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What's the biggest difference between Pilot Butte Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
589
Middle
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEND-LAPINE ADMINISTRATIVE SD 1·NCES 410198000268
Pilot Butte Middle School
1501 NE Neff St, Bend, OR 97701 · (541) 355-7400 · Deschutes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Oregon public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
278 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 163 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 194 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 232 | 39% |
Student demographics
40%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
45.7%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
32.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.7% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 43.1% |
% 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 Pilot Butte Middle School
Pilot Butte Middle School's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Butte Middle School this school | 589 | 47.2% | 38.5% |
| Sky View Middle School Bend | 598 | 47.8% | 42.9% |
| High Desert Middle School Bend | 668 | 47.9% | 29.5% |
| Estacada Middle School Estacada | 460 | 51.5% | 21.9% |
| Chehalem Valley Middle School Newberg | 422 | 49.8% | 44.6% |
| Cascade Middle School Bend | 687 | 47.9% | 56.0% |
Matched among Oregon middle 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 Pilot Butte Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Deschutes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #41 of 190 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #62 of 200 ▼ 36 | #6 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #72 of 201 ▼ 16 | #7 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #72 of 208 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #126 of 180 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #146 of 180 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #172 of 194 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #91 of 141 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
589
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 1,052
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 589 | 29.7 | 19.9:1 | 47% (278) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 33.6 | 19.1:1 | 65% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 686 | 36.2 | 18.9:1 | 64% (438) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 33 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 32 | 20.4:1 | 60% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 31 | 21.6:1 | 67% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | 28 | 22.4:1 | 73% (456) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 27 | 19.9:1 | 33% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 1,052 | 42 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pilot Butte Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (652 to 589); teachers down 7% (32 to 29.7).
About Pilot Butte Middle School
Pilot Butte Middle School is a medium-sized middle school found in Bend, Oregon. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 589 students.
Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1 runs 35 schools with a combined 16,838 students. Pilot Butte Middle School is one of them.
Pilot Butte Middle School is 74% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. In Deschutes County overall, about 87% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 19.9:1, with 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That matches the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon fairly closely. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Pilot Butte Middle School is 47%. It compares with 60% for public schools in Deschutes County.
allk12 grades Pilot Butte Middle School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Pilot Butte Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.5% and a predicted 44.3%.
Federal survey data for Deschutes County show that the median household income is $92,758, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 53 public schools in Deschutes County, enrolling about 25,823 students in all.
The nearest public school is Juniper Elementary School, at about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Pilot Butte Middle School is 3rd among 7 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Pilot Butte Middle School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (588) and 2024-25 (589). Federal data show the ratio rising from 17.8:1 to 19.9:1.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Juniper Elementary School0.2 mi · 432
- Ensworth Elementary School0.7 mi · 130
- Bend Tech Academy0.8 mi · 116
- Bear Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 521
- Bend Senior High School1.0 mi · 1,204
- Mountain View Senior High School1.3 mi · 1,161
Frequently asked questions
About Pilot Butte Middle SchoolHow large is Pilot Butte Middle School?
Pilot Butte Middle School enrolls approximately 589 students in grades 06-08.
Is Pilot Butte Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pilot Butte Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Pilot Butte Middle School?
Approximately 19.9:1 students per teacher at Pilot Butte Middle School.
How diverse is Pilot Butte Middle School?
Pilot Butte Middle School reports a student body of 74% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Pilot Butte Middle School?
Pilot Butte Middle School is overseen by Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1 in Deschutes County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.