Juniper Elementary School

Located at 1300 NE Norton St, in Bend, Oregon, Juniper Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that instructs 432 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1. Compared to the state average of about 321 students per school, that is 35% bigger than typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Juniper Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Deschutes County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Deschutes County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Juniper Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 51.9%.

In the surrounding community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 5%. Juniper Elementary School is one of 53 public schools in Deschutes County (combined enrollment of about 25,823 students).

The closest other public school is Pilot Butte Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 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), Juniper Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 31.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Juniper Elementary School has shrank 18%, going from 527 students in 2018 to 432 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Juniper Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.