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Enrollment
687
Middle
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEND-LAPINE ADMINISTRATIVE SD 1·NCES 410198000259
Cascade Middle School
19619 Mountaineer Wy, Bend, OR 97702 · (541) 355-7000 · Deschutes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
329 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 261 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 208 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 218 | 32% |
Student demographics
31%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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
68.4%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
57.7%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.4% | 57.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.2% | 56.8% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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 Cascade Middle School
Cascade Middle School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Middle School this school | 687 | 47.9% | 56.0% |
| Sky View Middle School Bend | 598 | 47.8% | 42.9% |
| Pacific Crest Middle School Bend | 585 | 50.6% | 53.0% |
| Pilot Butte Middle School Bend | 589 | 47.2% | 38.5% |
| Tumwata Middle School Oregon City | 685 | 54.6% | 31.0% |
| Sellwood Middle School Portland | 575 | 41.7% | 58.6% |
Matched among Oregon middle 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 Cascade Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Deschutes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #11 of 190 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #11 of 200 ▼ 2 | #2 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #7 of 201 ▲ 2 | #1 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 687 | #45 of 208 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #175 of 180 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.5% | #172 of 180 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #170 of 194 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #28 of 38 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
687
-30 (-4%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 998
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 687 | 28.4 | 24.2:1 | 48% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 26.7 | 23.1:1 | 30% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 614 | 25.8 | 23.8:1 | 16% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 717 | 33 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 26.9 | 24.9:1 | 28% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 24 | 23.7:1 | 33% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 927 | 38 | 24.4:1 | 30% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 30 | 22.2:1 | 21% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 998 | 41 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cascade Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (668 to 687); teachers up 6% (26.9 to 28.4).
About Cascade Middle School
This page covers Cascade Middle School, a mid-sized middle school in Bend, Oregon. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 687 students in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Oregon enroll around 494, and this school is 39% above that mark.
Enrollment across the 35 schools in Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1 totals 16,838 students.
By race and ethnicity, Cascade Middle School is 82% White. Next come 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 24.2:1 is based on 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Oregon average 19.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 48%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Deschutes County is 60%.
Compared with Oregon schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Cascade Middle School's results are 12.0 points above predicted: 56.0% against 44.0%.
For Deschutes County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $92,758 a year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Deschutes County number 53, with about 25,823 students.
Pine Ridge Elementary sits about 1.0 miles from Cascade Middle School. Cascade Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 51.8%, lower than Cascade Middle School's 56.0%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment fell 4% over 4 years, reaching 687 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.7:1 in 2020-21, and 24.2:1 in 2024-25.
The Cascade Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- High Desert Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sky View Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 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
- High Desert Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sky View Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
Other Cascade Middle schools
8 other US public schools in 4 states are named Cascade Middle. Cascade Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 9.
- Cascade Middle SchoolEugene, OR · 375 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolAUBURN, WA · 966 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolVancouver, WA · 815 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolSeattle, WA · 671 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolSedro-Woolley, WA · 670 students
Nearby schools
- Pine Ridge Elementary1.0 mi · 528
- Elk Meadow Elementary School1.6 mi · 459
- Amity Creek Elementary School1.7 mi · 144
- Westside Village Magnet School at Kingston Elementary School1.7 mi · 203
- Pacific Crest Middle School1.7 mi · 585
- William E Miller Elementary1.8 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Cascade Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cascade Middle School?
Cascade Middle School enrolls approximately 687 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cascade Middle School serve?
Cascade Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cascade Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cascade Middle School is approximately 24.2:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cascade Middle School?
At Cascade Middle School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Cascade Middle School public or private?
Cascade Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.