Parsons Junior High

Set in Redding, California, Parsons Junior High is a cozy intermediate school, one of the schools within Enterprise Elementary. It serves 522 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Parsons Junior High sits 21% smaller than that benchmark.

Parsons Junior High is one of 9 schools operated by Enterprise Elementary, a district that teaches 3,668 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Parsons Junior High lists that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 26% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 13% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Parsons Junior High reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Shasta County (around 58%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Parsons Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.3%; this one delivers 33.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Shasta County indicate median household income runs about $72,636, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Parsons Junior High is one of 95 public schools in Shasta County (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students).

The closest other public school is Rother Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Parsons Junior High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Parsons Junior High's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 559 (now 522). The White share of enrollment fell from 48% to 43% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

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