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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEND-LAPINE ADMINISTRATIVE SD 1·NCES 410198001844
Silver Rail Elementary School
61530 SE Stone Creek St, Bend, OR 97702 · (541) 355-2900 · Deschutes County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
220 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 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
32%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
52.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
45.1%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 up about 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 43.9% |
% 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 Silver Rail Elementary School
Silver Rail Elementary School's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Rail Elementary School this school | 457 | 48.1% | 44.8% |
| Ponderosa Elementary Bend | 464 | 48.1% | 49.3% |
| Banks Elementary School Banks | 430 | 48.4% | 36.8% |
| Pine Ridge Elementary Bend | 528 | 48.3% | 59.0% |
| Three Rivers Elementary School Sunriver | 421 | 48.0% | 37.4% |
| High Lakes Elementary School Bend | 415 | 48.4% | 64.8% |
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 Silver Rail Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Deschutes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #165 of 591 | #15 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #171 of 646 ▲ 21 | #11 of 30 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #182 of 646 ▼ 11 | #14 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #115 of 710 | #10 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #478 of 587 | #20 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #528 of 587 | #19 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #570 of 645 | #21 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #468 of 493 | #17 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
457
+42 (+10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
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 | 457 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 48% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 34% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 23% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 26 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 25.5 | 18.5:1 | 47% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 21 | 18.6:1 | 59% (230) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silver Rail Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (472 to 457); teachers down 6% (25.5 to 24).
About Silver Rail Elementary School
Silver Rail Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Bend, Oregon, one of the schools in Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 457 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Oregon enroll about 321 students on average.
Enrollment across the 35 schools in Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1 totals 16,838 students.
White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. It is also 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 24 full-time-equivalent teachers at Silver Rail Elementary School, giving a ratio of 19.1:1. The school's 19.1:1 compares with an average of 16.5:1 for elementary schools in Oregon. By family income, 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 60% average among public schools in Deschutes County.
Schools in Oregon with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 43.9%. Silver Rail Elementary School scores 44.8%.
The school's county is Deschutes County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $92,758 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Silver Rail Elementary School shares Deschutes County with 52 other public schools.
R E Jewell Elementary School sits about 0.9 miles from Silver Rail Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Silver Rail Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment figures show a increase of 42 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.0:1 to 19.1:1 over the same years.
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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
Nearby schools
- R E Jewell Elementary School0.9 mi · 421
- Bear Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 521
- Bend Senior High School1.2 mi · 1,204
- Caldera High School1.8 mi · 1,354
- Amity Creek Elementary School1.8 mi · 144
- Bend Tech Academy1.9 mi · 116
Frequently asked questions
About Silver Rail Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Silver Rail Elementary School?
Silver Rail Elementary School enrolls approximately 457 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Silver Rail Elementary School serve?
Silver Rail Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Silver Rail Elementary School?
At Silver Rail Elementary School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Silver Rail Elementary School?
Silver Rail Elementary School is overseen by Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1 in Deschutes County.
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