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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GATEWAY UNIFIED·NCES 061495001682
Buckeye School of the Arts
3407 Hiatt Dr., Redding, CA 96003 · (530) 225-0420 · Shasta County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
20.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
431 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Buckeye School of the Arts→Central Valley High
Based on grade levels within Gateway Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.1pp since 2014
Math
19.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.6% | 28.5% | 20.6% | 40.3% |
| Math | 5.3% | 13.8% | 24.4% | 56.5% |
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 | 39.1% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 26.7% | 18.7% |
| 2022-23 | 27.5% | 16.5% |
| 2021-22 | 26.5% | 23.1% |
| 2020-21 | 29.4% | 18.1% |
| 2018-19 | 29.5% | 29.7% |
| 2017-18 | 35.1% | 33.1% |
| 2016-17 | 28.8% | 23.3% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Buckeye School of the Arts
Buckeye School of the Arts's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye School of the Arts this school | 482 | 89.4% | 26.2% |
| Saticoy Elementary North Hollywood | 523 | 92.2% | 27.1% |
| Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary Lake Isabella | 390 | 87.4% | 17.9% |
| Stanford Avenue Elementary Oroville | 403 | 81.4% | 19.8% |
| Rancho San Diego Elementary El Cajon | 533 | 78.6% | 52.2% |
| John B. Monlux Elementary North Hollywood | 660 | 87.7% | 55.6% |
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 Buckeye School of the Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Shasta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #3,940 of 5,151 | #28 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #4,382 of 5,172 ▼ 70 | #29 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #3,020 of 5,172 ▲ 1,125 | #23 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #1,869 of 5,116 | #15 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #2,657 of 5,915 | #8 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #931 of 5,352 | #17 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #1,674 of 5,354 | #12 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #1,166 of 5,625 | #1 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #1,323 of 3,837 | #3 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
482
-29 (-6%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 482 | 24.1 | 20.0:1 | 89% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 86% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 27.6 | 16.1:1 | 77% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 27 | 18.9:1 | 83% (425) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 27.3 | 22.3:1 | 77% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 27 | 22.4:1 | 71% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | N/A | N/A | 90% (456) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 32 | 18.6:1 | 65% (385) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buckeye School of the Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (609 to 482); teachers down 12% (27.3 to 24.1).
About Buckeye School of the Arts
Buckeye School of the Arts is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Redding, California. The school enrolls 482 students, from kindergarten through 8.
Buckeye School of the Arts reports to Gateway Unified, which has 7 schools and 2,139 students.
At Buckeye School of the Arts, White students make up 57% of the student body. It is also 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 4% Native American. For comparison, the population of Shasta County is roughly 78% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Buckeye School of the Arts counts 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 20.0 students for each one. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Shasta County average 58%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Buckeye School of the Arts receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Buckeye School of the Arts scores 26.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 27.1%.
Shasta County has about 181,436 residents, and the median household income is $72,636, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Shasta County has 95 public schools and roughly 26,639 students.
The school nearest to Buckeye School of the Arts is Shasta County Special Education, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Buckeye School of the Arts places 3rd of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 482, a 6% decrease from 511 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 18.9 to 20.0 over 4 years.
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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 Gateway Unified
- Shasta LakeElementary · 602 students
- Central Valley HighHigh · 583 students
- Grand Oaks ElementaryElementary · 320 students
- Gateway Educational OptionsCombined · 72 students
- Mountain Lakes HighHigh · 68 students
- Gateway Community DayHigh · 12 students
Other schools in Redding
- Shasta HighHigh · 1,268 students
- Enterprise HighHigh · 1,148 students
- University PreparatoryHigh · 1,009 students
- Boulder Creek ElementaryElementary · 839 students
- Turtle BayElementary · 692 students
- Mistletoe ElementaryElementary · 682 students
Nearby schools
- Shasta County Special Education0.3 mi · 28
- Shasta County Independent Study0.3 mi · 102
- Redding STEM Academy0.3 mi · 253
- Rocky Point Charter0.7 mi · 178
- Turtle Bay2.5 mi · 692
- Pioneer Continuation High2.8 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Buckeye School of the ArtsHow large is Buckeye School of the Arts?
Buckeye School of the Arts enrolls approximately 482 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Buckeye School of the Arts serve?
Buckeye School of the Arts serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Buckeye School of the Arts?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Buckeye School of the Arts is approximately 20.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Buckeye School of the Arts?
At Buckeye School of the Arts, the student body is approximately 57% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Buckeye School of the Arts in?
Buckeye School of the Arts is part of Gateway Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.