Fair View High (Continuation)

Fair View High (Continuation), a very small secondary school in Chico, California, overseen by Chico Unified, works with 95 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Fair View High (Continuation) sits 89% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 22 schools in Chico Unified (12,260 students total), Fair View High (Continuation) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Fair View High (Continuation) shows that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 38% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Native American. By comparison, Butte County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Fair View High (Continuation) logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Butte County's rate of about 63%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Butte County shows median household earnings sit near $67,928, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Butte County runs 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,730 students), of which Fair View High (Continuation) is one.

Nearest neighbor: Center for Alternative Learning, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fair View High (Continuation) has ticked down 34%, going from 145 students in 2018 to 95 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 39% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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