Chico High School

  • Public
  • Chico
  • 440 seniors
  • 1,786 students
Year

UC admit rate

78%

57 of 73 applicants, fall 2025

County median 78%

Seniors admitted to a UC

13%

57 of 440 seniors

County median 7%

Seniors who applied to UC

17%

73 of 440 seniors

County median 10%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.3%

3 of 36 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

9.3%

4 of 43 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

Chico High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 8 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    3 of 36 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.98)

  • Berkeley4 pts lower

    9%

    4 of 43 admitted

    This school9%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 4.04)

  • San Diego4 pts higher

    29%

    8 of 28 admitted

    This school29%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    33%

    14 of 42 admitted

    This school33%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Davis20 pts higher

    57%

    25 of 44 admitted

    This school57%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa Cruz10 pts higher

    82%

    31 of 38 admitted

    This school82%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.94)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    85%

    11 of 13 admitted

    This school85%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.02 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    12 of 12 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 4.08)

  • too few applicants to report29 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

Chico High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo6 pts lower

    24%

    17 of 71 admitted

    This school24%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    36%

    22 of 61 admitted

    This school36%Overall34%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    94%

    97 of 103 admitted

    This school94%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    96%

    27 of 28 admitted

    This school96%Overall96%

  • Humboldt8 pts lower

    91%

    30 of 33 admitted

    This school91%Overall99%

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

Any college

82%

330 of 402 graduates

UC or CSU

16%

66 graduates

Community college

55%

220 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC184%
CSU4812%
CA private college72%
Out of state379%
Community college22055%
Not enrolled7218%
Enrolled in college33082%
Total402100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Two or more races, Race not reported
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, 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 75%County median 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 40%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 43%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 18%County median 10%
  • Low-income students 56%County median 55%
  • Graduates completing courses 45%County median 36%

Across California

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Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses

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