Best Public Schools in Chico, California

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts (2019)							CAST Science (2019)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2019)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2019)							% Completely Immunized (2019)	% Polio (2019)	% Hepatitis B (2019)	% Varicella (2019)	% DTP (2019)	% MMR (2019)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts 10th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts 12th Grade	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Total
Blue Oak Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	450 W. E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Blue Oak Charter District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(530) 879-7483	360	18	19.8	54.2%	243 (67.5%)	18 (5.0%)	72 (20.0%)	9 (2.5%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	14 (3.9%)	31.8	3791^st of 5789 public elementary schools	34.5%					(n/a)								40.7	36.0			27.0	29.4	66.7	42.6	50.0	48.0		18.9	13.5	40.7	14.9	37.8	48.0
Wildflower Open Classroom	Public, Charter	K-8	2414 Cohasset Rd. Ste. 3	Chico	95926	Butte County	Wildflower Open Classroom District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(530) 892-1676	172	9	19.1	30.8%	109 (63.4%)	8 (4.7%)	28 (16.3%)	3 (1.7%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (11.0%)	65.9	1796^th of 5789 public elementary schools	69.0%					(n/a)								52.9				60.0	60.0	58.8	61.9	64.3			55.0	50.0	23.5	38.1	42.9
Bidwell Junior High	Public	6-8	2376 N. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3080	978	42	23.2	49.9%	579 (59.2%)	19 (1.9%)	235 (24.0%)	66 (6.7%)	15 (1.5%)	4 (0.4%)	60 (6.1%)	58.5	942^nd of 2715 public middle schools	65.3%		59.1	870^th of 2480 public middle schools	64.9%	72									36.0						48.0	58.6	58.2					32.8	36.4	40.1								$10,802
Chapman Elementary	Public	K-5	1071 E. 16th St.	Chico	95928	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3100	330	15	22.0	80.3%	130 (39.4%)	13 (3.9%)	117 (35.5%)	29 (8.8%)	5 (1.5%)	2 (0.6%)	34 (10.3%)	14.1	5301^st of 5789 public elementary schools	8.4%		16.6	4960^th of 5662 public elementary schools	12.4%	341								17.8				18.6	29.0	31.8					10.2	25.6	16.3					92.0	95.0	97.0	97.0	92.0	95.0	$14,287
Chico Junior High	Public	6-8	280 Memorial Way	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3066	878	38	23.3	59.9%	425 (48.4%)	25 (2.8%)	329 (37.5%)	42 (4.8%)	16 (1.8%)	2 (0.2%)	39 (4.4%)	62.4	858^th of 2715 public middle schools	68.4%		52.3	1031^st of 2480 public middle schools	58.4%	173									37.2						49.3	59.9	55.7					35.4	42.5	46.1								$11,564
Chico High	Public	9-12	901 Esplanade	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	No	(530) 891-3026	1,740	76	22.8	40.5%	1,007 (57.9%)	54 (3.1%)	453 (26.0%)	93 (5.3%)	24 (1.4%)	5 (0.3%)	104 (6.0%)	66.8	607^th of 2133 public high schools	71.5%		79.1	423^rd of 2017 public high schools	79.0%	184				12.5	6.7					34.6	11.8							74.3							41.1							$11,876
Citrus Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1350 Citrus Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3107	314	16	19.3	86.6%	120 (38.2%)	21 (6.7%)	92 (29.3%)	37 (11.8%)	7 (2.2%)	6 (1.9%)	31 (9.9%)	14	5308^th of 5789 public elementary schools	8.3%		11.4	5358^th of 5662 public elementary schools	5.4%	50								16.1				14.6	30.8	21.8					20.8	28.2	14.6					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	$13,113
Fair View High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	290 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3092	165	11	14.8	79.4%	79 (47.9%)	5 (3.0%)	60 (36.4%)	1 (0.6%)	8 (4.8%)	1 (0.6%)	11 (6.7%)	14	1812^th of 2133 public high schools	15.0%		12	1704^th of 2017 public high schools	15.5%	108										3.7								15.1							3.9							$19,642
Hooker Oak Elementary	Public	K-5	1238 Arbutus Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3119	369	17	21.7	45.8%	271 (73.4%)	7 (1.9%)	47 (12.7%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	34 (9.2%)	57.3	2194^th of 5789 public elementary schools	62.1%		54.4	2319^th of 5662 public elementary schools	59.0%	125								38.3				50.9	57.4	63.8					45.5	44.4	34.0					92.0	97.0	95.0	97.0	96.0	95.0	$11,924
