Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GATEWAY UNIFIED·NCES 061495002880
Grand Oaks Elementary
5309 Grand Ave., Shasta Lake, CA 96019 · (530) 275-7040 · Shasta County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
22.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
268 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
51%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
32.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.6pp since 2014
Math
28.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.9% | 21.8% | 22.4% | 44.9% |
| Math | 9.5% | 19.1% | 29.9% | 41.5% |
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 | 32.6% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 34.5% |
| 2022-23 | 40.4% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.3% | 33.9% |
| 2020-21 | 36.2% | 31.4% |
| 2018-19 | 25.4% | 30.0% |
| 2017-18 | 32.7% | 30.8% |
| 2016-17 | 28.2% | 26.6% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Grand Oaks Elementary
Grand Oaks Elementary's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Oaks Elementary this school | 320 | 83.8% | 32.7% |
| Oakhurst Elementary Oakhurst | 333 | 81.7% | 30.2% |
| South Fork Elementary Weldon | 348 | 79.0% | 34.7% |
| Cedarwood Elementary Magalia | 271 | 80.8% | 24.0% |
| Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary Lake Isabella | 390 | 87.4% | 17.9% |
| Margaret G. Scotten Elementary Grass Valley | 357 | 74.8% | 34.5% |
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 Grand Oaks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Shasta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #3,203 of 5,151 | #23 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #3,360 of 5,172 ▼ 719 | #24 of 30 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #3,714 of 5,172 ▼ 501 | #29 of 30 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #561 of 5,116 | #8 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #4,579 of 5,915 | #18 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,248 of 5,352 | #25 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #2,683 of 5,354 | #22 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #1,802 of 5,625 | #4 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.9% | #111 of 1,139 | #2 of 11 |
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
320
+85 (+36%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 320 | 14.5 | 22.1:1 | 84% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 15.5 | 20.3:1 | 83% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 14.5 | 21.9:1 | 81% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 11 | 21.4:1 | 81% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 239 | 10 | 23.9:1 | 90% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 11 | 23.8:1 | 77% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 347 | N/A | N/A | 86% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 20 | 18.8:1 | 66% (249) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Oaks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (239 to 320); teachers up 45% (10 to 14.5).
About Grand Oaks Elementary
Grand Oaks Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Shasta Lake, California. It had 320 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 31% lower.
Gateway Unified has a total of 7 schools and 2,139 students, Grand Oaks Elementary among them.
More than half of the students at Grand Oaks Elementary are White (67%). Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Native American, and 3% Asian. In Shasta County overall, about 78% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Grand Oaks Elementary scores 51%.
Teacher count: 14.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 22.1:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 84%. Compared with the 58% average for public schools in Shasta County, the school's rate is higher.
Among California public elementary schools, Grand Oaks Elementary outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Grand Oaks Elementary are 2.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (32.7% actual, 30.5% predicted).
In Shasta County, median household income comes to about $72,636, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 95, with about 26,639 students.
Measured in a straight line, Shasta Lake is about 0.9 miles from Grand Oaks Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Grand Oaks Elementary is 2nd of 4 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment increased by 36% across 4 years, from 235 in 2020-21 to 320 in 2024-25.
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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
- Buckeye School of the ArtsElementary · 482 students
- Gateway Educational OptionsCombined · 72 students
- Mountain Lakes HighHigh · 68 students
- Gateway Community DayHigh · 12 students
Other schools in Shasta Lake
- Shasta LakeElementary · 602 students
- Central Valley HighHigh · 583 students
- Gateway Educational OptionsCombined · 72 students
- Mountain Lakes HighHigh · 68 students
- Gateway Community DayHigh · 12 students
Other Grand Oaks Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Grand Oaks Elementary. Grand Oaks Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Grand Oaks ElementaryCitrus Heights, CA · 348 students
- Grand Oaks Elementary SchoolTOMBALL, TX · 548 students
- Grand Oaks ElementaryClinton, TN · 303 students
Nearby schools
- Shasta Lake0.9 mi · 602
- Central Valley High1.3 mi · 583
- Mountain Lakes High2.7 mi · 68
- Gateway Educational Options2.7 mi · 72
- Gateway Community Day2.7 mi · 12
- Shasta County Special Education4.5 mi · 28
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Oaks ElementaryHow many students attend Grand Oaks Elementary?
Grand Oaks Elementary enrolls approximately 320 students in grades KG-05.
Is Grand Oaks Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grand Oaks Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Grand Oaks Elementary have?
Grand Oaks Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Grand Oaks Elementary?
Student demographics at Grand Oaks Elementary are roughly 67% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Grand Oaks Elementary in?
Grand Oaks Elementary is part of Gateway Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.