Buckeye School Of The Arts is a K-8 school.

It serves grades K-8 (California Department of Education school directory), so it has no graduating class and there is nothing to measure for UC admissions. Its enrollment, student body and state test results are below.

Buckeye School Of The Arts

Redding · Shasta County · Gateway Unified · Public

Public Shasta County Gateway Unified → CDS 4575267…
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At a glance

Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

How Buckeye School Of The Arts compares for families

What families should know about Buckeye School Of The Arts.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Parsons Junior High, Tree Of Life International Charter, Redding STEM Academy and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Buckeye School Of The Arts has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
Each counselor juggles about 465 students — above the level experts recommend. Ask how junior-year college advising is handled.
465:1
1.0 FTE counselors · 465 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 128 more students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

34% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~21%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.
Chronic absent
33.6%
190 of 565 students

Absenteeism is up 18.8 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Shasta County median
18.1% · school is worse than 76% of 29 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
609 (2018)465 (2026)
-23.6%

If this trend holds (-4.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~446 -19 $0
3 yr (2029) ~412 -53 $0
5 yr (2031) ~380 -85 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Shasta County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

71% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.
Stability rate
71.4%
421 of 590 students

169 of 590 students who enrolled at Buckeye School Of The Arts this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (28.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Shasta County median
82.3% · school is in the 28th percentile of 29 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 16th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (526) 72.1%
White (339) 70.5%
Students w/ disabilities (132) 72.7%
Hispanic / Latino (127) 71.7%
Two or more races (46) 80.4%
English learners (32) 68.8%

Nearest peer high schools

Parsons Junior High 83.7% Tree Of Life International Charter 91.7% Redding STEM Academy 86.6% West Cottonwood Junior High 83.9% Rocky Point Charter 92.2%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Gateway Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$43.3M
+9.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$19,844
2,184 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 36.0%
Local: 46.3%
Federal: 17.8%
Instruction share
62.1%
of current spending · $10,614/pupil
Long-term debt
$44.2M
+3.8% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Gateway Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

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