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Best High Schools in Shasta County, CA

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Schools

8,500

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedUniversity Preparatory60^th of 2,135 California high schools

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Biggest riser

Anderson New Technology High up 786 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Pioneer Continuation High 14.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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9 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CSA Spanish Overall (2026)			CSA Spanish Listening (2026)			CSA Spanish Writing (2026)			CSA Spanish Reading (2026)			CSA Spanish Speaking (2026)		CAST Science (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 12th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 12th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 12th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 12th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CSA Spanish Speaking 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Speaking 12th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Shasta-Trinity Regional Occupational Program	Public	10-12	4659 Eastside Rd.	Redding	96001	Shasta County	Shasta-Trinity Regional Occupational Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 246-3302	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
California Heritage Youthbuild Academy II	Public, Charter	9-12	8544 Airport Rd.	Redding	96002	Shasta County	California Heritage Youthbuild Academy II District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 378-5254	140	5	28.3	82.9%	87 (62.1%)	3 (2.1%)	25 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (9.3%)	15	1758^th of 2135 public high schools	17.7%		15.3	1797^th of 2162 public high schools	16.9%	39																		9.1	9.1				15.0	15.0				7.7	7.7
University Preparatory	Public, Charter	6-12	2200 Eureka Way	Redding	96001	Shasta County	University Preparatory District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 245-2790	1,009	48	21.1	31.7%	691 (68.5%)	8 (0.8%)	123 (12.2%)	67 (6.6%)	13 (1.3%)	2 (0.2%)	104 (10.3%)	96.3	60^th of 2135 public high schools	97.2%		96.2	75^th of 2162 public high schools	96.5%	15															54.3		72.2		62.6	67.1	81.6	78.4	83.5	77.4	40.7	57.9	54.3	69.9	55.1	$12,527	$16	$12,511
Shasta Charter Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	307 Park Marina Cir.	Redding	96001	Shasta County	Shasta Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 245-2600	283	15	19.2	37.8%	191 (67.5%)	3 (1.1%)	42 (14.8%)	5 (1.8%)	8 (2.8%)	2 (0.7%)	28 (9.9%)	80.1	405^th of 2135 public high schools	81.0%		79.6	416^th of 2162 public high schools	80.8%	11																	50.7		50.7				74.7	74.7				36.6	36.6	$13,130	$155	$12,975
Anderson High	Public	9-12	1471 Ferry St.	Anderson	96007	Shasta County	Anderson Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 365-2741	562	25	22.5	53.2%	312 (55.5%)	5 (0.9%)	154 (27.4%)	30 (5.3%)	26 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.7%)	66.1	690^th of 2135 public high schools	67.7%		68.3	629^th of 2162 public high schools	70.9%	61			45.5			36.4			18.2			27.3				28.1			27.6				69.8	69.8				36.5	36.5	$18,233	$819	$17,414
North Valley High	Public	9-12	20083 Olinda Rd.	Anderson	96007	Shasta County	Anderson Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 365-6054	72	5	13.7	73.6%	46 (63.9%)	1 (1.4%)	11 (15.3%)	1 (1.4%)	7 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (8.3%)	6.8	2105^th of 2135 public high schools	1.4%		8.4	2101^st of 2162 public high schools	2.8%	4																	0.0		0.0				4.8	4.8				0.0	0.0	$28,613	$4,726	$23,887
Oakview High (Alternative)	Public	9-12	20111 Olinda Rd.	Anderson	96007	Shasta County	Anderson Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 378-6895	92	4	24.1	53.3%	66 (71.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (15.2%)	1 (1.1%)	4 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (7.6%)								(n/a)																			0.0									9.1	9.1	$11,555	$960	$10,595
Anderson Community Day	Public	9-12	5250 West Anderson Dr.	Anderson	96007	Shasta County	Anderson Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 365-6054	16	2	6.6	68.8%	8 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																														$28,242	$6,840	$21,402
West Valley Early College High	Public	9-12	3805 Happy Valley Rd.	Cottonwood	96022	Shasta County	Anderson Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 347-7171	736	33	22.1	47.1%	501 (68.1%)	13 (1.8%)	145 (19.7%)	13 (1.8%)	26 (3.5%)	3 (0.4%)	35 (4.8%)	64.4	729^th of 2135 public high schools	65.9%		63.8	724^th of 2162 public high schools	66.5%	5																	38.3		37.8				59.1	59.1				32.1	32.1	$17,057	$626	$16,431
Anderson New Technology High	Public, Charter	8-12	2098 North St.	Anderson	96007	Shasta County	Anderson Union High	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 365-3100	102	6	16.7	55.9%	70 (68.6%)	1 (1.0%)	17 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.9%)	1 (1.0%)	8 (7.8%)	71.3	594^th of 2135 public high schools	72.2%		35	1380^th of 2162 public high schools	36.2%	786																	51.5		57.5				61.4	62.2				31.8	31.1	$23,644	$812	$22,832
Burney Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	37571 Mountain View Rd.	Burney	96013	Shasta County	Fall River Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 335-4576	231	15	15.1	58.4%	130 (56.3%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (19.9%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (8.2%)	44.8	1145^th of 2135 public high schools	46.4%		63	741^st of 2162 public high schools	65.7%	404															33.3		22.6		29.9		36.8	27.8	45.2	36.2		34.2	19.4	29.0	27.6	$12,804	$1,166	$11,638
