Caldera High School

Set in Bend, Oregon, Caldera High School is an expansive senior high, overseen by Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1. It educates 1,354 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 115% above the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 630 students.

Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1 runs 35 schools in total, collectively educating 16,838 students. Caldera High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Caldera High School records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 23% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Caldera High School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 118.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.8:1 average. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Deschutes County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Caldera High School is in the bottom 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 43.8%; Caldera High School posts 24.1%, -19.7 points below that line.

Around the school, Deschutes County reports that the typical household earns roughly $92,758 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Caldera High School is one of 53 public schools in Deschutes County (combined enrollment of about 25,823 students).

R E Jewell Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Caldera High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Caldera High School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

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