Bend Elementary

As a rural-scale primary school in Red Bluff, California, Bend Elementary serves 102 students from grades K through 8, one of the schools within Evergreen Union. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Bend Elementary sits 78% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Evergreen Union (1,231 students total), Bend Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Bend Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Bend Elementary reports 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Bend Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tehama County (around 72%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bend Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.4%, the actual is 41.4%, a residual of -13.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Tehama County) records that median household earnings sit near $63,784, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Bend Elementary is one of 41 public schools in Tehama County (combined enrollment of about 10,948 students).

The closest other public school is Berrendos Middle, roughly 4.4 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bend Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 36.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Bend Elementary's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 102 (now 102). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 15% to 21%. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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