CORE Butte Charter

CORE Butte Charter is a K-12 campus of substantial scale in Chico, California, run under CORE Butte Charter District, hosting 916 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 52% bigger than the state mean of about 602.

CORE Butte Charter District is the operating authority for CORE Butte Charter, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, CORE Butte Charter reports that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, CORE Butte Charter logs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Butte County's rate of about 63%.

In the area at large, census data for Butte County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,928 per year, 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), CORE Butte Charter is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Little Chico Creek Elementary, roughly 2.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site. CORE Butte Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.