Fall River Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	44215 Walnut St.	McArthur	96056	Shasta County	Fall River Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 336-5515	226	15	14.9	42.0%	129 (57.1%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (35.8%)	2 (0.9%)	7 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.1%)	56.4	891^st of 2135 public high schools	58.3%		45.8	1123^rd of 2162 public high schools	48.1%	232															23.7		29.4	57.1	31.4		28.1	31.6	64.9	42.1		25.0	21.1	16.2	20.6	$10,725	$652	$10,073
Soldier Mountain High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	44144 A St.	McArthur	96056	Shasta County	Fall River Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 336-7159	13	1	16.2	69.2%	7 (53.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (46.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																														$14,158	$2,800	$11,358
Mountain View High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	20375 Tamarack Ave.	Burney	96013	Shasta County	Fall River Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 335-5189	10	1	20.0	60.0%	5 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (10.0%)	1 (10.0%)	1 (10.0%)								(n/a)																														$10,091	$3,640	$6,451
Fall River Community Day	Public	7-12	44144 A St.	McArthur	96056	Shasta County	Fall River Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 336-7159	11	1	11.0	72.7%	6 (54.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (27.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (9.1%)								(n/a)																														$14,269	$00	$14,269
Burney Community Day	Public	7-12	20375 Tamarack Ave.	Burney	96013	Shasta County	Fall River Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 335-5189	13	1	13.0	76.9%	4 (30.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (23.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (38.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.7%)								(n/a)																														$12,539	$00	$12,539
Mountain Lakes High	Public	10-12	17752 Shasta Dam Blvd.	Shasta Lake	96003	Shasta County	Gateway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 275-7000	68	4	18.0	94.1%	48 (70.6%)	2 (2.9%)	9 (13.2%)	3 (4.4%)	4 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	6.6	2110^th of 2135 public high schools	1.2%		16.9	1745^th of 2162 public high schools	19.3%	365																							0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	$26,413	$4,775	$21,638
Central Valley High	Public	9-12	4066 La Mesa Ave.	Shasta Lake	96003	Shasta County	Gateway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 275-7075	583	27	21.9	71.5%	350 (60.0%)	7 (1.2%)	103 (17.7%)	23 (3.9%)	49 (8.4%)	4 (0.7%)	47 (8.1%)	73.3	552^nd of 2135 public high schools	74.1%		85.3	306^th of 2162 public high schools	85.8%	246																	45.6		46.5				62.4	62.4				37.6	37.6	$20,521	$1,711	$18,810
Gateway Community Day	Public	7-12	17752 Shasta Dam Blvd.	Shasta Lake	96003	Shasta County	Gateway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 275-7000	12	2	4.8	75.0%	9 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (16.7%)								(n/a)																														$58,543	$12,851	$45,692
Enterprise High	Public	9-12	3411 Churn Creek Rd.	Redding	96002	Shasta County	Shasta Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 222-6601	1,148	54	21.2	65.7%	547 (47.6%)	68 (5.9%)	269 (23.4%)	153 (13.3%)	52 (4.5%)	6 (0.5%)	43 (3.7%)	77.4	459^th of 2135 public high schools	78.5%		55.7	917^th of 2162 public high schools	57.6%	458																	44.4		43.6				68.1	68.1				41.8	41.8	$7,382	$1,900	$5,482
Shasta High	Public	9-12	2500 Eureka Way	Redding	96001	Shasta County	Shasta Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 241-4161	1,268	62	20.4	48.1%	809 (63.8%)	34 (2.7%)	225 (17.7%)	64 (5.0%)	69 (5.4%)	4 (0.3%)	58 (4.6%)	81	381^st of 2135 public high schools	82.2%		83.2	356^th of 2162 public high schools	83.5%	25																	49.4		49.2				72.2	72.2				41.1	41.1	$6,661	$1,263	$5,398
Pioneer Continuation High	Public	9-12	2650 Eighth St.	Redding	96001	Shasta County	Shasta Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 243-1880	215	15	14.2	76.7%	133 (61.9%)	9 (4.2%)	37 (17.2%)	4 (1.9%)	16 (7.4%)	1 (0.5%)	14 (6.5%)	13.4	1795^th of 2135 public high schools	15.9%		9.1	2062^nd of 2162 public high schools	4.6%	267																	8.6		9.2				17.7	17.7				6.3	6.3	$5,059	$935	$4,124
Foothill High	Public	9-12	9733 Deschutes Rd.	Palo Cedro	96073	Shasta County	Shasta Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 547-1700	1,487	64	23.3	45.0%	1,056 (71.0%)	18 (1.2%)	219 (14.7%)	35 (2.4%)	63 (4.2%)	5 (0.3%)	89 (6.0%)	72.9	554^th of 2135 public high schools	74.1%		87.2	259^th of 2162 public high schools	88.0%	295																	42.9		42.9				62.8	62.8				39.0	39.0	$6,044	$1,099	$4,945
Shasta Collegiate Academy	Public	9-12	2200 Eureka Way	Redding	96001	Shasta County	Shasta Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 245-2760	76	7	10.3	46.1%	52 (68.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (14.5%)	3 (3.9%)	4 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.9%)	76.1	497^th of 2135 public high schools	76.7%		86.9	266^th of 2162 public high schools	87.7%	231																	45.7		45.7				72.2	72.2				35.1	35.1	$5,290	$868	$4,422
Tri Mountain Academy	Public	7-12	2684 Radio Ln.	Redding	96001	Shasta County	Shasta County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 225-0360	25	3	8.3	88.0%	12 (48.0%)	3 (12.0%)	5 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (8.0%)								(n/a)																														$17,564	$2,987	$14,577
Shasta County Independent Study	Public	6-12	3711 Oasis Rd.	Redding	96003	Shasta County	Shasta County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 225-0163	102	4	25.3	74.5%	63 (61.8%)	4 (3.9%)	23 (22.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (10.8%)	27.3	1538^th of 2135 public high schools	28.0%		25.3	1590^th of 2162 public high schools	26.5%	52															16.7				23.8			41.7	37.5	38.8			16.7	9.4	10.2	$13,319	$1,126	$12,193

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