Gateway Community Day

Gateway Community Day operates as a tiny senior high in Shasta Lake, California, one of the schools within Gateway Unified. Current enrollment sits at 12 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 99% below the state mean of about 838.

Gateway Unified runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,139 students. Gateway Community Day is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Gateway Community Day records that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school shows 17% multiracial, 8% Native American. Compared to Shasta County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Gateway Community Day has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 4.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Shasta County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Shasta County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,636, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Gateway Community Day is one campus in the mix.

Gateway Educational Options is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gateway Community Day's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 13 (now 12). Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 23% to 0%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 6.5:1 in 2018 to 4.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Gateway Community Day community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.