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Alumni: what's one memory from William E Miller Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEND-LAPINE ADMINISTRATIVE SD 1·NCES 410198001758
William E Miller Elementary
300 NW Crosby Dr, Bend, OR 97701 · (541) 355-2500 · Deschutes County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
241 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 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
19%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
72.6%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
64.9%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.6% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 71.2% | 66.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 William E Miller Elementary
William E Miller Elementary's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William E Miller Elementary this school | 501 | 48.1% | 62.3% |
| High Lakes Elementary School Bend | 415 | 48.4% | 64.8% |
| Three Rivers Elementary School Sunriver | 421 | 48.0% | 37.4% |
| Silver Rail Elementary School Bend | 457 | 48.1% | 44.8% |
| Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School Bend | 384 | 48.2% | 68.0% |
| Banks Elementary School Banks | 430 | 48.4% | 36.8% |
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 William E Miller Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Deschutes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #50 of 591 | #4 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #50 of 646 ▼ 7 | #4 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #40 of 646 ▲ 8 | #3 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #63 of 710 | #3 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #524 of 587 | #25 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.9% | #582 of 587 | #25 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #571 of 645 | #22 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #197 of 493 | #8 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
501
+33 (+7%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 514
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 501 | 25.3 | 19.8:1 | 48% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 24.2 | 20.8:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 26.2 | 19.4:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 27 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 30.2 | 21.4:1 | 12% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 29 | 20.9:1 | 19% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 22 | 23.4:1 | 26% (132) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William E Miller Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (645 to 501); teachers down 16% (30.2 to 25.3).
About William E Miller Elementary
William E Miller Elementary is an elementary school located in Bend, Oregon, in Deschutes County. The school's enrollment of 501 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students each.
William E Miller Elementary is one school in Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1, a system of 35 schools with 16,838 students.
White students make up 90% of enrollment at William E Miller Elementary. Next come 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The White share in Deschutes County as a whole is similar, at about 87%. William E Miller Elementary's diversity index is 19%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 19.8:1 comes from the school's 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.3 students per teacher above the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 48% in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Deschutes County is 60%.
William E Miller Elementary scores 18.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 62.3% actual versus 43.9% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Deschutes County, the median household income is $92,758, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. William E Miller Elementary is one of 53 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Pacific Crest Middle School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of William E Miller Elementary. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, William E Miller Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
2024-25 enrollment was 501, a 7% rise from 468 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.3:1 in 2020-21, and 19.8:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about William E Miller Elementary may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Pacific Crest Middle School0.2 mi · 585
- Summit High School0.4 mi · 1,282
- High Lakes Elementary School0.9 mi · 415
- Cascade Middle School1.8 mi · 687
- Westside Village Magnet School at Kingston Elementary School2.0 mi · 203
- Highland School at Kenwood Elementary School2.3 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About William E Miller ElementaryHow many students attend William E Miller Elementary?
William E Miller Elementary enrolls approximately 501 students in grades KG-05.
Is William E Miller Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
William E Miller Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does William E Miller Elementary have?
William E Miller Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
What is the student diversity at William E Miller Elementary?
Student demographics at William E Miller Elementary are roughly 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is William E Miller Elementary in?
William E Miller Elementary is part of Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1.
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