Ensworth Elementary School

Ensworth Elementary School is an intimate elementary school in Bend, Oregon, one of the schools within Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1. The school enrolls 130 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% below the state mean of about 321.

Within Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1, which oversees 35 schools and 16,838 students, Ensworth Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Ensworth Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 66%; the rest consists of 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at school resources, Ensworth Elementary School shows 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Deschutes County (around 60%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Ensworth Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.7%; this one delivers 22.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Deschutes County indicate median household income runs about $92,758, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ensworth Elementary School is one of 53 public schools in Deschutes County (combined enrollment of about 25,823 students).

Mountain View Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ensworth Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.9%.

Ensworth Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ensworth Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 38% since 2018, when it stood at 211 (now 130). The White share of enrollment contracted from 77% to 66% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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