Berrendos Middle, Red Bluff CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Berrendos Middle

Berrendos Middle is a small, regular public middle school serving grades six through eight in Red Bluff, a historic agricultural community along the Sacramento River in Tehama County. The school enrolls students from a town character defined by Victorian-era homes, affordable mid-century ranch-style housing, river recreation, and cattle-ranching life. Red Bluff's economy centers on health care, retail, education, and public-sector work, with timber and agriculture still present; the I-5 corridor brings logistics employment. Downtown Red Bluff is walkable and hosts civic events, though schools sit on separate campuses rather than in the commercial core.

The student body at Berrendos is a blend of demographics. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is predominantly white, with a meaningful share of Hispanic students, and a small number of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. Specific enrollment counts for students with disabilities and English learners were not available in the data.

On state testing, Berrendos shows proficiency concentrated in the lower-to-middle range. In English Language Arts, students in sixth and seventh grades hover around similar proficiency, while eighth-grade performance improves notably. In mathematics, the pattern is less uniform: sixth-grade students show stronger performance than seventh graders, and eighth-grade proficiency falls between the two. Science, assessed only in grade eight, shows considerably lower proficiency than English or math. No recent social studies data are available. Across all tested subjects and grades, Berrendos ranks in the top quartile when compared with districts in Tehama County, a position that reflects its performance relative to other schools in the immediate region.

The school sits within the Antelope Elementary School District, which in early 2026 placed a bond measure on the ballot to fund facility repairs and upgrades, a decision that would affect local property taxes. As of June 2026, voters had not yet decided the measure's outcome. No major curricular or pedagogical changes were documented for the district at the time of research.

The Red Bluff area offers families accessible riverfront parks, trails, and recreation areas, as well as a regional public transit system connecting the community to surrounding towns and Amtrak connections. Housing in Red Bluff is notably affordable compared to state benchmarks, and the area supports a rural, family-oriented lifestyle with horse-zoned properties and open space still part of the landscape. For families considering the area, the school's academic profile shows uneven strength across subjects and grades, with near-term facility decisions at the district level to weigh as part of longer-term enrollment and housing choices.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 41% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 735%

School 35% · District 32% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 849%

School 49% · District 42% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 641%

School 41% · District 40% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 741%

School 41% · District 40% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 52% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Science

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 26% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

This schoolAntelope Elementary, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income31%Higher-income54%23 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income35%Higher-income50%15 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income61%Higher-income54%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income38%Higher-income54%17 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income29%Higher-income44%15 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income50%Higher-income49%1 pp gap