Alta Mesa Elementary

Alta Mesa Elementary is a low-enrollment primary school in Redding, California, operated by Enterprise Elementary. The school teaches 319 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 465.

Across the 9 schools in Enterprise Elementary (3,668 students total), Alta Mesa Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alta Mesa Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 8% Asian, 3% Native American. By comparison, Shasta County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Alta Mesa Elementary lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Shasta County's rate of about 58%.

After controlling for student poverty, Alta Mesa Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Shasta County put median household earnings sit near $72,636, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Shasta County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students), of which Alta Mesa Elementary is one.

Shasta Meadows Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alta Mesa Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.2%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Alta Mesa Elementary's enrollment has expanded 17% since 2018, when it stood at 272 (now 319). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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