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Pleasant Valley High School

1475 East Avenue, Chico, CA 95926View on map

  • Public
  • Chico
  • 482 seniors
  • 1,960 students

Pleasant Valley High School is a public high school in Chico (Chico Unified) with 482 seniors. In fall 2025, 66% of its 53 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 78%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 39% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

66%

35 of 53 applicants, fall 2025

County median 78%

Seniors admitted to a UC

7%

35 of 482 seniors

County median 7%

Seniors who applied to UC

11%

53 of 482 seniors

County median 10%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 23 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

14%

3 of 21 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Pleasant Valley High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 7 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    3 of 21 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.82)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    22%

    7 of 32 admitted

    This school22%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts higher

    41%

    13 of 32 admitted

    This school41%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Davis11 pts higher

    49%

    17 of 35 admitted

    This school49%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa Cruz10 pts lower

    61%

    11 of 18 admitted

    This school61%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.70)

  • Riverside13 pts higher

    100%

    12 of 12 admitted

    This school100%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.77 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Merced5 pts lower

    91%

    10 of 11 admitted

    This school91%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.84 (all applicants 3.72)

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report23 applied

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report23 applied

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

Pleasant Valley High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo6 pts lower

    24%

    13 of 55 admitted

    This school24%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    35%

    22 of 62 admitted

    This school35%Overall34%

  • Long Beach20 pts higher

    67%

    20 of 30 admitted

    This school67%Overall47%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    95%

    92 of 97 admitted

    This school95%Overall94%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (392 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

80%

315 of 392 graduates

UC or CSU

14%

55 graduates

Community college

59%

232 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC123%
CSU4311%
CA private college113%
Out of state174%
Community college23259%
Not enrolled7720%
Enrolled in college31580%
Total392100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

4

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

37

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

24% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

39%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

170 of 439 graduates

A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.

2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

27%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

112 of 417 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • English: 4 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 2 classes
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 16 classes

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 71%County median 59%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 42%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 36%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 16%County median 9%
  • Low-income students 50%County median 55%
  • Graduates completing courses 39%County median 36%

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