Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Shasta High School
Public · Redding · Shasta County · 1,267 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
8%
Higher than 12% of California high schools
+2.2 pp above peer median (6.0%)
· Ranked #3 of 7 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 14.8%
2025 · 8.2%
+13%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+1.0 pp
vs. Shasta County baseline (+12%)
~1206
5-yr projected enrollment (61 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Shasta High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 7): 8% vs. a peer median of 6%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 10 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Shasta High School is admitting at roughly +9 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.92) alone would predict (37% actual vs. 28% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 13% (293→332 from 2018 to 2026), tracking the peer-group median of +13%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.6%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1206 by 2029 — about 61 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Preparatory School | Public | 34.7% | +24% |
| Enterprise High School | Public | 4.8% | +23% |
| Foothill High | Public | 7.3% | +26% |
| Redding School Of The Arts | Public | — | +29% |
| Central Valley High | Public | 2.9% | +10% |
| West Valley Early College High | Public | — | -22% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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