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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 96022

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Schools

1,437

Students

Districts

Top rankedBend Elementary1115^th of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Bend Elementary up 347 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Bend Elementary 16.7 students per teacher

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Summary:

Zip code 96022 has four elementary schools serving grades K–4 or K–8: Evergreen Elementary, North Cottonwood, Cottonwood Creek Charter, and Bend Elementary. The latest all-grades results are available for three schools; their average was 55% in ELA and 49% in math, above state averages of 49% and 38%. The most important finding is the wide difference between schools: in 2025–2026, ELA results ranged from 29% to 75%, a 45-point gap.

Bend Elementary led the schools with 2025–2026 scores, with 75% in ELA and 60% in math; both were about 21–25 points above the state. Evergreen Elementary was also above the state in both subjects, at 60% in ELA and 55% in math. North Cottonwood was lowest, at 29% in ELA and 31% in math—20 and 7 points below the state. In 2024–2025, Cottonwood Creek Charter had the highest math result, 69%, 32 points above the state; Bend Elementary led ELA and science that year. The two K–4 schools also differed sharply in 2025–2026 grade 4: Evergreen was 41 points ahead in ELA and 31 points ahead in math.

Recent results moved in different directions: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Bend gained 4 points in ELA and 8 in math; Evergreen fell 2 points in ELA but gained 5 in math; North fell 11 and 5 points, respectively. SchoolDigger rankings likewise rose for Evergreen, from the 64th to the 75th percentile, and Bend, from the 60th to the 81st; North declined from the 57th to the 26th. For context, all four schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025: 60% at Evergreen, 44% at North, 42% at Bend, and 27% at Cottonwood Creek Charter. Bend enrolled 102 students and had a 16.7 student–teacher ratio, while Cottonwood Creek Charter’s ratio was 26.1; these characteristics do not explain the score differences. Comparisons are limited by different grade spans and missing 2025–2026 scores for Cottonwood Creek Charter.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2024-25)		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	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cottonwood Creek Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	3425 Brush St.	Cottonwood	96022	Shasta County	Cottonwood Creek Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 347-7200	294	11	26.1	26.5%	252 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (7.1%)	79.7	1143^rd of 5817 public elementary schools	80.4%		85.7	892^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	84.8%	251	42.3	65.4	53.9	73.1	72.7	65.4	37.0	65.5	53.9	61.7	76.9	69.7	53.9	55.6	69.0	69.2	65.9	96%	0%	$12,609	$224	$12,385
North Cottonwood	Public	K-4	19920 Gas Point Rd.	Cottonwood	96022	Shasta County	Cottonwood Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 347-1698	498	24	21.1	44.0%	360 (72.3%)	3 (0.6%)	93 (18.7%)	6 (1.2%)	29 (5.8%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	26	4304^th of 5817 public elementary schools	26.0%		41.2	3140^th of 5857 public elementary schools	46.4%	1164				30.0	28.7					29.4	37.8	24.1					31.1	82%	0%	$12,984	$495	$12,489
Bend Elementary	Public	K-8	22270 Bend Ferry Rd.	Red Bluff	96022	Tehama County	Evergreen Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 527-4648	102	6	16.7	42.2%	72 (70.6%)	1 (1.0%)	21 (20.6%)	2 (2.0%)	2 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.9%)	80.4	1115^th of 5817 public elementary schools	80.8%		73.2	1462^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	75.0%	347	53.9		59.1	54.6		76.9	63.6	92.3		74.6	45.5		53.9	90.9	53.9		59.7			$20,657	$3,246	$17,411
Evergreen Elementary	Public	K-4	19415 Hooker Creek Rd.	Cottonwood	96022	Tehama County	Evergreen Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 347-3411	541	24	22.5	60.1%	405 (74.9%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (17.9%)	5 (0.9%)	12 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (3.9%)	73.3	1432^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	75.4%		69.5	1622^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	72.3%	190				50.5	69.7					59.8	54.7	55.1					54.9	96%	0%	$16,517	$2,595	$13,922
Evergreen Community Day School (K-5)	Public	K-5	19500 Learning Way	Cottonwood	96022	Tehama County	Evergreen Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 347-3411	2	1	4.0	—	1 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																				$47,389	$00	$47,389

Cities Near Zip Code 96022

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Cottonwood	2.52 mi	11	248^th
Anderson	8.11 mi	18	590^th
Red Bluff	8.76 mi	19	671^st
Redding	12.53 mi	54	342^nd
Igo	15.92 mi	1

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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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