Castle Rock Elementary

Castle Rock Elementary is a K-5 school of tiny scale in Castella, California, one of the schools within Castle Rock Union Elementary, works with 42 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 91% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Operationally, Castle Rock Elementary answers to Castle Rock Union Elementary, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Castle Rock Elementary shows that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 10% Native American, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Shasta County's rate of about 58%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Castle Rock Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.3%; Castle Rock Elementary posts 17.3%, -19.0 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Shasta County put 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. Across Shasta County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students), Castle Rock Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dunsmuir High, around 5.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Castle Rock Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.3%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 30%: 60 students in 2018 compared to 42 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 58% to 67% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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