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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Distance	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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Fair View High (Continuation)	0.0mi	Public	9-12	290 East Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3092	95	10	9.7	90.5%	36 (37.9%)	4 (4.2%)	42 (44.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (9.5%)	10.6	1919^th of 2137 public high schools	10.2%		7.2	2141^st of 2162 public high schools	1.0%	222		7.7		7.7				8.7	8.7				4.4	4.4	$61,984	$57,720	$4,264
Academy for Change	0.0mi	Public	6-12	290 East Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3092	31	3	11.7	93.5%	19 (61.3%)	1 (3.2%)	6 (19.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (12.9%)								(n/a)															$53,732	$53,418	$314
Center for Alternative Learning	0.0mi	Public	6-12	290 East Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3092	34	3	12.0	94.1%	13 (38.2%)	3 (8.8%)	11 (32.4%)	1 (2.9%)	1 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (14.7%)								(n/a)									0.0					0.0	$22,128	$21,202	$926
Chico High	1.8mi	Public	9-12	901 Esplanade	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3026	1,804	81	22.3	56.8%	881 (48.8%)	45 (2.5%)	594 (32.9%)	87 (4.8%)	17 (0.9%)	12 (0.7%)	160 (8.9%)	83.7	327^th of 2137 public high schools	84.7%		84.4	321^st of 2162 public high schools	85.2%	6		56.2		55.8				74.6	74.6				39.5	39.5	$18,089	$17,444	$645
Inspire School of Arts and Sciences	1.8mi	Public, Charter	9-12	335 West Sacramento Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Inspire School of Arts and Sciences District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3090	332	22	14.8	40.4%	200 (60.2%)	4 (1.2%)	55 (16.6%)	7 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.0%)								(n/a)
Pleasant Valley High	2.2mi	Public	9-12	1475 East Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3050	1,978	88	22.4	46.3%	1,164 (58.8%)	45 (2.3%)	420 (21.2%)	132 (6.7%)	25 (1.3%)	7 (0.4%)	179 (9.0%)	80.3	401^st of 2137 public high schools	81.2%		83.4	348^th of 2162 public high schools	83.9%	53		48.0		47.5				71.1	71.1				41.7	41.7	$17,917	$17,254	$663
Pivot Charter School North Valley II	2.6mi	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	1350 East Ninth St. Ste. 150	Chico	95928	Butte County	Pivot Charter School North Valley II District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(530) 636-4479	105	5	22.8	65.7%	44 (41.9%)	1 (1.0%)	25 (23.8%)	4 (3.8%)	3 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (24.8%)	39.4	1292^nd of 2137 public high schools	39.5%		35.4	1373^rd of 2162 public high schools	36.5%	81	30.8	25.0		37.2			38.5	52.0	46.7			15.4	12.0	17.8	$29,269	$27,650	$1,619
Butte County Regional Occupational Program	4.2mi	Public	9-12	2491 Carmichael Dr. Ste. 100	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)
Hamilton Community Day	8.1mi	Public	7-12	535 Sacramento Ave.	Hamilton City	95951	Glenn County	Hamilton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 826-3261	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Durham High	8.2mi	Public	9-12	9455 Putney Dr.	Durham	95938	Butte County	Durham Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 895-4685	320	19	16.4	38.8%	213 (66.6%)	2 (0.6%)	77 (24.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.4%)	81.6	368^th of 2137 public high schools	82.8%		60.7	806^th of 2162 public high schools	62.7%	438		53.2		53.2				69.2	69.2				41.3	41.3	$24,009	$23,016	$993

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