Academic Performance
Percent of students meeting or exceeding state standards, by grade.
No academic proficiency data available.
Located in Gazelle, CA. Serving grades KG through 08.
Gazelle Elementary is a single kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school serving an unincorporated rural community of fewer than one hundred residents in Siskiyou County's Shasta Valley. The school enrollment is very small, clustering around the low end of rural district viability. The student body is roughly evenly split between white students and students of two or more races, with a small Hispanic representation. More than two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic circumstances of the ranching and small-scale farming community.
The school sits within the dispersed community itself along Gazelle Callahan Road, a working landscape of dryland pasture, livestock homesteads, and long-standing family properties rather than new development. The median age of Gazelle residents skews older and households are notably long-tenured. The housing market reflects modest rural property values, with estimated median home value in the moderate range for the region. Employment is agriculture-centered, primarily ranching and small organic farming operations, with residents commuting to the I-5 corridor towns of Weed, Mount Shasta, or Yreka for larger employers. Civic anchors are minimal: a part-time post office on Old Highway 99 and county transit service are the main community fixtures; there is no municipal library, park, or walkable downtown within Gazelle.
State testing data for Gazelle Elementary in English language arts and mathematics in the most recent school year showed proficiency rates in the low range across tested grades. The school reports an overall proficiency rate well below the state median in both subjects. Science assessment data were suppressed at the individual grade level due to small enrollment in tested grades. No trend data spanning multiple years was available to assess whether performance is stable, improving, or changing. State testing data was not reported for social studies at this school in recent years.
The school does not report available information on special education identification rates, English learner enrollment counts, chronic absenteeism, or staff composition. Given the school's very small size and rural setting, some of these gaps likely reflect confidentiality suppression for schools below enrollment thresholds rather than missing program infrastructure. A parent considering this school may want to contact the district directly about student support services, staffing, and instructional approaches, since those details do not appear in publicly reported state data.
The Gazelle Union Elementary School District is the only school in its district, serving the immediate rural community. No recent major bond measures, curriculum changes, or strategic initiatives with lasting parent-relevant impact were publicly documented. The school continues standard elementary and middle-school instruction with reading support (iReady) and science enrichment through county programs.
Percent of students meeting or exceeding state standards, by grade.
Officially reported figures, 2024-25.
All reported measures, by topic.