Black Butte Junior High

Black Butte Junior High is one of the micro-enrollment middle-grades schools in Shingletown, California, run under Black Butte Union Elementary, with 79 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 88% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Black Butte Union Elementary runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 235 students. Black Butte Junior High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Black Butte Junior High records that White students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 6% Native American, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Shasta County (around 58%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Black Butte Junior High is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.5%; Black Butte Junior High posts 19.5%, -20.0 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Shasta County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,636 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Shasta County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students), of which Black Butte Junior High is one.

Black Butte Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Black Butte Junior High at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 23%: 64 students in 2018 compared to 79 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 67% to 59%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.