Elementary · Oregon
Ponderosa Elementary
Free meals for allPonderosa Elementary, a public elementary school in Bend, Oregon: grades k–5, 464 students, 19.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 464
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.5
- Students per teacher
- 19.7
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 87% of elementary schools in Oregon
Median 16.6 · 715 schools compared
More students per teacher than 86% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 85% of elementary schools in Oregon
Median 327 · 715 schools compared
Larger than 60% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Oregon's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Oregon: 43%64%proficient
+7.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 85% of elementary schools in Oregon
Median 42% · 659 elementary schools compared
215 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Oregon: 33%50%proficient
+7.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 79% of elementary schools in Oregon
Median 34% · 658 elementary schools compared
210 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Rural area near a city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1.
Location
- Address
- 63100 NE Purcell, Bend, OR 97701
- Phone
- (541)355-4300
- City or town
- Bend
- County
- Deschutes County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lava Ridge Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 404 | 19.0 | 60% | 49% |
Ensworth Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 130 | 11.4 | 39% | 22% |
Bend International SchoolCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 217 | 18.7 | 65% | 42% |
Desert Sky MontessoriCharter | K–6 | 168 | 21.2 | 56% | 30% |
Buckingham Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 340 | 16.8 | 55% | 47% |
Juniper Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 432 | 17.6 | 60% | 48% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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