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Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEND-LAPINE ADMINISTRATIVE SD 1·NCES 410198000266
R E Jewell Elementary School
20550 Murphy Rd, Bend, OR 97702 · (541) 355-2100 · Deschutes County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Oregon public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
204 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 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
49%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
35.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
24.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -14.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 38.9% |
% 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
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 R E Jewell Elementary School
R E Jewell Elementary School's state test result (32.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R E Jewell Elementary School this school | 421 | 48.5% | 32.6% |
| Elk Meadow Elementary School Bend | 459 | 48.6% | 33.5% |
| Hawks View Elementary School Sherwood | 457 | 50.1% | 54.2% |
| Boones Ferry Primary School Wilsonville | 427 | 44.0% | 37.8% |
| Lava Ridge Elementary School Bend | 404 | 48.3% | 47.7% |
| Robert Frost Elementary School Silverton | 349 | 51.0% | 52.7% |
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 R E Jewell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Deschutes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #321 of 591 | #24 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #464 of 646 ▼ 220 | #27 of 30 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #413 of 646 ▼ 110 | #26 of 30 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #167 of 710 | #12 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #359 of 587 | #9 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #323 of 587 | #3 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.5% | #564 of 645 | #16 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #246 of 493 | #11 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
421
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 421 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 48% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 25.6 | 17.3:1 | 47% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 26.6 | 16.4:1 | 33% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 25 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 45% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 28 | 18.6:1 | 49% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 567 | 27 | 21.0:1 | 53% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 25 | 21.0:1 | 50% (260) |
| 1990-91 | 708 | 30 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R E Jewell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (524 to 421); teachers down 17% (29 to 24).
About R E Jewell Elementary School
R E Jewell Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Oregon, with an address in Bend. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 421 students. It has 31% more students than the average for elementary schools in Oregon (about 321).
Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1 has 35 schools and 16,838 students, and R E Jewell Elementary School is one of those schools.
The share of White students at R E Jewell Elementary School is 66%, a majority. The remaining students are 29% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Deschutes County is about 87% White. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at R E Jewell Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 24 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.5:1. The gap from the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon is 1.0 students per teacher. On the income side, 48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 60% average for public schools in Deschutes County is 12 points higher.
R E Jewell Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of Oregon public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.8% for R E Jewell Elementary School. The school posts 32.6%, 11.2 points below the prediction.
For Deschutes County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $92,758, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 53 public schools and about 25,823 students.
R E Jewell Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Silver Rail Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. R E Jewell Elementary School ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 32.6% against a local average of 36.9%.
NCES describes the area around R E Jewell Elementary School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 420 to 421.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Silver Rail Elementary School0.9 mi · 457
- Caldera High School1.0 mi · 1,354
- Pine Ridge Elementary1.7 mi · 528
- High Desert Middle School1.8 mi · 668
- Bear Creek Elementary School2.1 mi · 521
- Bend Senior High School2.1 mi · 1,204
Frequently asked questions
About R E Jewell Elementary SchoolHow large is R E Jewell Elementary School?
R E Jewell Elementary School enrolls approximately 421 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does R E Jewell Elementary School serve?
R E Jewell Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does R E Jewell Elementary School have?
R E Jewell Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at R E Jewell Elementary School?
At R E Jewell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 29% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is R E Jewell Elementary School in?
R E Jewell 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.