Enrollment
215
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDDING ELEMENTARY·NCES 063204004926
Cypress Elementary
2150 Civic Center Dr., Redding, CA 96001 · (530) 225-0040 · Shasta County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL215 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
19.6:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
192 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 43 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
34.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.0pp since 2014
Math
32.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% | 37.0% |
| Math | 11.1% | 21.2% | 29.3% | 38.4% |
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 | 34.0% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 23.1% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.3% | 33.3% |
| 2021-22 | 22.1% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.7% | 29.0% |
| 2018-19 | 30.0% | 15.0% |
| 2017-18 | 19.1% | 14.9% |
| 2016-17 | 27.4% | 23.5% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 Cypress Elementary
Cypress Elementary's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Elementary this school | 215 | 89.3% | 27.6% |
| Juniper Redding | 227 | 84.6% | 33.1% |
| Lake Don Pedro Elementary La Grange | 195 | 81.0% | 21.9% |
| Bess Maxwell Elementary Crescent City | 217 | 86.2% | 13.5% |
| Arcata Elementary Arcata | 240 | 78.8% | 30.2% |
| Inyokern Elementary Inyokern | 161 | 80.1% | 45.3% |
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 Cypress Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Shasta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #3,800 of 5,151 | #26 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #2,985 of 5,172 ▲ 748 | #19 of 30 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,559 of 5,172 ▲ 926 | #26 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.1pp | #387 of 5,116 | #5 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 215 | #5,294 of 5,915 | #31 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #740 of 5,352 | #13 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #1,138 of 5,354 | #5 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #1,186 of 5,625 | #2 of 35 |
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
215
+25 (+13%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 215 | 11 | 19.6:1 | 89% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 10 | 20.9:1 | 86% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 189 | 9 | 21.0:1 | 88% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 190 | 8 | 23.8:1 | 93% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 191 | 9 | 21.2:1 | 87% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 196 | 9 | 21.8:1 | 89% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | N/A | N/A | 84% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 19 | 17.4:1 | 99% (327) |
| 1990-91 | 464 | 19 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cypress Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (191 to 215); teachers up 22% (9 to 11).
About Cypress Elementary
Families in Redding, California, are served by Cypress Elementary, a small elementary school. The school counted 215 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 54% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Within Redding Elementary, Cypress Elementary is one of 9 schools. The district enrolls 2,958 students.
More than half of enrollment at Cypress Elementary is White: 52%. The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic, 8% Native American, 7% Black, and 6% multiracial. Shasta County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
For every teacher at Cypress Elementary, there are about 19.6 students; the school has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. There are 192 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 89% of enrollment. Compared with the 58% average for public schools in Shasta County, the school's rate is higher.
Among California public elementary schools, Cypress Elementary outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Cypress Elementary would be expected to post about 27.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.6%.
In Shasta County, home to about 181,436 people, the median household earns about $72,636 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Shasta County number 95, with about 26,639 students.
Among nearby public schools, Shasta Charter Academy is closest at about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 27.6% average proficiency ranks 5th among 6 nearby schools.
Cypress Elementary is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 215 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 190. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.8:1 to 19.6:1.
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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
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- University PreparatoryHigh · 1,009 students
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Other Cypress Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 4 states are named Cypress Elementary. Cypress Elementary is the 10th largest of the 11.
- Cypress ElementaryFontana, CA · 572 students
- Cypress ElementaryTulare, CA · 562 students
- Cypress ElementaryCovina, CA · 558 students
- Cypress ElementaryHighland, CA · 517 students
- Cypress ElementaryNewbury Park, CA · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Shasta Charter Academy0.5 mi · 283
- Sequoia Middle0.6 mi · 461
- Juniper0.9 mi · 227
- University Preparatory1.5 mi · 1,009
- Shasta Collegiate Academy1.5 mi · 76
- Parsons Junior High1.5 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About Cypress ElementaryHow large is Cypress Elementary?
Cypress Elementary enrolls approximately 215 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cypress Elementary serve?
Cypress Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cypress Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cypress Elementary is approximately 19.6:1 (11 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cypress Elementary?
Cypress Elementary reports a student body of 52% White, 24% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Cypress Elementary in?
Cypress Elementary is part of Redding Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.