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Chico High → Las Plumas High School → Corning Union High School → Core Butte Charter School → River Valley High School → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-0.0%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~1,959 | -1 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~1,958 | -2 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~1,956 | -4 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.
-1.7 pp vs. peer median (10.0%) · Ranked #7 of 10 similar schools
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53.3%
8.3%
Higher than 12% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Pleasant Valley Sr High School's UC Reach of 8.3% is below the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.
Overall, Pleasant Valley Sr High School's UC Reach is higher than 12% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
Pleasant Valley Sr High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Chico · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Pleasant Valley Sr High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 10): 8% vs. a peer median of 10%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 8 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Pleasant Valley Sr High School is admitting at roughly +8 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.895) alone would predict (33% actual vs. 26% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 1% (441→436 from 2018 to 2026), tracking the peer-group median of -1%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-0.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1958 by 2029 — about 2 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 2 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.
Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley Sr High School | Public | 1960 | 8.3% | -1% |
| Peer-group median | 10.0% | -1% | ||
| Chico High | Public | 1786 | 12.3% | -9% |
| Las Plumas High School | Public | 1271 | 13.6% | +13% |
| Corning Union High School | Public | 941 | 2.0% | +8% |
| Core Butte Charter School | Public | 405 | — | -11% |
| River Valley High School | Public | 1705 | 11.0% | -8% |
| Paradise High School | Public | 502 | 3.0% | -46% |
| Orland High School | Public | 754 | 10.0% | +23% |
| Oroville High School | Public | 830 | 5.0% | -6% |
| Yuba City High School | Public | 1605 | 11.6% | +5% |
| Red Bluff High School | Public | 1567 | 9.9% | +4% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →
Admit rate vs. CA peer average, by campus ⓘ
How does this school's admit rate at each UC compare to other CA schools whose applicant pool averages the same GPA?
| Campus | Applicant GPA (avg) | Actual admit rate | CA peer avg | Δ | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 3.82 | 14.3% | 11.7% | +2.5pp | On target |
| UC San Diego | 3.86 | 21.9% | 23.4% | -1.5pp | On target |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.93 | 40.6% | 29.5% | +11.2pp | Over |
| UC Davis | 3.95 | 48.6% | 32.5% | +16.1pp | Over |
Where Pleasant Valley Sr High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 7.7 points above what their GPAs predict (33.3% actual vs. 25.6% expected).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 21 | 3 | — | 14.3% | 0.6% | — | 3.82 | — |
| UCLA → Elite | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.02 | — |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 32 | 7 | — | 21.9% | 1.5% | — | 3.86 | 4.28 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 32 | 13 | — | 40.6% | 2.7% | — | 3.93 | 4.27 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.93 | — |
| UC Davis → | 35 | 17 | 8 | 48.6% | 3.5% | 47.1% | 3.95 | 4.24 |