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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Junction Elementary, Palo Cedro, CA

Junction Elementary is a public elementary school in Palo Cedro, part of Junction Elementary School District. It enrolled 416 students in 2024-25, with 18.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
416
Teachers (FTE)
22.0
Students per teacher
18.9
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 19.0. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.9
District19.0
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
9087 Deschutes Rd., Palo Cedro, CA 96073
County
Shasta County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
061920002308
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
121
Reduced-price lunch
24
Free or reduced-price lunch
14534.9% of enrollment.
Direct certification
107Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Palo Cedro

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.