Bear Creek Elementary School

Bear Creek Elementary School operates as a heavily attended elementary campus in Bend, Oregon, run under Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1. Current enrollment sits at 521 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 62% above the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Across the 35 schools in Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1 (16,838 students total), Bear Creek Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bear Creek Elementary School records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 45% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Deschutes County's rate of about 60%.

After controlling for student poverty, Bear Creek Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.8%; this one delivers 27.1%.

Across the wider county, Deschutes County reports that median household income runs about $92,758, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Deschutes County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,823 students), of which Bear Creek Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bend Senior High School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bear Creek Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Bear Creek Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 569 students in 2018 compared to 521 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 54% to 50%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.