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Chico Unified

Chico, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

12,266
Students enrolled
22
Public schools
588
Classroom teachers (FTE)
20.8:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 1,140
  • Grade 1 794
  • Grade 2 849
  • Grade 3 903
  • Grade 4 901
  • Grade 5 887
  • Grade 6 859
  • Grade 7 897
  • Grade 8 899
  • Grade 9 1,060
  • Grade 10 1,004
  • Grade 11 982
  • Grade 12 1,091

By race/ethnicity

  • White 50%
  • Hispanic/Latino 30%
  • Two or more races 10%
  • Asian 5%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 7,029 of 12,260 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 47%
  • Reduced-price lunch 10%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$17,329 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $10,469
  • Support services $6,127
  • Other (food service, etc.) $732

Where the money comes from

  • Local 42%
  • State 49%
  • Federal 9%

Total revenue $255.1 milliontotal spending $252.7 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year. Some figures for this district are NCES estimates.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: MidsizeStudents: 94% city, 6% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,368

District office

1163 East Seventh St., Chico CA 95928

County

Butte County

Official website

NCES District ID

608370

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About Chico Unified

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

CHICO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ADOPTED GOALS FOR 2011-2012: To provide every student with the opportunity to attain increasing levels of individual achievement that prepares them for success in the 21st Century To provide a safe, healthy, and engaging environment for learning to take place To build effective partnerships with our constituents To monitor and adjust our district budget to ensure solvency and local control of our schools
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