Foothill High

Foothill High operates as a sprawling four-year high school in Palo Cedro, California, part of Shasta Union High. Current enrollment sits at 1,487 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 77% bigger than the state mean of about 838.

Shasta Union High runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 4,194 students. Foothill High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Foothill High lists that 71% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Foothill High has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Foothill High higher than the state norm the norm. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Shasta County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Foothill High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.7%; this one delivers 56.6%.

In the surrounding community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Shasta County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students), Foothill High is one campus in the mix.

Chrysalis Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Foothill High. On composite proficiency, Foothill High comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 11%: 1,339 students in 2018 compared to 1,487 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

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