Summary:
ZIP code 96099 has three elementary schools, all serving students through grade 8: Shasta Elementary and Monarch Learning Center start in kindergarten, while Redding Community Day starts in grade 1. The latest results available for all three schools are from 2024–2025; 2025–2026 results are available for Shasta and Redding. Most importantly, the latest reported ELA and math results show a pronounced divide between Shasta and Redding.
Shasta is the broadest academic standout: in 2024–2025 it led the three schools in ELA (47% proficiency) and math (25%). Monarch was next in both subjects, at 24% in ELA and 18% in math, while Redding had 9% in ELA and 0% in math. The three-school averages were 27% in ELA and 14% in math, compared with state results of 49% and 37%. Monarch led science among the two schools with results, at 31% versus Shasta’s 25%; the state result was 33%. In 2025–2026, Shasta’s ELA was 53%, above the state’s 49%, while Redding reported 0%; in math, Shasta had 26% and Redding 5%, both below the state’s 38%.
Recent changes differ by subject: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Shasta gained 6 percentage points in ELA and 1 point in math, but fell 6 points in science; Redding’s ELA fell 9 points while its math rose 5. SchoolDigger ranked Shasta at the 49th percentile in 2025–2026; Monarch was at the 8th percentile in 2023–2024, so these rankings are from different years. In 2024–2025, student–teacher ratios were 17.8 at Shasta, 17 at Monarch and 8.8 at Redding. Shasta and Monarch reported 62% and 80% free/reduced lunch eligible, respectively, in 2024–2025; Redding reported 83% directly certified for free meals that year, a different measure. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 64% at Redding and 5% at Shasta, compared with 18% statewide. The schools are small, and year-to-year results do not track the same students.
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