Northern Summit Academy Shasta

Northern Summit Academy Shasta is an one-room-style unified-grade school in Anderson, California, operated by Northern Summit Academy Shasta District. The school enrolls 215 students in grades K through 12. That puts it 64% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 602 students.

Northern Summit Academy Shasta is a school of Northern Summit Academy Shasta District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Northern Summit Academy Shasta shows that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Northern Summit Academy Shasta tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Shasta County (around 58%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Shasta County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,636 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Shasta County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students), of which Northern Summit Academy Shasta is one.

Nearest neighbor: Anderson New Technology High, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. Northern Summit Academy Shasta operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On this page, members of the Northern Summit Academy Shasta community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.