Summary:
Six schools in zip code 95928 serve kindergarten through grade 5 or 8, with enrollments ranging from 116 to 585 students. In 2024–2025, their average proficiency was close to California’s in math, below it in ELA and above it in science; results varied considerably from school to school. The clearest overall finding is that Parkview Elementary led the four schools with 2025–2026 results in all three subjects, while Chapman Elementary had the lowest results.
In the six-school 2024–2025 comparison, Chico Country Day led ELA with 65% proficiency; Parkview led math at 54% and science at 62%. Chapman was lowest in all three: 23% in ELA, 16% in math and 10% in science. The top-to-bottom spreads were 42 percentage points in ELA, 37 in math and 52 in science. In 2025–2026, Parkview scored 64% in ELA, 59% in math and 64% in science, while Chapman scored 29%, 26% and 29%, respectively. Sherwood Montessori had a different profile in 2024–2025: science proficiency was 50%, compared with 22% in math.
Results improved in some areas, but not consistently. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Parkview rose in all three subjects, by 4 to 5 percentage points; Chapman also improved in all three, including a 19-point science gain, yet remained below state results. Little Chico Creek Elementary gained 3 points in ELA but fell 8 points in math. SchoolDigger’s rankings also rose for Parkview, from the 76th to the 83rd percentile, and Chapman, from the 10th to the 25th; Little Chico Creek declined from the 61st to the 54th. As context, free/reduced lunch eligibility in 2024–2025 was 91% at Chapman, 76% at Little Chico Creek and 26% at Chico Country Day; these figures do not explain school results. Student–teacher ratios ranged from 16.6 at Sherwood to 22.9 at Rosedale Elementary, with no simple match between ratio and scores.
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