The top reported proficiency rate is 9% in Math. The lowest is 0% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Pace Academy
PACE Academy is a very small public school in Redding, California, serving grades kindergarten through eighth grade within the Enterprise Elementary School District. Its enrollment is tiny even by the standards of small K-8 schools, and the student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic, multiracial, and other students. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a high-poverty enrollment that is an important part of understanding the school's context.
The academic picture is the most pressing thing a parent needs to understand here. California's CAASPP assessments were administered across tested grades, but results for most grade levels were suppressed, almost certainly because the school's enrollment is so small that individual grades fall below the state's minimum reporting threshold. The one grade level with reported math scores showed a very low proficiency rate, and the eighth-grade English language arts and science results that were reported showed no students scoring at or above proficiency. The school's overall proficiency index, which combines results across tested subjects and grades, places PACE Academy in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Shasta County. These are not results the data allows softening: proficiency is very low across what can be seen. A parent should ask the school directly about its academic model, what support structures are in place, and what outcomes it expects for students before enrolling.
Data on chronic absenteeism and four-year graduation rates were not available for this school. Because PACE Academy ends at eighth grade, a graduation rate does not apply here. Information about special education services and English learner counts was also missing from the data.
One useful context point for families thinking about the longer term: PACE Academy sits within the Enterprise Elementary School District, which, publicly reported, includes a K-12 charter school called Redding Collegiate Academy. That school functions as the district's only high school pathway for families who want to remain within Enterprise Elementary's orbit through graduation, rather than transitioning to the separate Shasta Union High School District.
Redding itself is a mid-sized city anchored in the Sacramento Valley, functioning as the regional hub for far Northern California. Healthcare is the dominant employment sector, with two hospitals and a broad services economy. Housing in the area runs well below California's statewide median, though still above the national median, and rents have edged up modestly year over year. The city has a walkable downtown core around Market Street with restaurants, shops, and civic spaces, and the Sacramento River waterfront with Turtle Bay and the Sundial Bridge anchors outdoor life. New residential construction is active on the city's edges, partly driven by recovery from a major wildfire some years ago that tightened housing supply.
For a family weighing PACE Academy, the small size and very high poverty concentration define the peer environment, and the academic results that can be seen are genuinely low. Those facts do not tell the whole story of what happens inside a small school, but they are the factual starting point, and this is an instance where asking the school detailed questions about its instructional approach and student outcomes would be worthwhile before making a decision.
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