The Bend-La Pine School District is a school district

School district

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 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Oregon

Oregon

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 that serves the cities of Bend

Bend, Oregon

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 and La Pine

La Pine, Oregon

La Pine is a city in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, incorporated on December 7, 2006.La Pine is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,799 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a census-designated place . La Pine is in an isolated area of Central...

 in Central Oregon

Central Oregon

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 and the surrounding area, including Sunriver

Sunriver, Oregon

Sunriver, Oregon is a private planned resort community in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

. The district has an enrollment of nearly 16,000 students.

Board

The district's school board has seven elected members.

Board Members 2009-10

• Ashby, Wells - Zone 1
• Goff, Kelly - Zone 2
• Bagley, Beth - Zone 3
• Wilson, Tom - Zone 4
• Gallinat, Ron - Board Vice-Chair - Zone 5
• Kinkade, Peggy - Board Chair - Zone 6
• Juba, Nori - Zone 7

Demographics

In the 2009 school year, the district had 709 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education

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, or 4.4% of students in the district.

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
• 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
• 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
• Marshall High School
  Marshall High School (Bend, Oregon)
  -Academics:In 2008, 51% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 67 students, 34 graduated, 24 dropped out, 1 received a modified diploma, and 8 are still in high school....
  
  
• Mountain View High School
  Mountain View High School (Bend, Oregon)
  Mountain View High School is a public high school located in Bend, Oregon, United States.-History:Mountain View High School opened in 1979 as the second high school in the greater Bend, Oregon, area...
  
  
• Summit High School
  Summit High School (Bend, Oregon)
  Summit High School is a public high school located in Bend, Oregon, United States.-History:Summit High School was the third traditional high school built in Bend, with construction completed in 2001...