Junction Elementary

Located at 9087 Deschutes Rd., in Palo Cedro, California, Junction Elementary is a medium-sized primary school that enrolls 416 students (grades K through 8), operated by Junction Elementary.

Across the 2 schools in Junction Elementary (450 students total), Junction Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Junction Elementary records that nearly all students (80%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Shasta County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Junction Elementary lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Shasta County's rate of about 58%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Junction Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.7%, the actual is 57.9%, a residual of -0.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Shasta County indicate median household income runs about $72,636, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Shasta County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students), Junction Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Chrysalis Charter, roughly 0.7 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Junction Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.

Junction Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Junction Elementary's enrollment has increased 53% since 2018, when it stood at 272 (now 416). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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