Schools in Zip Code 97702

ZIP code 97702 in Bend is served by seven public schools — four elementary schools (grades K–5), two middle schools (grades 6–8), and one high school (grades 9–12) — all part of Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1, with roughly 4,638 students enrolled across them. Because each school is ranked only against others at its own level, percentile rankings are the fairest way to compare a high school with an elementary school.

Pine Ridge Elementary and Cascade Middle School are the clear standouts, sitting in the top 8–10% of Oregon schools at their levels for three years running. Pine Ridge Elementary posts the ZIP's highest math (68.3%) and science (51.7%) proficiency and its lowest chronic absenteeism (20.8%), while Cascade Middle School leads every tested subject among middle schools. Caldera High School is the puzzle: lowest proficiency in the ZIP (ELA 28.1%, math 17.6%, science 17.8%) and highest absenteeism (52.9%), yet a 90.1% graduation rate above district and state. Bear Creek Elementary School has the weakest elementary results and reports 97.31% free/reduced lunch — about double every other school, a gap that likely reflects a different counting method.

Two patterns matter most for families. First, spending and class size do not predict results here: Bear Creek Elementary School spends the most per student ($16,851) and has the smallest elementary classes (16.9:1) but the weakest outcomes, while Pine Ridge Elementary has the largest elementary classes (19.1:1) and the best. Second, the two middle schools report nearly identical poverty rates and funding, yet Cascade Middle School outperforms High Desert Middle School by 25–29 points in ELA and math. Elk Meadow Elementary School is the only school clearly improving (51st to 62nd percentile); Caldera High School and Bear Creek Elementary School are trending down, and R E Jewell Elementary School is the most volatile.