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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEND-LAPINE ADMINISTRATIVE SD 1·NCES 410198000265
Juniper Elementary School
1300 NE Norton St, Bend, OR 97701 · (541) 355-1800 · Deschutes County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
206 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
42%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
60.3%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
47.9%
OR avg 31.8% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.3% | 47.9% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 53.0% |
% 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
51.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 Juniper Elementary School
Juniper Elementary School's state test result (51.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Elementary School this school | 432 | 47.7% | 51.9% |
| Lava Ridge Elementary School Bend | 404 | 48.3% | 47.7% |
| Elk Meadow Elementary School Bend | 459 | 48.6% | 33.5% |
| Ponderosa Elementary Bend | 464 | 48.1% | 49.3% |
| Banks Elementary School Banks | 430 | 48.4% | 36.8% |
| Silver Rail Elementary School Bend | 457 | 48.1% | 44.8% |
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 Juniper Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Deschutes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #109 of 591 | #8 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #148 of 646 ▼ 32 | #9 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #119 of 646 ▲ 10 | #9 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #147 of 710 | #11 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #368 of 587 | #11 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #407 of 587 | #9 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #575 of 645 | #26 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #270 of 493 | #12 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
432
+31 (+8%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 432 | 24.5 | 17.6:1 | 48% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 25.5 | 17.1:1 | 51% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 25.3 | 16.4:1 | 41% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 25 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 28.5 | 18.5:1 | 52% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 29 | 19.1:1 | 60% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 28 | 19.9:1 | 70% (391) |
| 2000-01 | 565 | 26 | 21.7:1 | 38% (215) |
| 1990-91 | 666 | 26 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juniper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (527 to 432); teachers down 14% (28.5 to 24.5).
About Juniper Elementary School
In Bend, Oregon, part of Deschutes County, Juniper Elementary School is an elementary school. The school counts 432 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Oregon is about 321 students.
Juniper Elementary School is one of the 35 schools that make up Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1 (16,838 students in total).
White students account for 74% of enrollment at Juniper Elementary School. The remaining students are 16% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Deschutes County is about 87% White. By the diversity index, Juniper Elementary School comes in at 42%.
Juniper Elementary School counts 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.6 students for each one. The 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon is lower than this school's figure. About 48% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Public schools in Deschutes County average 60%.
Test results at Juniper Elementary School are 7.9 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (51.9% actual, 44.1% predicted).
Deschutes County has these Census figures: median household income is 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%. The public schools of Deschutes County number 53 and enroll about 25,823.
Pilot Butte Middle School is the public school closest to Juniper Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Juniper Elementary School places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Juniper Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
Juniper Elementary School saw enrollment rise 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 16.0:1 to 17.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
Other Juniper Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Juniper Elementary. Juniper Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Juniper ElementaryHesperia, CA · 761 students
- Juniper ElementaryEscondido, CA · 588 students
- Juniper ElementaryAtwater, CA · 495 students
- Juniper ElementaryFontana, CA · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Pilot Butte Middle School0.2 mi · 589
- Bend Tech Academy0.6 mi · 116
- Ensworth Elementary School0.8 mi · 130
- Bend Senior High School0.9 mi · 1,204
- Bear Creek Elementary School0.9 mi · 521
- Mountain View Senior High School1.5 mi · 1,161
Frequently asked questions
About Juniper Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Juniper Elementary School?
Juniper Elementary School enrolls approximately 432 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Juniper Elementary School serve?
Juniper Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Juniper Elementary School have?
Juniper Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Juniper Elementary School?
Student demographics at Juniper Elementary School are roughly 74% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Juniper Elementary School in?
Juniper Elementary School is part of Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.