Summary:
The nine schools in Redding Elementary include seven listed as elementary, one middle school, and one alternative school; grade spans vary, and Stellar Charter serves grades K–12. Across the seven elementary and middle schools in the main comparison, average 2025–26 results were 47% in ELA, 39% in math, and 32% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The most important takeaway is that results vary substantially by school and subject: math averages were near the state result, while ELA and science averages were below it.
Stellar Charter led reported all-grades results, with 67% in ELA, 44% in math, and 58% in science—17, 6, and 22 percentage points above state results. Among the other schools, Sycamore Elementary stood out in ELA and math: 60% and 56%, respectively, including a 18-point math advantage over the state. At the lower end, Cypress Elementary had the lowest conventional-school ELA and science results, at 38% and 13%; Sequoia Middle had the lowest math result among the elementary and middle schools, at 26%. Stellar’s alternative K–12 program is different from the other schools, and Redding Community Day’s very low scores should be viewed in light of its enrollment of just 18 students.
For the seven-school comparison, averages improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 4 percentage points in ELA, 2 in math, and 9 in science; the state results rose by less in each subject. Gains were not universal: Bonny View Elementary and Juniper each gained about 19–21 points in science, while Cypress fell 2 points in that subject. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose for Sycamore, from 57th to 75th, and fell for Sequoia, from 50th to 39th, over the three listed years. Low-income figures are context, not an explanation for results: in 2024–25, 77% of Sycamore students and 89% of Cypress students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible. Ratios also do not offer a simple performance guide: Sycamore’s reported student–teacher ratio was 19.5, compared with 18.5 at Juniper and 22.7 at Manzanita.
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