California Department of Education | California Department of Education
California Department of Education | California Department of Education
Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.8% identified as male, 48% as female, and 0.2% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.
Data also showed that white students made up 49.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in the county, followed by Hispanic or Latino students at 29.1% (7,444 students), multiracial students at 7.7% (1,967 students) and Asian students at 7% (1,801 students).
Pleasant Valley High School had the highest enrollment among Butte County's 495 schools in the 2023-24 academic year, welcoming 1,922 students.
After peaking at 6.3 million in the early 2000s, public school enrollment in California has marked its seventh consecutive decline in the 2023-24 school year, with projections indicating it could fall to approximately 5.2 million by the 2033-34 school year. This trend is attributed to lower birth rates, slowed immigration, and families relocating out of state due to high housing costs. Rural and coastal districts have been particularly affected, facing tough decisions such as school closures and staffing reductions.
Although chronic absenteeism in California decreased in 2023, it remains double the pre-pandemic rate. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, chronic absenteeism in the state public schools reached 25% in 2023, up from 12% in 2019.
| School name | Total Enrollment in 2022-23 | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley High School | 1,840 | 1,922 | 4.5% |
| Chico High School | 1,905 | 1,873 | -1.7% |
| Las Plumas High School | 1,287 | 1,299 | 0.9% |
| Bidwell Junior High School | 990 | 1,010 | 2% |
| Chico Junior High School | 928 | 931 | 0.3% |
| Oroville High School | 936 | 870 | -7.1% |
| Marsh (Harry M.) Junior High School | 732 | 764 | 4.4% |
| Gridley High School | 676 | 644 | -4.7% |
| Shasta Elementary School | 646 | 633 | -2% |
| Emma Wilson Elementary School | 565 | 613 | 8.5% |
| Helen M. Wilcox Elementary School | 516 | 566 | 9.7% |
| Wilson Elementary School | 559 | 559 | 0% |
| Rosedale Elementary School | 543 | 555 | 2.2% |
| Marigold Elementary School | 568 | 538 | -5.3% |
| Paradise Senior High School | 476 | 506 | 6.3% |
| Durham Elementary School | 461 | 494 | 7.2% |
| Sierra View Elementary School | 456 | 469 | 2.9% |
| Nelson Avenue Middle School | 457 | 457 | 0% |
| Little Chico Creek Elementary School | 431 | 455 | 5.6% |
| Sycamore Middle School | 444 | 448 | 0.9% |
| Paradise Ridge Elementary School | 381 | 446 | 17.1% |
| Palermo | 404 | 444 | 9.9% |
| Ophir Elementary School | 447 | 441 | -1.3% |
| Parkview Elementary School | 406 | 423 | 4.2% |
| Stanford Avenue Elementary School | 421 | 418 | -0.7% |
| McManus (John A.) Elementary School | 415 | 408 | -1.7% |
| Citrus Avenue Elementary School | 341 | 383 | 12.3% |
| Sierra Avenue Elementary School | 403 | 358 | -11.2% |
| Neal Dow Elementary School | 335 | 339 | 1.2% |
| Ishi Hills Middle School | 302 | 335 | 10.9% |
| Plumas Avenue Elementary School | 326 | 335 | 2.8% |
| Manzanita Elementary School | 322 | 327 | 1.6% |
| Central Middle School | 348 | 325 | -6.6% |
| Poplar Avenue Elementary School | 298 | 324 | 8.7% |
| Chapman Elementary School | 300 | 320 | 6.7% |
| Biggs Elementary School | 333 | 319 | -4.2% |
| McKinley Elementary School | 326 | 316 | -3.1% |
| Durham High School | 310 | 308 | -0.6% |
| Hooker Oak Elementary School | 291 | 299 | 2.7% |
| Oakdale Heights Elementary School | 311 | 278 | -10.6% |
| Wyandotte Academy | 295 | 258 | -12.5% |
| Cedarwood Elementary School | 236 | 248 | 5.1% |
| Golden Hills Elementary School | 246 | 247 | 0.4% |
| Durham Intermediate School | 225 | 224 | -0.4% |
| Pine Ridge | 191 | 183 | -4.2% |
| Hearthstone | 163 | 179 | 9.8% |
| Biggs High School | 157 | 177 | 12.7% |
| Paradise Junior High School | 164 | 175 | 6.7% |
| Oak Bridge Academy | 130 | 141 | 8.5% |
| Fair View High (Continuation) | 130 | 114 | -12.3% |
| Prospect High (Continuation) | 110 | 88 | -20% |
| Oakdale | 81 | 85 | 4.9% |
| Bangor Union Elementary School | 69 | 82 | 18.8% |
| Come Back Butte Charter | 71 | 77 | 8.5% |
| Concow Elementary School | 69 | 72 | 4.3% |
| Butte County Special Education | 58 | 61 | 5.2% |
| Ridgeview High (Continuation) | 57 | 53 | -7% |
| Richvale Elementary School | 42 | 52 | 23.8% |
| Paradise eLearning Academy | 68 | 46 | -32.4% |
| Siskiyou Avenue Elementary School | 32 | 41 | 28.1% |
| Butte County Community | 39 | 39 | 0% |
| Berry Creek Elementary School | 30 | 32 | 6.7% |
| Esperanza High (Continuation) | 30 | 28 | -6.7% |
| Academy for Change | 24 | 20 | -16.7% |
| Honcut | 17 | 18 | 5.9% |
| Center for Alternative Learning | 30 | 17 | -43.3% |
| Table Mountain | 13 | 17 | 30.8% |
| BASES Learning Center | 14 | 15 | 7.1% |
| Palermo Union Community Day (K-8) | 3 | 8 | 166.7% |
| Oroville High Community Day | 13 | 7 | -46.2% |
| Heritage Community Day | 6 | 5 | -16.7% |
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