Happy Valley Community Day

Happy Valley Community Day is a K-5 school of minimally staffed scale in Anderson, California, overseen by Happy Valley Union Elementary, works with 5 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 99% below the state mean of about 465.

Happy Valley Union Elementary runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 464 students. Happy Valley Community Day is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Happy Valley Community Day logs that 60% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 20% multiracial. By comparison, Shasta County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Shasta County) shows that median household earnings sit near $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), Happy Valley Community Day is one campus in the mix.

Happy Valley Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Happy Valley Community Day.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 5 students in 2018 compared to 5 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 100% to 60% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Happy Valley Community Day community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.