Chico Times

Chico High School had the highest enrollment among Butte County schools, welcoming 1,905 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.7% of them were boys, 48% were girls, and 0.3% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 52.4% of Chico High School's total enrollment.

Among the 72 schools in Butte County, Pleasant Valley High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,840 students, while Las Plumas High School welcomed 1,287 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Chico High School is part of Chico Unified School District, which roughly covers schools within Butte County and has a main office in Chico.

In the previous school year, Chico High School also had the highest number of students among Butte County schools.

In the last decade, enrollment in California elementary and secondary schools rose by at least 5%, while high school enrollment dropped 5%.

However, overall enrollment in California public schools is sliding, and predicted by the Public Policy Institute of California to drop another 8% by the 2031-32 school year.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
Chico High School	Chico	1,905
Pleasant Valley High School	Chico	1,840
Las Plumas High School	Oroville	1,287
Bidwell Junior High School	Chico	990
Oroville High School	Oroville	936
Chico Junior High School	Chico	928
Marsh (Harry M.) Junior High School	Chico	732
Gridley High School	Gridley	676
Shasta Elementary School	Chico	646
Marigold Elementary School	Chico	568
Emma Wilson Elementary School	Chico	565
Wilson Elementary School	Gridley	559
Rosedale Elementary School	Chico	543
Helen M. Wilcox Elementary School	Oroville	516
Paradise Senior High School	Paradise	476
Durham Elementary School	Durham	461
Nelson Avenue Middle School	Oroville	457
Sierra View Elementary School	Chico	456
Ophir Elementary School	Oroville	447
Sycamore Middle School	Gridley	444
Little Chico Creek Elementary School	Chico	431
Stanford Avenue Elementary School	Oroville	421
McManus (John A.) Elementary School	Chico	415
Parkview Elementary School	Chico	406
Palermo	Palermo	404
Sierra Avenue Elementary School	Oroville	403
Paradise Ridge Elementary School	Paradise	381
Central Middle School	Oroville	348
Citrus Avenue Elementary School	Chico	341
Neal Dow Elementary School	Chico	335
Biggs Elementary School	Biggs	333
McKinley Elementary School	Gridley	326
Plumas Avenue Elementary School	Oroville	326
Manzanita Elementary School	Gridley	322
Oakdale Heights Elementary School	Oroville	311
Durham High School	Durham	310
Ishi Hills Middle School	Oroville	302
Chapman Elementary School	Chico	300
Poplar Avenue Elementary School	Oroville	298
Wyandotte Academy	Oroville	295
Hooker Oak Elementary School	Chico	291
Golden Hills Elementary School	Oroville	246
Cedarwood Elementary School	Magalia	236
Durham Intermediate School	Durham	225
Pine Ridge	Magalia	191
Paradise Junior High School	Paradise	164
Hearthstone	Oroville	163
Biggs High School	Biggs	157
Fair View High (Continuation)	Chico	130
Oak Bridge Academy	Chico	130
Prospect High (Continuation)	Oroville	110
Oakdale	Chico	81
Come Back Butte Charter	Oroville	71
Bangor Union Elementary School	Bangor	69
Concow Elementary School	Oroville	69
Paradise eLearning Academy	Paradise	68
Butte County Special Education	Oroville	58
Ridgeview High (Continuation)	Magalia	57
Richvale Elementary School	Richvale	42
Butte County Community	Chico	39
Siskiyou Avenue Elementary School	Oroville	32
Berry Creek Elementary School	Oroville	30
Center for Alternative Learning	Chico	30
Esperanza High (Continuation)	Gridley	30
Academy for Change	Chico	24
Honcut	Palermo	17
BASES Learning Center	Oroville	14
Oroville High Community Day	Oroville	13
Table Mountain	Oroville	13
Heritage Community Day	Oroville	6
Paradise Unified Special Education	Paradise	6
Palermo Union Community Day (K-8)	Palermo	3