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Enrollment
692
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDDING ELEMENTARY·NCES 063204009182
Turtle Bay
1330 Arboretum Dr., Redding, CA 96003 · (530) 225-0035 · Shasta County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
21.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
509 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 104% larger than its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
57%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
48.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.7pp since 2014
Math
43.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.8% | 26.5% | 18.4% | 33.3% |
| Math | 18.8% | 24.4% | 24.2% | 32.5% |
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 | 48.3% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 39.7% |
| 2022-23 | 43.8% | 32.8% |
| 2021-22 | 43.4% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 45.4% | 36.0% |
| 2018-19 | 41.8% | 43.3% |
| 2017-18 | 50.8% | 43.4% |
| 2016-17 | 51.3% | 47.4% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Turtle Bay
Turtle Bay's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Bay this school | 692 | 73.6% | 43.8% |
| Shasta Lake Shasta Lake | 602 | 77.1% | 31.4% |
| Mistletoe Elementary Redding | 682 | 71.4% | 46.1% |
| Rancho San Diego Elementary El Cajon | 533 | 78.6% | 52.2% |
| Mountain View Elementary Tujunga | 567 | 75.8% | 43.0% |
| Blossom Valley Elementary El Cajon | 533 | 65.7% | 47.1% |
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 Turtle Bay ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Shasta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #2,173 of 5,151 | #13 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #2,049 of 5,172 ▲ 167 | #11 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #2,173 of 5,172 ▲ 18 | #13 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.1pp | #1,349 of 5,116 | #10 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #804 of 5,915 | #2 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,911 of 5,352 | #24 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #2,110 of 5,354 | #14 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.6% | #2,726 of 5,625 | #14 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #1,149 of 3,837 | #1 of 16 |
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
692
-118 (-15%) vs 2020
+126% since 1990-91, when it was 306
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 692 | 32 | 21.6:1 | 74% (509) |
| 2023-24 | 764 | 31 | 24.6:1 | 77% (587) |
| 2022-23 | 745 | 30 | 24.8:1 | 70% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 810 | 33 | 24.6:1 | 63% (511) |
| 2017-18 | 892 | 35 | 25.5:1 | 61% (547) |
| 2015-16 | 827 | 33 | 25.1:1 | 57% (471) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | N/A | N/A | 44% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 622 | 29 | 21.4:1 | 37% (231) |
| 1990-91 | 306 | 12 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turtle Bay.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (892 to 692); teachers down 9% (35 to 32).
About Turtle Bay
Turtle Bay is a public elementary school run by Redding Elementary in Redding, California. The school enrolls 692 students in kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 49% above average.
The 9 schools in Redding Elementary enroll 2,958 students altogether, Turtle Bay among them.
The share of White students at Turtle Bay is 61%, a majority. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 2% Native American, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Shasta County is roughly 78% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.6:1. The school has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. In all, 74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 16 points above the 58% average for public schools in Shasta County.
On the allk12 Grade, Turtle Bay lands at B+, ahead of 69% of California public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Turtle Bay would be expected to post about 36.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.8%.
In Shasta County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $72,636, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Shasta County number 95, with about 26,639 students.
Sequoia Middle, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Turtle Bay is 3rd among 5 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
From 810 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 692 by 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 24.6 in 2020-21 to 21.6 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Turtle Bay is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Manzanita ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- Sequoia MiddleMiddle · 461 students
- Bonny View ElementaryElementary · 292 students
- Stellar CharterCombined · 273 students
- Sycamore ElementaryElementary · 235 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
- Mistletoe ElementaryElementary · 682 students
- Redding School of the ArtsCombined · 634 students
Nearby schools
- Sequoia Middle1.0 mi · 461
- Shasta Collegiate Academy1.3 mi · 76
- University Preparatory1.3 mi · 1,009
- Shasta High1.5 mi · 1,268
- Cypress Elementary1.5 mi · 215
- Pioneer Continuation High1.5 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Turtle BayHow large is Turtle Bay?
Turtle Bay enrolls approximately 692 students in grades KG-08.
Is Turtle Bay an elementary, middle, or high school?
Turtle Bay is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Turtle Bay?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Turtle Bay is approximately 21.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Turtle Bay?
Student demographics at Turtle Bay are roughly 61% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Turtle Bay?
Turtle Bay is overseen by Redding Elementary in Shasta County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.