Manzanita Elementary, Redding CA

Original Research by School Decision on Manzanita Elementary

Manzanita Elementary is a full-scale kindergarten-through-fifth-grade public school in Redding with an enrollment of around five hundred students. The school serves a mixed-income community in a city that functions as the regional hub for far Northern California, drawing families from surrounding areas. About half the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is majority white, with growing shares of students identifying as Hispanic, multiracial, or other backgrounds.

On state testing, Manzanita's results sit above the midpoint of proficiency across Shasta County's districts, a solid standing for a school serving this income level. In English language arts across the tested grades, about four out of ten third graders, nearly half of fourth graders, and roughly half of fifth graders meet grade-level standards. Mathematics shows more variability: nearly half of third graders are proficient, about five out of ten fourth graders, but only about three out of ten fifth graders. In fifth-grade science, roughly a third of students meet standards. The school has one year of test data available, so trend information is not yet available to show whether the school is improving, holding steady, or moving in another direction.

Redding is a revitalizing county seat on Interstate 5 in the north Sacramento Valley. The city has a walkable downtown core centered on Market Street with shops, restaurants, and art, and it functions as the trade and healthcare hub for the region. Major employers include two hospitals, Shasta College, and Simpson University. The city is actively rebuilding following the Carr Fire several years ago, with new residential subdivisions spreading on the west and outer edges, downtown mixed-use projects underway, and federal disaster-relief funding supporting wildfire-resilient housing. Housing values are moderate for California, and rents are climbing. The landscape is a mix of revitalizing downtown, older residential streets, and newer suburban development spreading outward.

The school itself offers music as an arts program. Information about special education services, English learner support, technology access, or other program details was not available in the materials reviewed. The school's website may carry information about curriculum, before-or-after-school programs, or school culture that would round out a picture of day-to-day life there. A parent may want to reach out directly to learn more about how the school responds to students working below grade level, particularly in fifth-grade mathematics, and what interventions and supports are in place to help students catch up.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 348%

School 48% · District 53% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 41% · ▲ 15 pts above district

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

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 32% · ▼ 1 pts below district

even with state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 340%

School 40% · District 50% · ▼ 10 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 448%

School 48% · District 42% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 46% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 28% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

This schoolRedding 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 3Lower-income33%Higher-income50%17 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income43%Higher-income54%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income38%Higher-income68%30 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income37%Higher-income63%26 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income72%32 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income20%Higher-income46%26 pp gap