Bend Tech Academy

Bend Tech Academy is one of the one-room-style 9-12 campuss in Bend, Oregon, part of Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1, with 116 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 82% leaner than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 630 students.

Bend Tech Academy is one of 35 schools operated by Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1, a district that hosts 16,838 students overall.

Demographically, Bend Tech Academy lists that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.8:1, putting Bend Tech Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Deschutes County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Deschutes County indicate the typical household earns roughly $92,758 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Deschutes County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,823 students), Bend Tech Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Juniper Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 160 students in 2018 compared to 116 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 17% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.