Chico High

Public 9-12

 901 Esplanade
       Chico, CA  95926-3908


(530) 891-3026

District: Chico Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
377th of 2,346 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,876 Help


Feeder schools for Chico High:

Elementary:    Chapman Elementary
    Citrus Avenue Elementary
    Emma Wilson Elementary
    Little Chico Creek Elementary
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Middle:    Chico Junior High
    Marsh (Harry M.) Junior High

Student/teacher ratio:  21.9 Help
Number of students:  1,905

Racial breakdown:

White:
52.2%
Hispanic:
29.7%
Two or more races:
8.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  52.2% Help


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Compare Details Chico High ranks better than 83.9% of high schools in California. It also ranks 2nd among 4 ranked high schools in the Chico Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 77.51. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Chico High freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Chico High has the largest high school student body size in the Chico Unified School District. Racial makeup is: White (52.2%), Hispanic (29.7%), two or more races (8.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 52.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Chico High is 21.9, which is the highest among 5 high schools in the Chico Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Chico High is $11,876. 2 high schools in the Chico Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Chico High:

SchoolDigger ranks Chico High 377th of 2346 California public high schools. (See Chico High in the ranking list.)

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Chico Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Chico Unified 708th of 1560 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Chico High

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Rank History for all students at Chico High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 54.37 430th 1653 74.0%
2005 56.43 475th 1901 75.0%
2006 60.02 474th 1968 75.9%
2007 65.51 340th 2063 83.5%
2008 61.46 447th 2117 78.9%
2009 61.32 431st 2238 80.7%
2010 73.03 233rd 2281 89.8%
2011 65.35 388th 2367 83.6%
2012 60.42 531st 2354 77.4%
2013 64.12 443rd 2426 81.7%
2015 81.40 335th 1994 83.2%
2016 80.45 373rd 2039 81.7%
2017 78.95 427th 2021 78.9%
2018 79.13 423rd 2017 79.0%
2019 66.83 607th 2133 71.5%
2021 80.46 246th 1290 80.9%
2022 84.01 299th 2123 85.9%
2023 77.51 375th 2335 83.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Chico High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.21 183rd 366 50.0%
2019 22.21 337th 422 20.1%
2022 39.92 319th 515 38.1%
2023 42.77 390th 780 50.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Chico High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.21 209th 938 77.7%
2019 54.20 234th 941 75.1%
2022 89.17 34th 1044 96.7%
2023 36.73 553rd 1315 57.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Chico High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 37.00 765th 1539 50.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Chico High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.03 433rd 1862 76.7%
2019 60.25 675th 1937 65.2%
2021 80.09 189th 1126 83.2%
2022 87.32 184th 1943 90.5%
2023 69.11 433rd 2237 80.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Chico High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.26 505th 1760 71.3%
2019 61.12 621st 1833 66.1%
2021 75.76 237th 1054 77.5%
2022 82.51 283rd 1858 84.8%
2023 69.66 456th 2106 78.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Chico High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.21 102nd 1052 90.3%
2019 79.41 146th 1117 86.9%
2021 63.21 127th 555 77.1%
2022 48.22 433rd 1161 62.7%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Chico High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 67.36 55th 168 67.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Chico High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.47 334th 1834 81.8%
2019 67.78 523rd 1880 72.2%
2021 80.69 217th 1122 80.7%
2022 82.09 291st 1916 84.8%
2023 81.19 290th 2195 86.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Chico High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.99 416th 581 28.4%
2019 24.28 462nd 582 20.6%
2022 56.38 289th 581 50.3%
2023 13.80 641st 727 11.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Chico High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.04 443rd 582 23.9%
2019 56.57 215th 592 63.7%
2022 60.05 158th 522 69.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Chico High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.35 467th 1742 73.2%
2019 73.12 376th 1814 79.3%
2022 72.67 383rd 1861 79.4%
2023 70.51 414th 2132 80.6%
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Rank History for White students at Chico High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.52 415th 1173 64.6%
2019 59.51 490th 1222 59.9%
2022 75.44 265th 1204 78.0%
2023 71.71 285th 1424 80.0%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Chico High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1014 27 39 92 11 n/a n/a 0 1183
1989 986 29 55 101 18 n/a n/a 0 1189
1990 931 28 87 96 16 n/a n/a 0 1158
1991 945 16 102 128 17 n/a n/a 0 1208
1992 966 29 94 151 22 n/a n/a 0 1262
1993 910 28 84 178 19 n/a n/a 0 1219
1994 1156 41 138 234 28 n/a n/a 0 1597
1995 1165 48 159 233 33 n/a n/a 0 1638
1996 1165 48 159 233 33 n/a n/a 0 1638
1997 1229 46 169 240 23 n/a n/a 0 1707
1998 1250 40 166 279 36 n/a n/a 0 1771
1999 1362 45 179 302 45 n/a n/a 0 1933
2000 1426 53 172 294 49 n/a n/a 0 1994
2001 1332 64 175 317 40 n/a n/a 0 1928
2002 1414 73 178 366 38 n/a n/a 5 2074
2003 1414 73 178 366 38 n/a n/a 5 2074
2004 1388 92 185 383 31 n/a n/a 6 2085
2005 1364 89 188 383 15 n/a n/a 5 2044
2006 1415 70 193 358 28 n/a n/a 7 2071
2007 1351 70 197 363 20 n/a n/a 19 2020
2008 1325 73 197 368 36 n/a n/a 0 1999
2009 1253 75 186 325 38 4 29 0 1910
2010 1222 62 184 318 43 5 41 0 1875
2011 1143 72 171 351 37 6 30 0 1810
2012 1078 59 163 362 36 5 24 0 1727
2013 1127 66 160 382 33 6 23 0 1797
2014 1059 87 148 416 33 6 27 0 1776
2015 1045 77 158 414 23 10 42 0 1769
2016 1055 71 127 447 22 10 65 0 1797
2017 1071 75 112 472 27 8 84 0 1849
2018 1070 66 105 436 29 6 99 0 1811
2019 1007 54 93 453 24 5 104 0 1740
2020 1002 59 89 443 26 6 122 0 1747
2021 1005 48 89 497 20 6 113 2 1780
2022 1031 44 92 566 22 7 146 5 1913
2023 994 44 91 566 28 8 169 5 1905

