Westside Village Magnet School at Kingston Elementary School, Bend OR

Original Research by School Decision on Westside Village Magnet School at Kingston Elementary School

Westside Village Magnet School at Kingston Elementary School is a regular public school in Bend, Oregon, serving students from kindergarten through eighth grade in a single building. The school operates under Bend-La Pine Schools, a district that has been investing heavily in its facilities: voters approved a major school construction bond in late 2022, and the district opened a new comprehensive high school in 2021 to accommodate the region’s rapid population growth. Bend itself has transformed from a logging town into a fast-growing center for tourism and outdoor recreation, with Mount Bachelor, the Deschutes River, and a well-known craft brewing scene shaping the local economy and lifestyle.

The school’s enrollment is small for its K–8 grade span, and a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic students and students identifying as two or more races. No data was available on the percentage of students with individualized education programs or English learner status, so a parent may want to follow up with the school on the supports available for those populations.

State test results from the most recent school year show a pattern that varies noticeably by grade level and subject. In English language arts, more than half of third graders and seventh graders met proficiency standards, while fourth through sixth graders and eighth graders scored lower, with a majority below the bar. In math, third graders performed well above the state average, but fourth and fifth graders had very low proficiency rates; sixth and eighth graders also had a majority not meeting standards, while seventh graders again did better, with a majority proficient. Science scores, available for fifth and eighth graders, showed roughly half of students proficient. Overall, across all tested grades and subjects, the school’s proficiency index falls below the midpoint when compared with other districts in Deschutes County. Because this is a single year of results, a family researching the school would want to ask about instructional patterns across grade levels and what efforts are in place to address the weaker showing in upper elementary math and middle school reading and math.

The school does not serve high school grades, so no graduation rate is reported, and chronic absenteeism data was not available in the source materials. Information on course offerings, staffing ratios, and discipline was also absent, which limits what can be said about the day-to-day learning environment and school climate. Given the small size, a parent might expect a close-knit setting, but specific program details—such as whether the “magnet” in the name reflects a special curriculum or theme—are not documented in the data available here.

Housing in the surrounding area is expensive relative to national averages, with home values well above typical levels and rents that require a significant share of median household income. This cost of living context matters for families considering a move to attend the school, though the school itself serves a neighborhood within Bend where a notable portion of families qualify for income-based meal assistance.

Westside Village Magnet School presents a mixed academic picture: solid performance in the early primary and early middle school grades, but real soft spots in grades four through six and in eighth grade. A parent considering this school would want to have a direct conversation with the principal about how instruction and support vary across grades, what the school’s magnet designation means in practice, and what the district’s recent bond investments mean for this specific campus.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 367%

School 67% · District 52% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 416%

School 16% · District 47% · ▼ 31 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 514%

School 14% · District 39% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 625%

School 25% · District 41% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 755%

School 55% · District 41% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 40% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 364%

School 64% · District 52% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 57% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 58% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 647%

School 47% · District 52% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 775%

School 75% · District 56% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 51% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 557%

School 57% · District 35% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 32% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

This schoolBend-LaPine Administrative SD 1, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.