Marigold Elementary	Public	K-5	2446 Marigold Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	No	(530) 891-3121	448	18	25.3	33.0%	305 (68.1%)	5 (1.1%)	69 (15.4%)	29 (6.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.7%)	60.5	2045^th of 5789 public elementary schools	64.7%		51.7	2472^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	56.3%	427								43.5				50.0	54.2	56.5					48.8	54.3	37.7					97.0	≥98.0	97.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	$10,947
McManus (John A.) Elementary	Public	K-5	988 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3128	426	19	21.9	81.0%	183 (43.0%)	6 (1.4%)	152 (35.7%)	38 (8.9%)	7 (1.6%)	6 (1.4%)	34 (8.0%)	26.2	4248^th of 5789 public elementary schools	26.6%		21.6	4559^th of 5662 public elementary schools	19.5%	311								26.3				28.8	36.5	46.6					16.7	36.5	15.8					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	$11,894
Neal Dow Elementary	Public	K-5	1420 Neal Dow Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3110	332	16	20.6	55.7%	209 (63.0%)	13 (3.9%)	62 (18.7%)	15 (4.5%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	29 (8.7%)	30	3938^th of 5789 public elementary schools	32.0%		55.1	2279^th of 5662 public elementary schools	59.7%	1659								25.0				37.9	36.1	38.3					40.3	27.9	25.4					≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	$12,543
Parkview Elementary	Public	K-5	1770 E. Eighth St.	Chico	95928	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3114	381	18	21.5	42.8%	224 (58.8%)	6 (1.6%)	92 (24.1%)	17 (4.5%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	37 (9.7%)	76.8	1312^th of 5789 public elementary schools	77.3%		73.6	1419^th of 5662 public elementary schools	74.9%	107								48.2				58.8	72.0	61.2					60.8	66.7	45.9					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	$11,752
Pleasant Valley High	Public	9-12	1475 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	No	(530) 879-5100	1,971	85	23.1	36.2%	1,281 (65.0%)	43 (2.2%)	368 (18.7%)	157 (8.0%)	21 (1.1%)	17 (0.9%)	84 (4.3%)	79.5	373^rd of 2133 public high schools	82.5%		86.8	268^th of 2017 public high schools	86.7%	105						18.4	4.2			43.3	26.7							65.6							48.6							$11,384
Rosedale Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Oak St.	Chico	95928	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3104	542	22	24.6	49.8%	122 (22.5%)	4 (0.7%)	383 (70.7%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.4%)	53.8	2386^th of 5789 public elementary schools	58.8%		47	2724^th of 5662 public elementary schools	51.9%	338	14.0	8.8	12.4					40.7				40.4	57.5	54.3					39.8	48.8	42.0					97.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	$10,431
Shasta Elementary	Public	K-5	169 Leora Ct.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	No	(530) 891-3141	629	25	25.5	35.5%	414 (65.8%)	0 (0.0%)	129 (20.5%)	29 (4.6%)	13 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	42 (6.7%)	73.1	1463^rd of 5789 public elementary schools	74.7%		68.3	1652^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	70.8%	189								50.0				59.8	64.2	61.6					57.6	60.4	43.9					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	$9,655
Sierra View Elementary	Public	K-5	1598 Hooker Oak Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	No	(530) 891-3117	563	24	23.5	20.2%	394 (70.0%)	8 (1.4%)	85 (15.1%)	23 (4.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (9.1%)	90.9	596^th of 5789 public elementary schools	89.7%		94.6	317^th of 5662 public elementary schools	94.4%	279								60.0				69.8	80.0	76.8					72.6	72.8	70.2					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	$10,366
