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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDDING ELEMENTARY·NCES 063204004928
Manzanita Elementary
1240 Manzanita Hills Ave., Redding, CA 96001 · (530) 225-0050 · Shasta County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
22.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
308 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 107 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
52%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
46.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
44.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.5% | 25.0% | 18.4% | 35.1% |
| Math | 19.4% | 24.6% | 24.0% | 31.9% |
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 | 46.5% | 44.1% |
| 2023-24 | 49.8% | 47.2% |
| 2022-23 | 49.8% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.9% | 48.1% |
| 2020-21 | 61.0% | 51.5% |
| 2018-19 | 59.0% | 52.2% |
| 2017-18 | 55.4% | 48.9% |
| 2016-17 | 56.3% | 60.5% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Manzanita Elementary
Manzanita Elementary's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manzanita Elementary this school | 545 | 56.5% | 47.0% |
| Paradise Ridge Elementary Paradise | 496 | 58.7% | 38.9% |
| Vista Grande Elementary El Cajon | 633 | 61.3% | 50.9% |
| Fuerte Elementary El Cajon | 686 | 58.6% | 58.6% |
| Evergreen Elementary Cottonwood | 541 | 60.1% | 52.0% |
| Marigold Elementary Chico | 571 | 51.0% | 46.0% |
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 Manzanita Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Shasta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,928 of 5,151 | #10 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #1,990 of 5,172 ▼ 307 | #9 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #2,321 of 5,172 ▼ 411 | #17 of 30 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.2pp | #695 of 5,116 | #9 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #1,928 of 5,915 | #6 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,757 of 5,352 | #27 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #2,590 of 5,354 | #20 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #3,618 of 5,625 | #24 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #3,031 of 3,837 | #11 of 16 |
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
545
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 545 | 24 | 22.7:1 | 57% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 24 | 23.4:1 | 57% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 50% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 550 | 25 | 22.0:1 | 48% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 588 | 24 | 24.5:1 | 43% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 24 | 24.4:1 | 41% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | N/A | N/A | 32% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 26 | 20.9:1 | 38% (208) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 20 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manzanita Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (588 to 545); teachers unchanged (24 to 24).
About Manzanita Elementary
Located in Redding, California, Manzanita Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 545 students.
Redding Elementary runs Manzanita Elementary along with 8 other schools, enrolling 2,958 students in total.
White students are 66% of those enrolled at Manzanita Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 2% Black. In Shasta County overall, about 78% of residents are White. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Manzanita Elementary are from different groups.
A staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 22.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 57%. That is in line with the 58% average for public schools in Shasta County.
Manzanita Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Manzanita Elementary is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Shasta County show that the median household earns about $72,636 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Shasta County has 95 public schools with about 26,639 students, including Manzanita Elementary.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Shasta High, is the closest to Manzanita Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Manzanita Elementary comes in 2nd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Manzanita Elementary as City: Small.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (550) and 2024-25 (545).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Manzanita Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Redding Elementary
- Turtle BayElementary · 692 students
- Sequoia MiddleMiddle · 461 students
- Bonny View ElementaryElementary · 292 students
- Stellar CharterCombined · 273 students
- Sycamore ElementaryElementary · 235 students
- JuniperElementary · 227 students
Other schools in Redding
- Shasta HighHigh · 1,268 students
- Enterprise HighHigh · 1,148 students
- University PreparatoryHigh · 1,009 students
- Boulder Creek ElementaryElementary · 839 students
- Turtle BayElementary · 692 students
- Mistletoe ElementaryElementary · 682 students
Other Manzanita Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 3 states are named Manzanita Elementary. Manzanita Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Manzanita ElementaryPalmdale, CA · 644 students
- Manzanita ElementaryCovina, CA · 425 students
- Manzanita ElementaryGridley, CA · 306 students
- Manzanita ElementaryKINGMAN, AZ · 759 students
- Manzanita Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 539 students
Nearby schools
- Shasta High0.5 mi · 1,268
- Shasta Collegiate Academy0.6 mi · 76
- University Preparatory0.6 mi · 1,009
- Pioneer Continuation High0.6 mi · 215
- Cypress Elementary1.7 mi · 215
- Sequoia Middle1.7 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About Manzanita ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Manzanita Elementary?
Manzanita Elementary enrolls approximately 545 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Manzanita Elementary serve?
Manzanita Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Manzanita Elementary have?
Manzanita Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Manzanita Elementary?
Student demographics at Manzanita Elementary are roughly 66% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Manzanita Elementary in?
Manzanita Elementary is part of Redding Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.