Redding Community Day

Redding Community Day operates as a rural-scale elementary school in Redding, California, run under Redding Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 18 students spanning grades 1 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 96% below typical.

Redding Elementary comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 2,958 students; Redding Community Day is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Redding Community Day logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Redding Community Day tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Shasta County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Shasta County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,636 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Shasta County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students), Redding Community Day is one campus in the mix.

Stellar Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Redding Community Day.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Redding Community Day's enrollment has climbed 50% since 2018, when it stood at 12 (now 18). Class-load math has loosened: from 6.0:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.