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)
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
Blue Oak Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	450 W. E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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	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	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
Chapman Elementary	Public	K-5	1071 E. 16th St.	Chico	95928	Butte	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
Chico Junior High	Public	6-8	280 Memorial Way	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Chico High	Public	9-12	901 Esplanade	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Citrus Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1350 Citrus Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Fair View High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	290 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Hooker Oak Elementary	Public	K-5	1238 Arbutus Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Marigold Elementary	Public	K-5	2446 Marigold Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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
McManus (John A.) Elementary	Public	K-5	988 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Neal Dow Elementary	Public	K-5	1420 Neal Dow Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Parkview Elementary	Public	K-5	1770 E. Eighth St.	Chico	95928	Butte	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
Pleasant Valley High	Public	9-12	1475 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Rosedale Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Oak St.	Chico	95928	Butte	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
Shasta Elementary	Public	K-5	169 Leora Ct.	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Sierra View Elementary	Public	K-5	1598 Hooker Oak Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Emma Wilson Elementary	Public	K-5	1530 W. Eighth Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Marsh (Harry M.) Junior High	Public	6-8	2253 Humboldt Rd.	Chico	95928	Butte	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
Oakdale	Public, Alternative	K-12	290 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Little Chico Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	2090 Amanda Way	Chico	95928	Butte	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
Loma Vista	Public, Alternative	K-12	2404 Marigold Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Academy for Change	Public	6-12	290 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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)
Center for Alternative Learning	Public	6-12	290 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte	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
Butte County Regional Occupational Program	Public	9-12	2491 Carmichael Dr. Ste. 500	Chico	95928	Butte	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	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	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	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	260 Cohasset Rd. Ste. 120	Chico	95926	Butte	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	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	2345 Fair St.	Chico	95928	Butte	Butte County Office of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 879-7589	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)
Nord Country	Public, Charter	K-8	5554 CA St.	Chico	95973	Butte	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	18	230^th
Orland	12.6 mi	11	397^th

Best Public Schools in Chico, CA

Sierra View Elementary

Inspire School of Arts and Sciences

Chico Country Day

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

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

Butte County Community

Butte County Regional Occupational Program

Center for Alternative Learning

CORE Butte Charter

Loma Vista

Oakdale

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