Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Pleasant Valley Sr High School
Public · Chico · Butte County · 1,960 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
8%
Higher than 12% of California high schools
-1.7 pp vs. peer median (10.0%)
· Ranked #7 of 10 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 10.6%
2025 · 8.3%
-1%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
-20.9 pp
vs. Butte County baseline (+20%)
~1958
5-yr projected enrollment (2 fewer than today)
- ▸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.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chico High | Public | 12.3% | -9% |
| Las Plumas High School | Public | 13.6% | +13% |
| Corning Union High School | Public | 2.0% | +8% |
| Core Butte Charter School | Public | — | -11% |
| River Valley High School | Public | 11.0% | -8% |
| Paradise High School | Public | 3.0% | -46% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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