Emma Wilson Elementary	Public	K-5	1530 W. Eighth Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3297	630	25	24.8	61.6%	336 (53.3%)	16 (2.5%)	154 (24.4%)	44 (7.0%)	7 (1.1%)	4 (0.6%)	69 (11.0%)	61.4	1993^rd of 5789 public elementary schools	65.6%		58.6	2105^th of 5662 public elementary schools	62.8%	112								47.3				48.5	47.1	65.9					52.0	47.7	42.2					95.0	97.0	98.0	98.0	96.0	97.0	$10,758
Marsh (Harry M.) Junior High	Public	6-8	2253 Humboldt Rd.	Chico	95928	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	No	(530) 895-4110	874	37	23.4	37.0%	553 (63.3%)	33 (3.8%)	168 (19.2%)	64 (7.3%)	11 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (5.1%)	79.3	499^th of 2715 public middle schools	81.6%		75	543^rd of 2480 public middle schools	78.1%	44									49.2						59.3	69.1	67.7					44.6	51.5	58.1								$10,641
Oakdale	Public, Alternative	K-12	290 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3092	150	4	37.5	68.7%	76 (50.7%)	5 (3.3%)	53 (35.3%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (8.7%)								(n/a)									25.0	11.1							14.3	18.5						9.5	4.0							$11,184
Little Chico Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	2090 Amanda Way	Chico	95928	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3285	449	20	22.4	72.8%	226 (50.3%)	10 (2.2%)	123 (27.4%)	37 (8.2%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (0.9%)	46 (10.2%)	48.2	2697^th of 5789 public elementary schools	53.4%		52.5	2413^th of 5662 public elementary schools	57.4%	284								31.3				49.3	46.0	51.5					50.0	43.2	28.4					96.0	97.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	96.0	≥98.0	$12,225
Loma Vista	Public, Alternative	K-12	1560 Manzanita Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	No	(530) 879-7400	21	1	21.0	23.8%	14 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (23.8%)	1 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.8%)								(n/a)																										86.0	90.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	86.0	90.0	$27,490
Academy for Change	Public	7-12	290 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3092	13	2	7.2	61.5%	5 (38.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (53.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.7%)								(n/a)																																$16,714
Center for Alternative Learning	Public	6-12	290 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3092	37	3	13.7	78.4%	12 (32.4%)	2 (5.4%)	19 (51.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (10.8%)								(n/a)									15.4							0.0	7.7						0.0	0.0								$10,814
Butte County Regional Occupational Program	Public	9-12	2491 Carmichael Dr. Ste. 500	Chico	95928	Butte County	Butte County Regional Occupational Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 879-7462	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Pivot Charter School North Valley II	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	1350 E. Ninth St. Ste. 150	Chico	95928	Butte County	Pivot Charter School North Valley II District	Yes	No	Yes	(n/a)	(530) 636-4479	122	42	2.8	63.9%	83 (68.0%)	1 (0.8%)	26 (21.3%)	3 (2.5%)	2 (1.6%)	1 (0.8%)	6 (4.9%)	58.6	781^st of 2133 public high schools	63.4%					(n/a)									18.2		35.7						36.4	50.0						18.2	13.6
Inspire School of Arts and Sciences	Public, Charter	9-12	335 W. Sacramento Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Inspire School of Arts and Sciences District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3090	444	21	21.1	33.8%	324 (73.0%)	9 (2.0%)	57 (12.8%)	4 (0.9%)	7 (1.6%)	3 (0.7%)	40 (9.0%)	88.9	195^th of 2133 public high schools	90.9%					(n/a)										61.6								78.8							39.8
Chico Country Day	Public, Charter	K-8	102 W. 11th St.	Chico	95928	Butte County	Chico Country Day District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(530) 895-2650	558	23	24.6	22.4%	425 (76.2%)	10 (1.8%)	54 (9.7%)	21 (3.8%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (7.5%)	84.2	957^th of 5789 public elementary schools	83.5%					(n/a)								62.9	50.0			64.5	70.5	82.3	54.8	78.1	82.1		64.5	67.2	64.5	48.4	60.9	57.1
