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Enrollment
522
Middle
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY·NCES 061281001442
Parsons Junior High
750 Hartnell Ave., Redding, CA 96002 · (530) 224-4190 · Shasta County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of California public middle schools
- B-Test 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.
- 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
414 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 171 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 168 | 32% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Enterprise Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
44.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.3pp since 2014
Math
31.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 10 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 | 12.8% | 31.6% | 26.3% | 29.4% |
| Math | 13.7% | 18.2% | 29.0% | 39.1% |
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 | 44.3% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.8% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.5% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.5% | 25.8% |
| 2020-21 | 42.3% | 26.4% |
| 2018-19 | 41.7% | 29.5% |
| 2017-18 | 40.7% | 28.6% |
| 2016-17 | 35.5% | 27.5% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Parsons Junior High
Parsons Junior High's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parsons Junior High this school | 522 | 79.3% | 35.7% |
| Palermo Middle Palermo | 458 | 76.0% | 25.2% |
| Crescent Elk Middle Crescent City | 507 | 76.7% | 21.5% |
| Will Rogers Middle Fair Oaks | 564 | 75.9% | 27.2% |
| Sequoia Middle Redding | 461 | 74.8% | 34.5% |
| Jackson Street Elementary Yreka | 438 | 72.6% | 23.8% |
Matched among California middle 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 Parsons Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Shasta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #616 of 1,224 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #561 of 1,227 ▲ 53 | #2 of 7 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #606 of 1,227 ▲ 52 | #2 of 7 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #512 of 1,214 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #890 of 1,377 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #346 of 1,279 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #104 of 1,278 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #566 of 1,329 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #776 of 930 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
522
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 964
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 522 | 27.2 | 19.2:1 | 79% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 72% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 26.6 | 18.1:1 | 84% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 24 | 22.9:1 | 81% (443) |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 24.5 | 22.8:1 | 83% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 27 | 19.1:1 | 76% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | N/A | N/A | 75% (446) |
| 2000-01 | 772 | 40 | 19.3:1 | 52% (405) |
| 1990-91 | 964 | 45 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parsons Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (559 to 522); teachers up 11% (24.5 to 27.2).
About Parsons Junior High
Parsons Junior High is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Its address is in Redding, California. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 522 students. That puts enrollment 21% below the 659-student average for middle schools in California.
Enterprise Elementary is the local district for Parsons Junior High. It runs 9 schools with 3,668 students.
White students account for 43% of enrollment at Parsons Junior High, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 26% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 13% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among people living in Shasta County, the White share is about 78%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Parsons Junior High scores 71%.
Parsons Junior High has 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1. The school's 19.2:1 compares with an average of 20.7:1 for middle schools in California. The school has 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 58% average for public schools in Shasta County.
Parsons Junior High holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 60% of California public middle schools.
In California, Parsons Junior High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 35.7% actual against a predicted 33.1%.
Census data for Shasta County show the median household earns about $72,636 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Parsons Junior High, Shasta County has 95 public schools.
Rother Elementary is about 0.1 miles from Parsons Junior High, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Parsons Junior High places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Parsons Junior High as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 522, compared with 549 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 22.9:1 to 19.2:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Enterprise Elementary
- Boulder Creek ElementaryElementary · 839 students
- Mistletoe ElementaryElementary · 682 students
- Lassen View ElementaryElementary · 443 students
- Shasta Meadows ElementaryElementary · 320 students
- Alta Mesa ElementaryElementary · 319 students
- Rother ElementaryElementary · 280 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
Nearby schools
- Rother Elementary0.1 mi · 280
- Redding Collegiate Academy0.3 mi · 219
- PACE Academy0.3 mi · 44
- Enterprise High0.5 mi · 1,148
- Mistletoe Elementary1.0 mi · 682
- Shasta Meadows Elementary1.1 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About Parsons Junior HighHow large is Parsons Junior High?
Parsons Junior High enrolls approximately 522 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Parsons Junior High serve?
Parsons Junior High serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Parsons Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parsons Junior High is approximately 19.2:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Parsons Junior High?
Student demographics at Parsons Junior High are roughly 43% White, 26% Hispanic, 3% Black, 13% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Parsons Junior High in?
Parsons Junior High is part of Enterprise Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.