Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEND-LAPINE ADMINISTRATIVE SD 1·NCES 410198001290
Buckingham Elementary School
62560 Hamby Rd, Bend, OR 97701 · (541) 355-2600 · Deschutes County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
163 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 46% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
46.8%
OR avg 31.8% . -6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.6% | 46.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 53.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Buckingham Elementary School
Buckingham Elementary School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham Elementary School this school | 340 | 47.9% | 47.8% |
| North Star Elementary Bend | 319 | 49.5% | 44.0% |
| Cedaroak Park Primary School West Linn | 348 | 44.3% | 65.2% |
| Banks Elementary School Banks | 430 | 48.4% | 36.8% |
| Lava Ridge Elementary School Bend | 404 | 48.3% | 47.7% |
| Three Rivers Elementary School Sunriver | 421 | 48.0% | 37.4% |
Matched among Oregon elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Buckingham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Deschutes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #140 of 591 | #12 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #154 of 646 ▼ 40 | #10 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #163 of 646 ▼ 1 | #11 of 30 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #332 of 710 | #20 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #284 of 587 | #5 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #517 of 587 | #17 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #574 of 645 | #25 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.3% | #16 of 493 | #1 of 21 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
340
-37 (-10%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 340 | 20.2 | 16.8:1 | 48% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 22.6 | 16.4:1 | 50% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 22.8 | 17.3:1 | 29% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 26 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 29.1 | 19.9:1 | 36% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 27 | 20.8:1 | 48% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 23 | 21.1:1 | 57% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 668 | 35 | 19.1:1 | 23% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 691 | 25 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buckingham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (579 to 340); teachers down 31% (29.1 to 20.2).
About Buckingham Elementary School
Buckingham Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Oregon, located in Bend. It enrolls 340 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
Buckingham Elementary School is one school in a 35-school district, Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1, which enrolls 16,838 students.
The share of White students at Buckingham Elementary School is 80%. Enrollment also includes 13% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 34%.
Buckingham Elementary School reports a ratio of 16.8 students per teacher, from 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Lunch program data show 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Deschutes County, the school's rate is lower.
Buckingham Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.8%, compared with a predicted 44.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Deschutes County area, the median household earns about $92,758 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Deschutes County, 53 public schools serve about 25,823 students.
Buckingham Elementary School's nearest public school is Oregon Family School (about 1.1 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.1%; Buckingham Elementary School's is 47.8%, ranking 3rd of 7.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 377 (2020-21) to 340 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.8:1.
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Deschutes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
206,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,758
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
25,823 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1
- Caldera High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Summit High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Bend Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,204 students
- Mountain View Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- High Desert Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
Other schools in Bend
- Caldera High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Summit High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Bend Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,204 students
- Mountain View Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- High Desert Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
Other Buckingham Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Buckingham Elementary. Buckingham Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Buckingham ElementaryBerlin, MD · 518 students
- Buckingham Elementary SchoolBuckingham, PA · 442 students
Nearby schools
- Oregon Family School1.1 mi · 919
- Mountain View Senior High School1.2 mi · 1,161
- Ensworth Elementary School1.7 mi · 130
- Ponderosa Elementary2.1 mi · 464
- Pilot Butte Middle School2.2 mi · 589
- Juniper Elementary School2.4 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About Buckingham Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Buckingham Elementary School?
Buckingham Elementary School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades KG-05.
Is Buckingham Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Buckingham Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Buckingham Elementary School have?
Buckingham Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
How diverse is Buckingham Elementary School?
Buckingham Elementary School reports a student body of 80% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Buckingham Elementary School?
Buckingham Elementary School is overseen by Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1 in Deschutes County.
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