Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEND-LAPINE ADMINISTRATIVE SD 1·NCES 410198001438
Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School
701 NW Newport Ave, Bend, OR 97701 · (541) 355-1900 · Deschutes County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Oregon public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
185 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 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
17%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
71.5%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
72.8%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.5% | 72.8% |
| 2023-24 | 74.6% | 73.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School
Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School this school | 384 | 48.2% | 68.0% |
| High Lakes Elementary School Bend | 415 | 48.4% | 64.8% |
| Three Rivers Elementary School Sunriver | 421 | 48.0% | 37.4% |
| William E Miller Elementary Bend | 501 | 48.1% | 62.3% |
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School Pleasant Hill | 417 | 52.8% | 39.0% |
| Banks Elementary School Banks | 430 | 48.4% | 36.8% |
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 Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Deschutes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #24 of 591 | #1 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #20 of 646 no change | #2 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #46 of 646 ▼ 17 | #5 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #236 of 710 | #16 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #545 of 587 | #26 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.4% | #584 of 587 | #26 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #569 of 645 | #20 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #479 of 493 | #21 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
384
+30 (+8%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 384 | 18.8 | 20.4:1 | 48% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 19 | 20.1:1 | 14% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 18.3 | 21.2:1 | 5% (21) |
| 2020-21 | 354 | 18 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 17.8 | 22.0:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 17 | 22.7:1 | 9% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 16 | 23.5:1 | 13% (48) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (392 to 384); teachers up 6% (17.8 to 18.8).
About Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School
Students in Bend, Oregon, attend Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 384 students.
Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School falls under Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1, which has 35 schools enrolling 16,838 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School is White, at 91%. After that, the student body is 7% multiracial. Among Deschutes County residents, the White share is about 87%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School lists 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 20.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon is 3.9 students per teacher. About 48% of students at Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 60% average for public schools in Deschutes County is 12 points.
Among Oregon public elementary schools, Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School outscored 95%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 24.1 points. The model expects 43.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Oregon; the school's rate is 68.0%.
The school is in Deschutes County, where median household income comes to about $92,758, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Deschutes County counts 53 public schools with about 25,823 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Westside Village Magnet School at Kingston Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 8%.
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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
Nearby schools
- Westside Village Magnet School at Kingston Elementary School0.4 mi · 203
- Amity Creek Elementary School0.5 mi · 144
- Bend Tech Academy1.2 mi · 116
- High Lakes Elementary School1.5 mi · 415
- Bend Senior High School1.5 mi · 1,204
- Juniper Elementary School1.7 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About Highland School at Kenwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School?
Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School serve?
Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School?
Approximately 20.4:1 students per teacher at Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School are roughly 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School public or private?
Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1.
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