Shasta High

Shasta High is a well-populated four-year high school in Redding, California, run under Shasta Union High. The school serves 1,268 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Shasta High sits 51% above that benchmark.

Shasta Union High runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 4,194 students. Shasta High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Shasta High records that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 5% Native American, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Shasta County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Shasta High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Shasta County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Shasta High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.9%.

Around the school, census data for Shasta County shows median household earnings sit near $72,636, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shasta High is one of 95 public schools in Shasta County (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students).

The closest other public school is Pioneer Continuation High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shasta High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 1,446 students in 2018 compared to 1,268 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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