27 (20.8%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.8%)	11 (8.5%)	29.5	500^th of 706 public elementary schools	29.2%		14.8	642^nd of 710 public elementary schools	9.6%	142	35.0	40.0	42.1				20.0	20.0	26.3				18.2		$21,780	$1,598	$20,182
Juniper Elementary School	Public	K-5	1300 NE Norton St	Bend	97701	Deschutes County	Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 355-1800	432	25	17.6	47.7%	319 (73.8%)	4 (0.9%)	68 (15.7%)	6 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (7.4%)	74	146^th of 706 public elementary schools	79.3%		81.5	106^th of 710 public elementary schools	85.1%	40	41.5	65.8	70.7				34.8	59.5	47.3				41.9		$16,550	$1,130	$15,420
Westside Village Magnet School at Kingston Elementary School	Public	K-8	1101 NW 12th St	Bend	97701	Deschutes County	Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 355-2000	203	12	17.4	47.3%	168 (82.8%)	1 (0.5%)	20 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (5.9%)	52.5	284^th of 706 public elementary schools	59.8%		67.8	187^th of 710 public elementary schools	73.7%	97	63.6	44.0	47.6	47.1	75.0	41.7	66.7	16.0	14.3	25.0	55.0	33.3	56.5	47.1	$18,704	$1,633	$17,071
Amity Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	437 NW Wall St	Bend	97701	Deschutes County	Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 355-2800	144	8	18.9	47.2%	130 (90.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (8.3%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	82.7	108^th of 706 public elementary schools	84.7%		85.4	85^th of 710 public elementary schools	88.0%	23	55.0	87.0	66.7				65.0	69.6	42.9				33.3		$16,163	$672	$15,492

Frequently Asked Questions about Desert Sky Montessori

Is Desert Sky Montessori a good school?

Desert Sky Montessori ranks 266^th of 706 Oregon elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Desert Sky Montessori?

In the 2024-25 school year, 168 students attended Desert Sky Montessori.

What is the racial makeup of Desert Sky Montessori?

Students at Desert Sky Montessori are 86% White, 7% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

What district is Desert Sky Montessori in?

Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1

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