Schools · Bend

Bend, CA schools

Bend’s public schools score close to California’s averages: 49% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend Bend Elementary through grade 8, then Red Bluff High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B-School Grade

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Bend’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Bend’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation.

B-Test scoresC+Graduation

California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 49%

Lower resultsHigher results

High confidence. Built on 1,107 tested students and a graduating class of 445; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Bend kids go to school

Grades K–8

B+Bend Elementary 102 students · Red Bluff Evergreen Union Elementary School District

Grades 9–12

B-Red Bluff High 1,586 students · Red Bluff Red Bluff Joint Union High School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades K–8, Evergreen Union Elementary)49%

State average 48.5%

Reading (grades 9–12, Red Bluff Joint Union High)33%

State average 48.5%

Math (grades K–8, Evergreen Union Elementary)33%

State average 33.4%

Math (grades 9–12, Red Bluff Joint Union High)21%

State average 33.4%

Graduation · class of 2020

90% graduate on time

Graduation rate

90%

CA: 87.6%

Graduating class

445

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Bend

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Evergreen Union Elementary School DistrictGrades K–12 · 6 schools · 1,231 students

$16,255 per studentCA $21,206B 🏫

Red Bluff Joint Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 2 schools · 1,690 students

$20,068 per studentCA $21,206C+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Bend

There’s no college in Bend, but 3 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Shasta Bible College and Graduate School in Redding, 22.2 miles away.

Shasta Bible College and Graduate SchoolUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Redding22.2 mi7 students

Simpson UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Redding25.6 mi748 students

Shasta CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Redding26.2 mi4,763 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Bend. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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