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B+

Mount Shasta Union Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Mount Shasta, and parts of Dunsmuir.

Mount Shasta’s School Grade B better than 64% of California school districts

Students
469
Schools
2
Spent per student
$16,656
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
21:1
Free or reduced lunch
37%
Debt
$0.2M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Mount Shasta Union Elementary School District

  • Its letter, B+: results better than 66% of California districts
  • Spends 21% less per student than the CA average
  • 21 students per teacher
  • Debt of $0.2M, about $480 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B+: better than 66% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math above the state, 2021–22
B+
The town it serves, and its School Grade

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Mount Shasta. Grade by grade →

K–3Mt. Shasta ElementaryThis district
4–8SissonThis district
9–12Mount Shasta HighSiskiyou Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency34%
State average 33.1% · 300 students tested
Reading / language arts50%
State average 46.7% · 300 students tested

95% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 92% at Siskiyou Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$16,656 per student · 21% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 56%Support & administration 41%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 33%State 52%Federal 15%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
480’20
458’21
464’22
506’23
469’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 81%Hispanic 12%Two or more races 4%Black 1%Asian <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

2 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.