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Chico High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1183 52.8 22.4 n/a
1989 1189 52.3 22.7 n/a
1990 1158 51.8 22.3 n/a
1991 1208 53.5 22.5 n/a
1992 1262 54.4 23.1 16.4
1993 1219 50.2 24.3 15.3
1994 1597 69.3 23.0 18.8
1995 1638 67.6 24.2 13.5
1996 1638 67.6 24.2 13.5
1997 1707 69.5 24.6 17.6
1998 1771 73.0 24.3 16
1999 1933 79.2 24.4 14.3
2000 1994 83.6 23.9 13.4
2001 1928 87.2 22.1 13.8
2002 2074 89.8 23.1 29.2
2003 2074 89.8 23.1 29.2
2004 2085 88.2 23.6 27.4
2005 2044 87.0 23.5 28
2006 2071 89.1 23.2 26.7
2007 2020 87.0 23.2 29.9
2008 1999 97.8 20.4 30.8
2009 1910 78.6 21.2 31.8
2010 1875 77.8 24.1 34.2
2011 1810 n/a n/a 37.1
2012 1727 70.6 24.4 n/a
2013 1797 71.5 25.1 44
2014 1776 70.2 25.2 43.5
2015 1769 74.0 23.9 36.6
2016 1797 77.0 23.3 33.3
2017 1849 80.9 22.8 34
2018 1811 79.0 22.9 40.6
2019 1740 76.0 22.8 40.5
2020 1747 n/a n/a 39.2
2021 1780 76.2 23.3 41.5
2022 1913 85.9 22.2 52.4
2023 1905 86.8 21.9 52.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Chico High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1183 52.8 22.4 n/a
1989 1189 52.3 22.7 n/a
1990 1158 51.8 22.3 n/a
1991 1208 53.5 22.5 n/a
1992 1262 54.4 23.1 16.4
1993 1219 50.2 24.3 15.3
1994 1597 69.3 23.0 18.8
1995 1638 67.6 24.2 13.5
1996 1638 67.6 24.2 13.5
1997 1707 69.5 24.6 17.6
1998 1771 73.0 24.3 16
1999 1933 79.2 24.4 14.3
2000 1994 83.6 23.9 13.4
2001 1928 87.2 22.1 13.8
2002 2074 89.8 23.1 29.2
2003 2074 89.8 23.1 29.2
2004 2085 88.2 23.6 27.4
2005 2044 87.0 23.5 28
2006 2071 89.1 23.2 26.7
2007 2020 87.0 23.2 29.9
2008 1999 97.8 20.4 30.8
2009 1910 78.6 21.2 31.8
2010 1875 77.8 24.1 34.2
2011 1810 n/a n/a 37.1
2012 1727 70.6 24.4 n/a
2013 1797 71.5 25.1 44
2014 1776 70.2 25.2 43.5
2015 1769 74.0 23.9 36.6
2016 1797 77.0 23.3 33.3
2017 1849 80.9 22.8 34
2018 1811 79.0 22.9 40.6
2019 1740 76.0 22.8 40.5
2020 1747 n/a n/a 39.2
2021 1780 76.2 23.3 41.5
2022 1913 85.9 22.2 52.4
2023 1905 86.8 21.9 52.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Chico High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $11,876

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Chico High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 607th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 375th of 2335 High schools
 12.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Chico High)74.371.2
 3.2%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Chico Unified)64.866.5
 1.8%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Chico High)41.135.7
 5.4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Chico Unified)41.136
 5.1%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Chico High)34.641.4
 6.7%
   11th Grade Science (Chico Unified)35.840.3
 4.5%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Chico High)11.839.4
 27.6%
   12th Grade Science (Chico Unified)17.233.3
 16.1%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students17401905
 9.5%
African American5444
 18.5%
American Indian2428
 16.7%
Asian9391
 2.2%
Hispanic453566
 24.9%
Pacific Islander58
 60%
White1007994
 1.3%
Two or More Races104169
 62.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients40.5%52.2%
 11.7%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Chico High

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,905 students attended Chico High.

Students at Chico High are 52% White, 30% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 5% Asian, 2% African American, 1% American Indian.

Chico High ranks 377th of 2346 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Chico High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Chapman Elementary
Elementary : Citrus Avenue Elementary
Elementary : Emma Wilson Elementary
Elementary : Little Chico Creek Elementary
Elementary : Parkview Elementary
Middle : Chico Junior High
Middle : Marsh (Harry M.) Junior High


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