Buckeye School of the Arts

Buckeye School of the Arts operates as an average-sized elementary school in Redding, California, operated by Gateway Unified. Current enrollment sits at 482 students spanning grades K through 8.

Gateway Unified comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,139 students; Buckeye School of the Arts is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Buckeye School of the Arts records that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Buckeye School of the Arts records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Buckeye School of the Arts tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Shasta County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Buckeye School of the Arts performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.2%, the actual is 23.1%, a residual of -3.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Shasta County) records that median household earnings sit near $72,636, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Buckeye School of the Arts is one of 95 public schools in Shasta County (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students).

Nearest neighbor: Redding STEM Academy, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Buckeye School of the Arts ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Buckeye School of the Arts has edged down 21%, going from 609 students in 2018 to 482 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 61% to 57%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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