Reeds Creek Elementary

Reeds Creek Elementary is one of the cozy K-5 schools in Red Bluff, California, part of Reeds Creek Elementary, with 195 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Reeds Creek Elementary sits 58% smaller than that benchmark.

Reeds Creek Elementary is a school of Reeds Creek Elementary, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Reeds Creek Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Reeds Creek Elementary has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Tehama County's rate of about 72%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Reeds Creek Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.3%; actual is 34.3%, a gap of -18.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Tehama County shows median household earnings sit near $63,784, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tehama County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,948 students), Reeds Creek Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Tehama Oaks High, around 5.5 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Reeds Creek Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Reeds Creek Elementary has climbed 22%, going from 160 students in 2018 to 195 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 today.

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