Pacific Crest Middle School

Pacific Crest Middle School is a medium-sized intermediate school in Bend, Oregon, one of the schools within Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1. The school caters to 585 students in grades 6 through 8.

Pacific Crest Middle School is one of 35 schools operated by Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1, a district that educates 16,838 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Pacific Crest Middle School records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Deschutes County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Deschutes County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pacific Crest Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Deschutes County shows median household income runs about $92,758, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pacific Crest Middle School is one of 53 public schools in Deschutes County (combined enrollment of about 25,823 students).

William E Miller Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pacific Crest Middle School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 764 students in 2018 compared to 585 in 2025.

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