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Shasta County
Shasta County has 24 school districts, 16 charter schools and 1 county office of education. In 2022 the Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Fund sent $4.6 million to agencies in the county, and in 2025 another $901,606.
Every agency's KIT money
The California Department of Education (CDE) gave the 2022 round by formula to agencies that sponsor the federal school meal programs. The 2025 round was a competitive grant. Hands-on food education in school gardens is an allowed use of the 2026 money.
$4.6 million
2022 allocations
$901,606
2025 grants
| Agency | Type | 2022 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Union High | School district | $177,762 | $67,307 | |
| Bella Vista Elementary | School district | $119,663 | None listed | Priority |
| Black Butte Union Elementary | School district | $131,171 | $13,243 | |
| Cascade Union Elementary | School district | $269,848 | $44,785 | |
| Castle Rock Union Elementary | School district | $109,076 | $4,213 | |
| Columbia Elementary | School district | $228,310 | $79,007 | |
| Cottonwood Union Elementary | School district | $198,160 | $47,827 | |
| Enterprise Elementary | School district | $652,643 | None listed | Priority |
| Fall River Joint Unified | School district | $144,408 | $55,195 | |
| French Gulch-Whiskeytown Elementary | School district | $101,153 | None listed | Priority |
| Gateway Unified | School district | $217,592 | $107,335 | |
| Grant Elementary | School district | $156,197 | $29,127 | |
| Happy Valley Union Elementary | School district | $158,298 | $22,377 | |
| Igo, Ono, Platina Union Elementary | School district | $105,549 | $3,381 | |
| Junction Elementary | School district | $141,063 | $40,634 | |
| Millville Elementary | School district | $119,734 | None listed | Priority |
| Mountain Union Elementary | School district | $117,129 | $4,729 | |
| North Cow Creek Elementary | School district | None listed | None listed | |
| Oak Run Elementary | School district | $102,882 | None listed | Priority |
| Pacheco Union Elementary | School district | None listed | None listed | |
| Redding Elementary | School district | $463,693 | $72,863 | |
| Shasta Union Elementary | School district | $111,141 | $5,197 | |
| Shasta Union High | School district | $677,081 | $283,058 | |
| Whitmore Union Elementary | School district | $102,526 | $2,772 | |
| Anderson New Technology High | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Chrysalis Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Cottonwood Creek Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Monarch Learning Center | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Northern Summit Academy Shasta | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Phoenix Charter Academy College View | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Redding Collegiate Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Redding School of the Arts | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Redding STEM Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rocky Point Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Shasta Charter Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Shasta Springs Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Shasta View Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Stellar Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Tree of Life International Charter | Charter school | None listed | $18,560 | |
| University Preparatory | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Shasta County Office of Education | County office of education | None listed | None listed |
2022 amounts as of March 29, 2024; 2025 amounts as of March 11, 2026.
Priority: on CDE's 2022 allocations and not on its 2025 grant list. The 2026 law (Education Code 49507) gives these agencies first priority in 2026.
A charter school that reorganized since a round may be listed under an older charter number.
Gardens in Shasta County
Of the 24 school districts here, Ten Strands found public evidence of a school garden in 11 and of garden-based education in 8.
From Ten Strands' statewide district dataset, as of September 29, 2026. Ten Strands looks for public evidence, so a missing item may mean the district has not said so publicly.
School garden data
The statewide findings, the method and the validation form.
Fix your district's data
Tell Ten Strands what your district has, so the next analysis counts it.
Ten Strands' district dataset
The Data Initiative for Environmental and Climate Action in California's TK-12 Schools: some ninety indicators for every district, free to download.
Coalition members near Shasta County
Member organizations in the Far North region, then the ones that work statewide. Not sure which one fits? Write to us at hello@caschoolgardens.org and we'll introduce you.
In the Far North region
Statewide
Does your organization work with schools here? Add it to the coalition.