John Tuck Elementary School

John Tuck Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Redmond, Oregon, operated by Redmond SD 2J. The school teaches 382 students in grades K through 5.

Within Redmond SD 2J, which oversees 13 schools and 6,889 students, John Tuck Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, John Tuck Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 70%. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Deschutes County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, John Tuck Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Deschutes County's rate of about 60%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John Tuck Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.5%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of +9.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Deschutes County reports that median household income runs about $92,758, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Deschutes County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,823 students), of which John Tuck Elementary School is one.

Redmond Proficiency Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, John Tuck Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. John Tuck Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 394 (now 382). Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 24% to 18%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the John Tuck Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.