Rother Elementary, Redding CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Rother Elementary

Rother Elementary is a small K-5 school in Redding serving about that size across kindergarten through fifth grade. The school draws from the Enterprise Elementary School District, which also operates Redding Collegiate Academy, a K-12 charter that serves as the district's high school option.

The school's student body reflects the demographic composition of Redding itself. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The racial and ethnic makeup is mixed, with white students representing the largest single group, followed by Hispanic students and Asian students, with smaller populations of students identifying as two or more races, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Black students. Data on the share of students receiving special education services or classified as English learners was not available.

State testing results from the most recent school year show academic performance well below proficiency benchmarks. In English language arts, proficiency rates ranged from the high-thirties to low forties across grades three through five. Math proficiency was considerably lower, falling into the mid-twenties for third grade and dropping further in fourth and fifth grades. Science testing, administered in fifth grade only, showed proficiency at one in five students. Across all tested subjects and grades, Rother's overall proficiency sits below the midpoint relative to districts in Shasta County.

The school sits on Hartnell Avenue in Redding, a city in the northern Sacramento Valley that serves as a regional trade and services hub. Redding has experienced significant growth and rebuilding following the Carr Fire, with new residential subdivisions spreading outward and downtown undergoing mixed-use redevelopment. The city's downtown core is walkable and anchored by the Sacramento River and Turtle Bay, and civic amenities are concentrated there, though the public high schools operate on separated suburban-style campuses away from the downtown center. Healthcare is the dominant local industry.

Housing in the Redding area is moderately priced relative to the state benchmark, and rental costs are moderate as well. Mortgages and rents both constitute reasonable shares of household income in the area, making homeownership and rental housing somewhat accessible by California standards.

A parent considering Rother Elementary would be evaluating a traditional public elementary school serving a community with significant economic need and lower academic proficiency than the county average. The school's trajectory and specific program offerings were not available in the data reviewed, so a parent may want to look into the school's instructional priorities, any targeted academic supports or intervention programs, and how the school approaches early literacy and numeracy, which form the foundation for later learning.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 337%

School 37% · District 54% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 426%

School 26% · District 43% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 35% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 50% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 46% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 50% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Science

Grade 520%

School 20% · District 39% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

This schoolEnterprise 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 5Lower-income38%Higher-income39%0 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income14%Higher-income46%32 pp gap