CORE Butte Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2847 Notre Dame Blvd.	Chico	95928	Butte County	CORE Butte Charter District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(530) 894-3952	880	48	18.1	43.9%	664 (75.5%)	4 (0.5%)	136 (15.5%)	11 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (7.2%)								(n/a)								30.2	41.7		33.7	37.9	41.7	54.6	43.4	66.1	56.7	62.4	24.6	22.9	20.4	25.9	49.1	41.4	28.3
Sherwood Montessori	Public, Charter	K-8	1010 Cleveland Ave.	Chico	95928	Butte County	Sherwood Montessori District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(530) 345-6600	157	7	23.7	47.1%	92 (58.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (16.6%)	3 (1.9%)	4 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (20.4%)	15.8	5179^th of 5789 public elementary schools	10.5%					(n/a)								15.0				21.7	41.7	30.0	45.5	43.8			13.0	16.7	5.0	9.1	37.5
Butte County Community	Public, Alternative	K-12	601 Wall St.	Chico	95928	Butte County	Butte County Office of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 895-9741	56	4	14.0	92.9%	16 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (41.1%)	1 (1.8%)	8 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (14.3%)								(n/a)																																$16,752
Children's Community Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	2346 Floral Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Children's Community Charter District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(530) 877-2227	220	10	22.0	45.0%	184 (83.6%)	4 (1.8%)	9 (4.1%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (8.2%)	81.8	1082^nd of 5789 public elementary schools	81.3%					(n/a)								46.2	53.3			75.0		69.2			93.3		83.3		46.2			66.7
Achieve Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	1494 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Achieve Charter High District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(530) 872-4100	48	5	9.6	39.6%	38 (79.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (10.4%)	2 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.3%)								(n/a)
Achieve Charter School of Paradise Inc.	Public, Charter	K-8	1494 E. Ave.	Chico	95928	Butte County	Achieve Charter School of Paradise Inc. District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(530) 762-2599	236	10	22.5	41.9%	174 (73.7%)	3 (1.3%)	35 (14.8%)	5 (2.1%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.9%)	53	2418^th of 5789 public elementary schools	58.2%					(n/a)								52.0	6.3			55.6	44.0	56.0	20.0	64.7	25.0		72.2	52.0	28.0	20.0	58.8	18.8
Nord Country	Public, Charter	K-8	5554 CA St.	Chico	95973	Butte County	Nord Country District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3138	180	12	15.5	33.9%	126 (70.0%)	2 (1.1%)	39 (21.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)	1 (0.6%)	8 (4.4%)	51.6	2515^th of 5789 public elementary schools	56.6%					(n/a)								33.3	50.0			54.6	41.7	57.1		75.0	77.8		54.6	41.7	28.6		62.5	66.7

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hamilton City	9.14 mi	4	714^th
Durham	10.2 mi	3	213^th
Forest Ranch	11.56 mi	2	165^th
Paradise	12 mi	15	230^th
Orland	12.6 mi	12	397^th

Best Public Schools in Chico, CA

Sierra View Elementary

Inspire School of Arts and Sciences

Chico Country Day

Children's Community Charter

Pleasant Valley High

Marsh (Harry M.) Junior High

Parkview Elementary

Shasta Elementary

Chico High

Wildflower Open Classroom

Chico Junior High

Emma Wilson Elementary

Marigold Elementary

Pivot Charter School North Valley II

Bidwell Junior High

Hooker Oak Elementary

Rosedale Elementary

Achieve Charter School of Paradise Inc.

Nord Country

Little Chico Creek Elementary

Blue Oak Charter

Neal Dow Elementary

McManus (John A.) Elementary

Sherwood Montessori

Chapman Elementary

Citrus Avenue Elementary

Fair View High (Continuation)

Academy for Change

Achieve Charter High

Butte County Community

Butte County Regional Occupational Program

Center for Alternative Learning

CORE Butte Charter

Loma Vista

Oakdale

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