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If you had an hour of school board time for Redwood Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
601
Elementary
DISTRICT 617 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHLAND UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 062145009564
Redwood Elementary
331 North Shafter Ave., Shafter, CA 93263 · (661) 746-8650 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
552 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 112 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (112).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Redwood Elementary→Richland Junior High
Based on grade levels within Richland Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
23.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.6pp since 2014
Math
16.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.7% | 16.9% | 28.9% | 47.5% |
| Math | 6.7% | 10.0% | 28.6% | 54.7% |
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 | 23.6% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 17.5% |
| 2022-23 | 18.1% | 10.1% |
| 2021-22 | 21.1% | 11.4% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 8.4% |
| 2018-19 | 31.6% | 20.8% |
| 2017-18 | 24.8% | 16.9% |
| 2016-17 | 20.2% | 11.7% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 11.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Redwood Elementary
Redwood Elementary's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood Elementary this school | 601 | 91.8% | 21.0% |
| Troth Street Elementary Jurupa Valley | 583 | 91.1% | 23.4% |
| Scholarship Prep - Orange County Santa Ana | 615 | 92.2% | N/A |
| Castroville Elementary Castroville | 600 | 90.5% | 24.7% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary Colton | 587 | 91.0% | 24.6% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Elementary Selma | 634 | 92.4% | 33.5% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Redwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #4,497 of 5,151 | #111 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #4,601 of 5,172 ▼ 160 | #116 of 150 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #4,601 of 5,172 ▼ 259 | #127 of 150 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #1,998 of 5,116 | #67 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #1,392 of 5,915 | #78 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #945 of 5,352 | #34 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #4,921 of 5,354 | #130 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #857 of 5,625 | #49 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #794 of 3,837 | #12 of 95 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
601
-147 (-20%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 601 | 30 | 20.0:1 | 92% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 33.6 | 19.0:1 | 87% (552) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 33.5 | 20.0:1 | 82% (553) |
| 2020-21 | 748 | 36 | 20.8:1 | 82% (612) |
| 2017-18 | 815 | 38.3 | 21.3:1 | 96% (781) |
| 2015-16 | 938 | 42 | 22.3:1 | 93% (874) |
| 2010-11 | 1,036 | N/A | N/A | 89% (925) |
| 2000-01 | 928 | 40 | 23.2:1 | 94% (872) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 22 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Redwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (815 to 601); teachers down 22% (38.3 to 30).
About Redwood Elementary
Redwood Elementary serves students in Shafter, California, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 601 students in kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Richland Union Elementary has 4 schools; together they serve 2,410 students.
Redwood Elementary enrolls a student body that is 95% Hispanic. It is also 3% White. For comparison, the population of Kern County is roughly 57% Hispanic. Redwood Elementary has a diversity index of 10%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Redwood Elementary employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 20.0:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 92% in 2024-25. That rate is above the 76% average among public schools in Kern County.
The allk12 Grade for Redwood Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 19% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Redwood Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (21.0%) and its predicted rate (25.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Kern County, median household income is about $70,210, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. A total of 279 public schools operate in Kern County, serving about 197,431 students.
The nearest public school is Richland Junior High, at less than a tenth of a mile. Redwood Elementary has 7 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 35.2% proficiency; Redwood Elementary posts 21.0%.
In the federal locale system, Redwood Elementary is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 601 was 20% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 748.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Redwood Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Kern County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
915,075
Census ACS
Median income
$70,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
279
197,431 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richland Union Elementary
- Golden Oak ElementaryElementary · 717 students
- Richland Junior HighMiddle · 558 students
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 534 students
Other schools in Shafter
- Shafter HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Golden Oak ElementaryElementary · 717 students
- Richland Junior HighMiddle · 558 students
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Maple ElementaryElementary · 287 students
- Central Valley High (Continuation)High · 86 students
Other Redwood Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Redwood Elementary. Redwood Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- Redwood ElementaryFontana, CA · 654 students
- Redwood ElementaryCrescent City, CA · 452 students
- Redwood ElementaryFort Bragg, CA · 343 students
- Redwood ElementaryHARTFORD, MI · 516 students
- Redwood Elementary SchoolW ORANGE, NJ · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Richland Junior High0.0 mi · 558
- Golden Oak Elementary0.4 mi · 717
- Shafter High0.7 mi · 1,599
- Central Valley High (Continuation)0.7 mi · 86
- Grow Academy Shafter1.0 mi · 80
- Sequoia Elementary1.0 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Redwood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Redwood Elementary?
Redwood Elementary enrolls approximately 601 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Redwood Elementary serve?
Redwood Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Redwood Elementary?
Approximately 20.0:1 students per teacher at Redwood Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Redwood Elementary?
At Redwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is Redwood Elementary in?
Redwood Elementary is part of Richland Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.