Tumalo Community School

Tumalo Community School is a primary school of low-enrollment scale in Bend, Oregon, run under Redmond SD 2J, teacheing 266 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 13 schools in Redmond SD 2J (6,889 students total), Tumalo Community School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Tumalo Community School logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Deschutes County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tumalo Community School sits in the top 10% of Oregon schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.2%; actual is 63.4%, +31.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Deschutes County reports that median household income runs about $92,758, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Tumalo Community School is one of 53 public schools in Deschutes County (combined enrollment of about 25,823 students).

North Star Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tumalo Community School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 33%: 398 students in 2018 compared to 266 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.