Bend-La Pine School District

Bend-La Pine Schools
District information
Grades	K-12
Established	1883
Superintendent	Dr. Steven Cook
Other information
Website	www.bend.k12.or.us

Bend's historic high school is now the school district office.

Bend-La Pine Schools is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves the cities of Bend and La Pine in Central Oregon and the surrounding area, including Sunriver. The district has an enrollment of more than 18,000 students, ^[1] and is the fifth largest in the state as of 2016. ^[2]

Boundary

In addition to Bend, the district includes La Pine, Deschutes River Woods, Seventh Mountain, Sunriver, Tetherow, and Three Rivers. ^[3]

Board

The district's school board has seven elected members. ^[4]

Board members 2021-22:

• Carrie McPherson - Zone 1
• Marcus LeGrand - Zone 2
• Cameron Fischer - Zone 3
• Shirley Olson - Zone 4
• Amy Tatom - Zone 5
• Melissa Barnes Dholakia - Zone 6
• Kina Chadwick - Zone 7

Demographics

In the 2009 school year, the district had 709 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 4.4% of students in the district. ^[5] In the 2016–17 school year there are 18,034 students enrolled district-wide. ^[6]

Schools

The district has 30 schools. ^[7]

Elementary schools

• Amity Creek Magnet School - at Thompson
• Bear Creek School
• Buckingham School
• Elk Meadow School
• Ensworth School
• High Lakes School
• Highland Magnet School - at Kenwood
• Juniper School
• La Pine Elementary School
• Lava Ridge School
• Pine Ridge School
• Ponderosa School
• R.E. Jewell School
• Rosland Elementary
• Silver Rail Elementary School
• Three Rivers School
• Westside Village School - at Kingston
• William E. Miller School

Middle schools

• Cascade Middle School
• High Desert Middle School
• La Pine Middle School
• Pacific Crest Middle School
• Pilot Butte Middle School
• Sky View Middle School
• REALMS - Rimrock Expeditionary Alternative Learning Middle School

High schools

• Bend Senior High School
• La Pine High School
• Bend Tech Academy
• Mountain View High School
• Realms High School
• Summit High School
• Caldera High School

See also

• List of school districts in Oregon

References

1. "Bend - la Pine Schools - Quick Facts". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
2. Fuller, Kathy (February 13, 2015). "Enrollment data places Hillsboro as fourth-largest Oregon district". Hillsboro Tribune . Retrieved February 14, 2015.
3. Geography Division (December 18, 2020). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Deschutes County, OR (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved April 3, 2025.
4. "Bend-La Pine Schools :: School Board Members".
5. "Count of homeless students in Oregon school districts, 2008-2009" (PDF). The Oregonian . p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
6. "Bend-La Pine Schools :: district". www.bend.k12.or.us. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
7. http://www.bend.k12.or.us/schools%5B%5D