Citrus Avenue Elementary

Citrus Avenue Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Chico, California, operated by Chico Unified, educates 383 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Chico Unified, which oversees 22 schools and 12,260 students, Citrus Avenue Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Citrus Avenue Elementary lists that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 32% White, 11% multiracial, 9% Asian, 4% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 82% 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 above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Citrus Avenue Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.5%, the actual is 30.1%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Butte County) records that the typical household earns roughly $67,928 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Butte County's 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,730 students), Citrus Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Inspire School of Arts and Sciences, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Citrus Avenue Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Citrus Avenue Elementary has increased 30%, going from 295 students in 2018 to 383 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 29% to 40%. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.