Summit High School

Summit High School is a heavily attended secondary school in Bend, Oregon, part of Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1. The school serves 1,282 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 103% above the state mean of about 630.

Across the 35 schools in Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1 (16,838 students total), Summit High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Summit High School records that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Deschutes County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Summit High School lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.8:1, putting Summit High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Deschutes County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Summit High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.9%, the actual is 34.8%, a residual of -9.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Deschutes County shows median household earnings sit near $92,758, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Deschutes County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,823 students), of which Summit High School is one.

The closest other public school is Pacific Crest Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Summit High School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Summit High School has edged down 20%, going from 1,601 students in 2018 to 1,282 in 2025.

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