Mount Shasta Union Elementary School District

Public Grades K–8 B+School Grade

Elementary and middle schools for Mount Shasta, and parts of Dunsmuir.

At a glance

469Students enrolled

2Schools

$16,656Spent per student

21:1Student–teacher ratio

37%Free / reduced lunch

School path

Where would my kid go?

For Mount Shasta

Grades K–3

Mt. Shasta Elementary195 students · Mount ShastaThis district

Grades 4–8

Sisson274 students · Mount ShastaThis district

Grades 9–12

Mount Shasta High241 students · Mount ShastaSiskiyou Union High School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Where a town has more than one school at a grade, your street decides; check with the district before you enroll.

Academic performanceDistrict vs CA

Math proficiency37%

State average 33.4%

Reading / language arts56%

State average 48.5%

Graduation rate 92% at Siskiyou Union High School District, which runs the high school (state 87.6%) · class of 2020

EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal (tests 2020–21). The tick marks the state average.

Where the money goes

$16,656

per student each year · 21% below the CA average

Spending

Classroom instruction56%

Support & administration41%

Other4%

Paid for by

Local (mostly property tax)33%

State52%

Federal15%

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (fiscal 2024).

Enrollment · last 5 years

480’20

458’21

464’22

506’23

469’24

Students

White · 81%379

Hispanic · 12%55

Two or more races · 4%18

Black · 1%7

Asian · 1%4

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander · 1%4

Across the district's schools, as reported to NCES.

Schools2 in district · 1 next

This district · grades K–8

📚

Mt. Shasta ElementaryElementary · Grades K–3 · 195 students · Mount Shasta

BPublic 📚

SissonMiddle · Grades 4–8 · 274 students · Mount Shasta

A-Public

Where students go next · Siskiyou Union High School District

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Mount Shasta HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 241 students · Mount Shasta

B+Public

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

District facts from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory and school district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau's school finance survey. Test scores and graduation rates from EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings reflect opinions, not an official measure of school quality.