Redding Collegiate Academy: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.
Redding Collegiate Academy posts 46% meeting the standard against 43% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48 | 21% | 46% | -0.8 | 8.2% | 0.6% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Redding Collegiate Academy scores 48 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 64th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
🤝 Culture First — Ask whether the low absenteeism and suspension numbers come from what the school does or from the community it serves — both can produce the same numbers, and only a visit tells you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “46% proficient” and call it done. Redding Collegiate Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in Redding, where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Redding Collegiate Academy's low-income kids hit 50.0% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
As a charter, Redding Collegiate Academy enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 20th to the 64th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 2300 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 46% of students meet the standard today, above the 33% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 45% | — | — | 58% | 58% |
| Grade 6 | 18% | 33% | 33% | 64% | 43% |
| Grade 7 | 42% | 52% | 53% | 46% | 84% |
| Grade 8 | 26% | 39% | 48% | 58% | 53% |
| Grade 11 | — | 63% | 48% | 28% | 56% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 36% | — | — | 33% | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 18% | 42% | 42% | 18% | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 8% | 19% | 37% | 23% | 63% |
| Grade 8 | 4% | 10% | 13% | 19% | 29% |
| Grade 11 | — | 11% | 9% | 6% | 24% |
Redding Collegiate Academy's most underrated number
50.0% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Redding Collegiate Academy in Redding, 50.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 44.0% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Redding Collegiate Academy outperforms its district average for low-income students by 6.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (19.4% Math proficient); White students (59.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 7.2 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 36 students tested.
7 of 12 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
Redding Collegiate Academy serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here, with no school-to-school transitions.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$1 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 219 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 41% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
Is Redding Collegiate Academy a good elementary school?
What are Redding Collegiate Academy's CAASPP test scores?
How does Redding Collegiate Academy rank in California?
Is Redding Collegiate Academy getting better or worse?
What is the attendance and school culture like at Redding Collegiate Academy?
How does Redding Collegiate Academy compare to other schools in Redding?
How does Redding Collegiate Academy serve low-income and underrepresented students?
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 60
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 39
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 52
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 15 | 27% | 33% | 20% | 20% | 60% | +17 |
| Grade 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 17% | 42% | 33% | 8% | 58% | +10 |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 7% | 36% | 21% | 36% | 43% | −4 |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 26% | 58% | 11% | 5% | 84% | +37 |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 24% | 29% | 29% | 18% | 53% | +7 |
| Grade 11 | 34 | 26% | 29% | 21% | 24% | 56% | +9 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 15 | 7% | 27% | 47% | 20% | 33% | −12 |
| Grade 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 33% | 0% | 17% | 50% | 33% | −2 |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 7% | 21% | 21% | 50% | 29% | −6 |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 21% | 42% | 11% | 26% | 63% | +29 |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 6% | 24% | 41% | 29% | 29% | −3 |
| Grade 11 | 34 | 9% | 15% | 15% | 62% | 24% | +0 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 68 | 7% | 34% | 57% | 1% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 36 | 50.0% | +6 | +12 |
| White | 47 | 59.6% | +10 | −2 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redding Collegiate Academy ← | — | 48 | 20.8% | 46.3% | −0.8 | 0.6% |
| Stellar Charter | 2.3 mi | 66 | 33.9% | 68.9% | +5.5 | 1.1% |
| Boulder Creek Elementary | 2.7 mi | 58 | 23.9% | 52.3% | +3.6 | 2.7% |
| Redding School of the Arts | 3 mi | 56 | 23.9% | 50.3% | +11.9 | 1.0% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 31 | 20 | #4417 | 6.8% | 33.0% | 6.7% | 0.1% | — |
| 2024 | 44 | 56 | #2502 | 16.7% | 45.8% | 13.8% | 0.9% | — |
| 2025 | 48 | 64 | #2092 | 20.8% | 46.3% | 8.2% | 0.6% | -0.8pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 4.5% | 1.5% | -3.0pp |
| Male | 7.9% | 4.2% | -3.7pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 10.0% | 6.1% | -3.9pp |
| Two or More Races | 6.3% | 3.3% | -3.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 9.1% | — | — |
| Homeless | 27.3% | — | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 8.0% | 3.1% | -4.9pp |
| All Students | 6.4% | 2.8% | -3.6pp |
SchoolScope scores and verdicts are our interpretation of public California Department of Education data — independent analysis, not an official rating. How we analyze · Request a correction