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Black Butte Union Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Shingletown.

Shingletown’s School Grade B+ better than 67% of California school districts

Students
235
Schools
2
Spent per student
$20,630
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
16:1
Free or reduced lunch
72%
Debt
$3.6M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Black Butte Union Elementary School District

  • Its letter, D: results better than 8% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 21 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 30 pts below the state
  • 16 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 6.3% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $3.6M, about $15,170 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 8% 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 well below the state, 2021–22
D
The town it serves, and its School Grade
B+Shingletown 2,164

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Shingletown. Grade by grade →

K–5Black Butte ElementaryThis district
6–8Black Butte Junior HighThis district
9–123 high schoolsShasta Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency10–14%
State average 33.1% · 134 students tested
Reading / language arts15–19%
State average 46.7% · 133 students tested

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 90% at Shasta 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
$20,630 per student · 3% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 56%Support & administration 39%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 47%State 37%Federal 16%

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

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

Enrollment over time
221’20
204’21
224’22
246’23
235’24

Up 6.3% since 2020–21.

Students
White 67%Hispanic 17%American Indian/Alaska Native 7%Two or more races 6%Black 2%Asian 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <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.

Black Butte Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Shingletown
156 students17:1
Black Butte Junior High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Shingletown
79 students16:1

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.