Summary:
ZIP code 97702 in Bend, Oregon is served by exactly one high school: Caldera High School, a grades 9–12 campus with 1,354 students and part of Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1. Because it is the only high school in the ZIP code, it is the entire high-school landscape for local families, and the available data covers its district and state rankings, three years of rank history, graduation rate, chronic absenteeism, OSAS proficiency, free/reduced lunch, per-student spending, and student-teacher ratio.
The school presents a mixed picture. Its graduation rate of 90.1% is strong — above the district's 85.8% and the state's 83.0%. However, chronic absenteeism is 52.9%, far above the district's 34.2% and the state's 33.5%, meaning more than half of students are chronically absent. Test proficiency is below district and state in every subject. In 11th grade, 28.1% met English Language Arts proficiency, 17.6% met math, and 17.8% met science; the largest gaps against the state are in ELA (-17.9 points) and science (-16.0 points). The school's "All Grades" and "11th Grade" results are identical, consistent with OSAS high-school testing being concentrated in grade 11, so the 11th-grade figures are the fairest comparison.
Caldera's broader context is notable. Its district ranks 34th of 141 statewide (76th percentile, 4 stars), while Caldera itself ranks 223rd of 271 for 2025–26 (18th percentile, 1 star). Its statewide rank has declined over three years: 35th percentile (2 stars) in 2023–24, 24th percentile (1 star) in 2024–25, and 18th percentile (1 star) in 2025–26 — a multi-year trend. About 48.3% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, and per-student spending is $15,097, though no state or national comparison is provided. The reported student-teacher ratio of 118.8 students per teacher is implausible for a school of this size and should be treated as unreliable until verified.
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