Anderson Heights Elementary

As a small K-5 school in Anderson, California, Anderson Heights Elementary caters to 261 students from grades K through 5, part of Cascade Union Elementary. That puts it 44% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Cascade Union Elementary runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,013 students. Anderson Heights Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Anderson Heights Elementary lists that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Shasta County (around 58%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Anderson Heights Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.1%, the actual is 22.9%, a residual of -11.2 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Shasta County) records that median household income runs about $72,636, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Anderson Heights Elementary is one of 95 public schools in Shasta County (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students).

North State Aspire Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Anderson Heights Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Anderson Heights Elementary at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 36.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 274 students in 2018 compared to 261 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 58% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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