Mistletoe Elementary

Mistletoe Elementary operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Redding, California, overseen by Enterprise Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 682 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Mistletoe Elementary sits 47% bigger than that benchmark.

Mistletoe Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Enterprise Elementary, a district that caters to 3,668 students overall.

On demographics, Mistletoe Elementary records that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 24% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Asian, 3% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mistletoe Elementary logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Shasta County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Mistletoe Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.0%; this one delivers 44.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Shasta County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,636 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Mistletoe Elementary is one of 95 public schools in Shasta County (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students).

Nearest neighbor: Parsons Junior High, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mistletoe Elementary. On composite proficiency, Mistletoe Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mistletoe Elementary has ticked up 11%, going from 617 students in 2018 to 682 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 66% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.7:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 today.

On this page, members of the Mistletoe Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.