Summary
Shasta High serves 1,268 students in grades 9–12 in Redding, in the northern California community of Shasta County, and is part of Shasta Union High. Its latest results are above state averages in English language arts (ELA), mathematics and science, but mathematics is the clearest concern: proficiency fell sharply in the latest year, leaving the school only a few points above the state.
ELA and science are Shasta’s strongest subjects compared with nearby schools, its district and the state. In 2025–26, 72% of students were proficient in ELA, compared with 49% statewide and 63% districtwide; Shasta was near the top among nearby schools, just behind Shasta Collegiate Academy. Science proficiency was 49%, versus 36% statewide and 42% districtwide, the highest among the nearby schools with reported results. Mathematics proficiency was 41%, compared with 38% statewide and 37% districtwide. That was second among nearby schools, behind Enterprise High.
Math proficiency dropped from 51% in 2024–25 to 41% in 2025–26, while ELA and science ended the recent four-year period higher than they began, despite fluctuations. SchoolDigger ranked Shasta in the 82nd percentile and gave it 4 stars in 2025–26; its percentile has declined from 90 in 2023–24, though it remains the highest among nearby schools with a reported ranking. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for Asian students was in the 43rd percentile in 2025–26, well below the school’s overall 82nd percentile, but up from the 24th percentile in 2023–24. Shasta’s 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 20.4, slightly above the nearby-school average of 18.9. Its 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 48%, compared with a nearby-school average of 64%. Graduation was strong at 96% in 2025–26, but chronic absenteeism was 21%, above the district and state rates of 18%.
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