Schools · Redding
Redding, CA schools
Redding’s public schools score below California’s averages: 47% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 6 schools through grade 8, then Turtle Bay or Sequoia Middle or Juniper and Shasta High or Enterprise High.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Redding’s School Grade: B
The public schools Redding’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 63% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
B+Test scoresC+Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 63%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (469)Better than 76%
High confidence. Built on 2,613 tested students and a graduating class of 1,075; 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 Redding kids go to school
Grades 8
B+Turtle Bay or BSequoia Middle or B-Juniper
Depends on your address Redding Elementary School DistrictGrades 9–12
AShasta High or B+Enterprise High
Depends on your address Shasta Union High School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades 9–12, Shasta Union High)67%
State average 48.5%
Reading (grades K–8, Redding Elementary)47%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades 9–12, Shasta Union High)41%
State average 33.4%
Math (grades K–8, Redding Elementary)36%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
90% graduate on time
Graduation rate
90%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
1,075
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #344 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Redding
Shasta Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 5 schools · 4,194 students
$16,198 per studentCA $21,206A-Redding Elementary School DistrictGrades K–12 · 9 schools · 2,958 students
$18,270 per studentCA $21,206BEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 45 schools in Redding
Showing 1–30 of 45 schools
Boulder Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 839 students
B+PublicTurtle BayElementary · Grades K–8 · 692 students
B+PublicMistletoe ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 682 students
B+PublicManzanita ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 545 students
A-PublicBuckeye School of the ArtsElementary · Grades K–8 · 482 students
CPublicLassen View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 443 students
B-PublicShasta Meadows ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 320 students
BPublicAlta Mesa ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 319 students
B-PublicBonny View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 292 students
A-PublicRother ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 280 students
C-PublicRedding STEM AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 253 students
A-CharterSycamore ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 235 students
B-PublicJuniperElementary · Grades K–8 · 227 students
B-PublicCypress ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 215 students
B-PublicRocky Point CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 178 students
BCharterMonarch Learning CenterElementary · Grades K–8 · 85 students
CCharterPACE AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 44 students
C-PublicRedding Community DayElementary · Grades 1–8 · 18 students
PublicColumbia-East Valley K-6 Community DayElementary · Grades K–8 · 2 students
PublicParsons Junior HighMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 522 students
BPublicSequoia MiddleMiddle · Grades 4–8 · 461 students
BPublicMountain View MiddleMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 327 students
A-PublicShasta HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,268 students
APublicEnterprise HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,148 students
B+PublicUniversity PreparatoryHigh · Grades 6–12 · 1,009 students
ACharterShasta Charter AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 283 students
A-CharterPioneer Continuation HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 215 students
C-PublicShasta County Independent StudyHigh · Grades 6–12 · 102 students
CPublicShasta Collegiate AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 76 students
B+PublicShasta County Juvenile CourtHigh · Grades 7–12 · 25 students
D-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.