Sycamore Elementary

Sycamore Elementary operates as a cozy elementary school in Redding, California, part of Redding Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 235 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Sycamore Elementary sits 49% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Sycamore Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 40% White, 10% multiracial, 4% Native American, 3% Asian. By comparison, Shasta County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Sycamore Elementary has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sycamore Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at Sycamore Elementary qualify 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sycamore Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 34.7%; Sycamore Elementary posts 49.0%, +14.3 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Shasta County put the typical household earns roughly $72,636 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Sycamore Elementary is one of 95 public schools in Shasta County (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students).

The closest other public school is Monarch Learning Center, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sycamore Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sycamore Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 43.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 231 students in 2018 compared to 235 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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