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What's the one class at Boulder Creek Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
839
Elementary
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY·NCES 061281002810
Boulder Creek Elementary
505 Springer Dr., Redding, CA 96003 · (530) 224-4140 · Shasta County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL839 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
448 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 138 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (138) is 75% larger than its 8th grade class (79).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
52.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.8pp since 2014
Math
45.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.1% | 31.7% | 26.7% | 20.5% |
| Math | 20.9% | 24.6% | 29.8% | 24.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.8% | 45.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 48.1% |
| 2022-23 | 49.2% | 43.6% |
| 2021-22 | 49.2% | 45.5% |
| 2020-21 | 47.4% | 43.9% |
| 2018-19 | 53.9% | 46.5% |
| 2017-18 | 58.4% | 41.6% |
| 2016-17 | 54.3% | 45.8% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 44.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Boulder Creek Elementary
Boulder Creek Elementary's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Creek Elementary this school | 839 | 53.4% | 50.9% |
| Joaquin Miller Elementary Burbank | 730 | 50.7% | 53.0% |
| Cajon Park Elementary Santee | 830 | 48.8% | 46.0% |
| Fuerte Elementary El Cajon | 686 | 58.6% | 58.6% |
| Mary Deterding Elementary Carmichael | 670 | 51.3% | 57.7% |
| Mark Keppel Elementary Glendale | 955 | 49.1% | 58.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Boulder Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Shasta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #1,664 of 5,151 | #5 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,888 of 5,172 ▼ 248 | #8 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,836 of 5,172 ▼ 369 | #7 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #2,710 of 5,116 | #19 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 839 | #282 of 5,915 | #1 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #3,194 of 5,352 | #28 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #2,122 of 5,354 | #15 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.4% | #3,776 of 5,625 | #26 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #2,225 of 3,837 | #6 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
839
-21 (-2%) vs 2020
+43% since 2000-01, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 23.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 839 | 36.1 | 23.3:1 | 53% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 828 | 37.8 | 21.9:1 | 43% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 874 | 38.7 | 22.6:1 | 53% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 860 | 37 | 23.2:1 | 47% (408) |
| 2017-18 | 969 | 37.5 | 25.8:1 | 48% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 1,001 | 41 | 24.4:1 | 46% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 843 | N/A | N/A | 47% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 586 | 28 | 20.9:1 | 30% (178) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boulder Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (969 to 839); teachers down 4% (37.5 to 36.1).
About Boulder Creek Elementary
Boulder Creek Elementary is a large elementary school. Its address is in Redding, California. The school enrolls 839 students, from kindergarten through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Enterprise Elementary is the district for Boulder Creek Elementary. It has 9 schools and 3,668 students.
Roughly 62% of students at Boulder Creek Elementary are White. Enrollment also includes 15% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 2% Native American. Among people living in Shasta County, the White share is about 78%. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Boulder Creek Elementary counts 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 23.3 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 23.3:1 here. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Boulder Creek Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 63% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.3%.
Shasta County census figures show that the median household income is $72,636, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Shasta County is home to 95 public schools and about 26,639 public school students.
The nearest public school is Shasta View Academy, at about 1.0 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Boulder Creek Elementary places 1st of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (860) to 2024-25 (839).
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Shasta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
181,436
Census ACS
Median income
$72,636
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
26,639 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Enterprise Elementary
- Mistletoe ElementaryElementary · 682 students
- Parsons Junior HighMiddle · 522 students
- Lassen View ElementaryElementary · 443 students
- Shasta Meadows ElementaryElementary · 320 students
- Alta Mesa ElementaryElementary · 319 students
- Rother ElementaryElementary · 280 students
Other schools in Redding
- Shasta HighHigh · 1,268 students
- Enterprise HighHigh · 1,148 students
- University PreparatoryHigh · 1,009 students
- Turtle BayElementary · 692 students
- Mistletoe ElementaryElementary · 682 students
- Redding School of the ArtsCombined · 634 students
Other Boulder Creek Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Boulder Creek Elementary. Boulder Creek Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Boulder Creek ElementaryBoulder Creek, CA · 416 students
- Boulder Creek Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 621 students
- Boulder Creek ElementaryMESA, AZ · 461 students
Nearby schools
- Shasta View Academy1.0 mi · 493
- Columbia-East Valley K-6 Community Day1.0 mi · 2
- Mountain View Middle1.0 mi · 327
- Phoenix Charter Academy College View1.1 mi · 287
- Redding School of the Arts1.2 mi · 634
- Mistletoe Elementary1.6 mi · 682
Frequently asked questions
About Boulder Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Boulder Creek Elementary?
Boulder Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 839 students in grades KG-08.
Is Boulder Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Boulder Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Boulder Creek Elementary have?
Boulder Creek Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Boulder Creek Elementary?
At Boulder Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 62% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Boulder Creek Elementary public or private?
Boulder Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Enterprise Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.