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Monarch Learning Center

Public, Charter Grades K-8
Summary

Monarch Learning Center is a small public charter elementary school serving grades K-8 in Redding, California, with only 85 students. Despite its small size, the school has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in the state, with a statewide rank between 5785-5861 out of around 5,800-5,900 California elementary schools in recent years.

Monarch Learning Center significantly underperforms the state and nearby schools on standardized test scores, with only 24.07% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to the California average of 47.04%, and just 11.32% proficient or better in math, compared to the state average of 35.54%. The school's science proficiency rates were also very low at 11.11% compared to 30.7% statewide. However, Monarch Learning Center has a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 1.1%, which is significantly lower than the nearby Cypress Elementary, Manzanita Elementary, and other local schools that ranged from 14.3% to 35.0%.

Monarch Learning Center serves a high-needs student population, with 69.41% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, which is higher than the nearby Alta Mesa Elementary (49.52%) and Lassen View Elementary (87.83%). The school also has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 17:1, which is lower than the nearby schools that ranged from 19:1 to 24.4:1. Despite these factors, Monarch Learning Center continues to struggle, ranking in the bottom 1-2% of California elementary schools, and underperforming the Redding Elementary and Enterprise Elementary districts on academic measures.

85
Students ?
17.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
80.0%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
Not published
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)
 5307 Cedars Rd.
       Redding, CA  96099-4102

(530) 247-7307

District: Monarch Learning Center District

Racial breakdown:

White:
72.9%
Hispanic:
16.5%
African American:
4.7%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — <1st percentile in 2019 → 8th in 2024
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2019
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (17% vs 42% meeting standards)
!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 32 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school17%
California avg42%
2,740th of 2,740
California public middle schools ?
Bottom 1%
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202413.65428 of 58697.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.55846 of 58590.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.85785 of 57890.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202420.84723 of 551714.4%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)14th percentile+7 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
Science25%-11 vs state
English Language Arts/Literacy17%-32 vs state
Mathematics15%-23 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 85 students attended Monarch Learning Center.

Students at Monarch Learning Center are 73% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% African American, 2% Asian, 2% American Indian, 1% Not Specified.

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Latest California data All new data »
2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)NewOct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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