Enrollment
227
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDDING ELEMENTARY·NCES 063204004927
Juniper
375 Ellis St., Redding, CA 96001 · (530) 225-0045 · Shasta County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL227 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% 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.
- BThree-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
18.6:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
192 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 23% larger than its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
39.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.7pp since 2014
Math
26.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.6% | 28.1% | 24.0% | 36.3% |
| Math | 9.6% | 16.4% | 28.1% | 45.9% |
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 | 39.7% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.1% | 22.1% |
| 2021-22 | 34.3% | 24.1% |
| 2020-21 | 32.3% | 22.1% |
| 2018-19 | 27.6% | 16.1% |
| 2017-18 | 32.0% | 19.5% |
| 2016-17 | 20.3% | 12.4% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
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 Juniper
Juniper's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper this school | 227 | 84.6% | 33.1% |
| Bess Maxwell Elementary Crescent City | 217 | 86.2% | 13.5% |
| Pine Grove Elementary Crescent City | 265 | 83.4% | 17.6% |
| Lake Don Pedro Elementary La Grange | 195 | 81.0% | 21.9% |
| Arcata Elementary Arcata | 240 | 78.8% | 30.2% |
| North Fork Elementary North Fork | 227 | 79.7% | 31.6% |
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 Juniper ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Shasta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #3,148 of 5,151 | #22 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #3,659 of 5,172 ▼ 581 | #26 of 30 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #2,954 of 5,172 ▼ 153 | #22 of 30 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.7pp | #2,071 of 5,116 | #17 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 227 | #5,235 of 5,915 | #28 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #400 of 5,352 | #7 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #1,412 of 5,354 | #9 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.6% | #1,709 of 5,625 | #3 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #468 of 1,139 | #6 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
227
+28 (+14%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 227 | 12.2 | 18.6:1 | 85% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 236 | 13 | 18.2:1 | 87% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 13 | 19.1:1 | 79% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 199 | 8 | 24.9:1 | 92% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 204 | 9 | 22.7:1 | 84% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 230 | 11 | 20.9:1 | 89% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 209 | N/A | N/A | 81% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 20 | 20.3:1 | 70% (284) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | 19 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juniper.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (204 to 227); teachers up 36% (9 to 12.2).
About Juniper
Juniper is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Redding, California. It enrolled 227 students in kindergarten through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Within Redding Elementary, Juniper is one of 9 schools. The district enrolls 2,958 students.
White students make up a majority at Juniper, at 54%. The remaining shares are 22% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 4% Native American, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Shasta County's population at about 78%. Juniper's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 18.6:1, with 12.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 3.8 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 85%. The 58% average for public schools in Shasta County is 27 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Juniper is B-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 46% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Juniper is 3.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (33.1% versus 30.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Within Shasta County, the median household income is $72,636, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Shasta County has 95 public schools and roughly 26,639 students.
Cypress Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Juniper. By average proficiency, Juniper is 4th among 7 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Enrollment is up 14% from 2020-21, when Juniper had 199 students, to 2024-25, when it had 227. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 24.9:1 to 18.6:1.
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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
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Other Juniper schools
One other US public school is named Juniper. Juniper is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- JuniperHERRIMAN, UT · 544 students
Nearby schools
- Cypress Elementary0.9 mi · 215
- Shasta County Juvenile Court1.0 mi · 25
- Shasta Charter Academy1.1 mi · 283
- Bonny View Elementary1.3 mi · 292
- Rother Elementary1.4 mi · 280
- Parsons Junior High1.4 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About JuniperWhat is the total enrollment at Juniper?
Juniper enrolls approximately 227 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Juniper serve?
Juniper serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Juniper?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Juniper is approximately 18.6:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Juniper?
Student demographics at Juniper are roughly 54% White, 22% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Juniper in?
Juniper is part of Redding Elementary.
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