Best Public Schools in Redding, CA

Redding has 39 schools—20 elementary, 4 middle, 9 high and 6 alternative—serving students from elementary through high-school grades. The latest results are for 2025–26, and they show a wide spread among schools: reported all-grades results range 72 percentage points in English, 56 in mathematics and 50 in science. The most important takeaway for families is that school results vary substantially, so the area’s schools cannot be summed up as uniformly strong or weak.

Shasta Collegiate Academy led reported English results at 72%, about 23 points above California; Columbia Elementary led mathematics at 56%, 18 points above the state; and Grant Elementary led science at 59%, 23 points above. At the low end, Redding Community Day had 0% in English, Shasta County Special Education had 0% in mathematics, and Pioneer Continuation High had 9% in science—27 points below California. Results can also differ by subject within a school: Shasta Collegiate’s English result was far above the state, while its mathematics result was 3 points below.

Enterprise High made the clearest across-subject improvement from 2024–25 to 2025–26, rising 22 points in English, 10 in mathematics and 13 in science, and moving from below to above California in all three. Eighth-grade results can also help families compare schools serving the same grade: Parsons Junior High had 48% proficiency in eighth-grade mathematics, compared with 37% at Sequoia Middle and 26% at Mountain View Middle; California was at 36%. Reported free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL) figures for school year 2024–25 also vary: Grant was 38% and Sycamore Elementary was 77%, while both had strong English and mathematics results; Buckeye School of the Arts was 89% and below the state in all three subjects. These figures are context, not evidence that income measures explain results. All-grades comparisons are not perfectly like-for-like because schools serve different grades and types, and small schools’ results can fluctuate.