Achieve Charter School of Chico

As a cozy K-5 school in Chico, California, Achieve Charter School of Chico works with 222 students from grades K through 8, part of Achieve Charter School of Chico District. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 52% leaner than typical.

Achieve Charter School of Chico is a school of Achieve Charter School of Chico District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Achieve Charter School of Chico records that White students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. Compared to Butte County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Achieve Charter School of Chico higher than the state norm the norm. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Butte County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Butte County) logs that median household income runs about $67,928, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Butte County's 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,730 students), Achieve Charter School of Chico is one campus in the mix.

Pleasant Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Achieve Charter School of Chico.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Achieve Charter School of Chico operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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