Enrollment
235
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDDING ELEMENTARY·NCES 063204004930
Sycamore Elementary
1926 Sycamore Dr., Redding, CA 96001 · (530) 225-0055 · Shasta County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
19.6:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
180 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 54 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
57.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +36.5pp since 2014
Math
51.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +30.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 36 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.8% | 27.7% | 25.5% | 17.0% |
| Math | 25.3% | 26.3% | 24.2% | 24.2% |
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 | 57.5% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 43.6% |
| 2022-23 | 40.4% | 42.3% |
| 2021-22 | 40.6% | 33.3% |
| 2020-21 | 36.5% | 26.2% |
| 2018-19 | 24.7% | 24.4% |
| 2017-18 | 15.9% | 18.0% |
| 2016-17 | 20.5% | 27.7% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in California's top 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 Sycamore Elementary
Sycamore Elementary's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Elementary this school | 235 | 76.6% | 49.0% |
| East Lake Clearlake Oaks | 195 | 79.5% | 20.0% |
| Pine Hill Elementary Eureka | 189 | 76.2% | 41.1% |
| Redway Elementary Redway | 272 | 77.9% | 19.8% |
| Paragon Collegiate Academy Marysville | 208 | 70.7% | N/A |
| Coarsegold Elementary Coarsegold | 290 | 73.1% | 16.5% |
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 Sycamore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Shasta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,788 of 5,151 | #8 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #1,481 of 5,172 ▲ 438 | #3 of 30 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #1,506 of 5,172 ▲ 1,008 | #3 of 30 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.5pp | #99 of 5,116 | #2 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #5,193 of 5,915 | #27 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #752 of 5,352 | #14 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #1,205 of 5,354 | #7 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.6% | #2,488 of 5,625 | #8 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #997 of 1,139 | #11 of 11 |
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
235
+12 (+5%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 235 | 12 | 19.6:1 | 77% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 12 | 22.4:1 | 74% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 12 | 20.4:1 | 75% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 11 | 20.3:1 | 83% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 231 | 10 | 23.1:1 | 77% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 183 | 8 | 22.9:1 | 88% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 217 | N/A | N/A | 72% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 341 | 17 | 20.1:1 | 64% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 363 | 15 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sycamore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (231 to 235); teachers up 20% (10 to 12).
About Sycamore Elementary
Sycamore Elementary is a small elementary school in Redding, California. Total enrollment is 235 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 49% lower.
Sycamore Elementary is one of the 9 schools that make up Redding Elementary (2,958 students in total).
No group is above 50% at Sycamore Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 41%. The school is also 40% White, 10% multiracial, 4% Native American, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 12%. The diversity index for Sycamore Elementary is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Sycamore Elementary has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.7 students per teacher. At Sycamore Elementary, 77% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 58% average for public schools in Shasta County is 19 points lower.
Sycamore Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 86% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sycamore Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools: 49.0% actual against 34.7% predicted.
The school's county is Shasta County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $72,636 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Shasta County number 95, with about 26,639 students.
Monarch Learning Center sits about 1.0 miles from Sycamore Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Sycamore Elementary comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 235, from 223 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Shasta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
181,436
Census ACS
Median income
$72,636
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
26,639 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Redding Elementary
- Turtle BayElementary · 692 students
- Manzanita ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- Sequoia MiddleMiddle · 461 students
- Bonny View ElementaryElementary · 292 students
- Stellar CharterCombined · 273 students
- JuniperElementary · 227 students
Other schools in Redding
- Shasta HighHigh · 1,268 students
- Enterprise HighHigh · 1,148 students
- University PreparatoryHigh · 1,009 students
- Boulder Creek ElementaryElementary · 839 students
- Turtle BayElementary · 692 students
- Mistletoe ElementaryElementary · 682 students
Other Sycamore Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 7 states are named Sycamore Elementary. Sycamore Elementary is the 13th largest of the 14.
- Sycamore ElementaryUpland, CA · 412 students
- Sycamore ElementarySimi Valley, CA · 359 students
- Sycamore ElementaryOrange, CA · 357 students
- Sycamore ElementaryClaremont, CA · 350 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolSugar Hill, GA · 751 students
Nearby schools
- Monarch Learning Center1.0 mi · 85
- Stellar Charter1.0 mi · 273
- Redding Community Day1.0 mi · 18
- Bonny View Elementary1.5 mi · 292
- Shasta County Juvenile Court1.8 mi · 25
- Lassen View Elementary2.3 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Sycamore ElementaryHow many students attend Sycamore Elementary?
Sycamore Elementary enrolls approximately 235 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sycamore Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sycamore Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Sycamore Elementary?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at Sycamore Elementary.
How diverse is Sycamore Elementary?
Sycamore Elementary reports a student body of 40% White, 41% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Sycamore Elementary?
Sycamore Elementary is overseen by Redding Elementary in Shasta County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.