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Enrollment
872
High
DISTRICT 558 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OROVILLE UNION HIGH·NCES 062913004496
Oroville High
1535 Bridge St., Oroville, CA 95966 · (530) 538-2320 · Butte County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL872 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of California public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
713 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 228 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 206 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 196 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 242 | 28% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.2pp since 2014
Math
15.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.2% | 29.6% | 28.9% | 23.3% |
| Math | 7.0% | 8.3% | 19.1% | 65.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 15.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.6% | 13.9% |
| 2022-23 | 51.4% | 16.9% |
| 2021-22 | 43.7% | 13.6% |
| 2020-21 | 51.8% | 21.1% |
| 2018-19 | 52.9% | 24.6% |
| 2017-18 | 56.5% | 24.6% |
| 2016-17 | 58.5% | 20.8% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 23.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Oroville High
Oroville High's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oroville High this school | 872 | 81.8% | 29.1% |
| Wheatland Union High Wheatland | 1,063 | 74.8% | 41.4% |
| Enterprise High Redding | 1,148 | 65.7% | 43.6% |
| Antelope High Antelope | 1,821 | 67.3% | 44.6% |
| Las Plumas High Oroville | 1,265 | 74.5% | 27.8% |
| Mira Loma High Sacramento | 1,655 | 62.7% | 47.0% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Oroville High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Butte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #828 of 1,052 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #822 of 1,056 ▼ 30 | #6 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #747 of 1,056 ▲ 127 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #470 of 1,044 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 872 | #814 of 2,093 | #4 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #492 of 1,352 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #33 of 1,351 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #559 of 1,575 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #482 of 802 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
872
-91 (-9%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 903
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 20.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 872 | 44.5 | 19.6:1 | 82% (713) |
| 2023-24 | 870 | 42.8 | 20.3:1 | 85% (738) |
| 2022-23 | 936 | 44.8 | 20.9:1 | 86% (807) |
| 2020-21 | 963 | 47 | 20.5:1 | 78% (752) |
| 2017-18 | 962 | 43 | 22.4:1 | 79% (761) |
| 2015-16 | 969 | 43 | 22.5:1 | 70% (679) |
| 2010-11 | 1,267 | N/A | N/A | 66% (830) |
| 2000-01 | 1,112 | 49 | 22.7:1 | 39% (430) |
| 1990-91 | 903 | 40 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oroville High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (962 to 872); teachers up 4% (43 to 44.5).
About Oroville High
Oroville High serves students in Oroville, California, as a medium-sized high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 872 students.
Oroville Union High operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,230 students.
White students form the largest group at Oroville High, 40% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 24% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Native American. Census estimates put the White share of Butte County's population at about 70%. By the diversity index, Oroville High comes in at 74%.
The school has about 19.6 students per teacher and 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 82%. Public schools in Butte County average 63%.
Measured against California public high schools, Oroville High receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 31.6%.
In the county around the school, Butte County, median household income is about $67,928, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Oroville High is among the 96 public schools in Butte County.
The closest public school to Oroville High is BASES Learning Center, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Oroville High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Oroville High is 2nd of 5 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Oroville High is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The number of students dropped from 963 to 872 over 4 years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Butte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,929
Census ACS
Median income
$67,928
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
29,730 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oroville Union High
- Las Plumas HighHigh · 1,265 students
- Prospect High (Continuation)High · 88 students
- Oroville High Community DayHigh · 5 students
Other schools in Oroville
- Las Plumas HighHigh · 1,265 students
- Helen M. Wilcox ElementaryElementary · 592 students
- STREAM CharterElementary · 515 students
- Nelson Avenue MiddleMiddle · 456 students
- Ophir ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Stanford Avenue ElementaryElementary · 403 students
Nearby schools
- BASES Learning Center0.1 mi · 11
- Ipakanni Early College Charter0.4 mi · 63
- Stanford Avenue Elementary0.5 mi · 403
- Come Back Butte Charter0.8 mi · 93
- The Studios @ Central0.8 mi · 300
- Wyandotte Academy0.9 mi · 249
Frequently asked questions
About Oroville HighHow large is Oroville High?
Oroville High enrolls approximately 872 students in grades 09-12.
Is Oroville High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oroville High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oroville High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oroville High is approximately 19.6:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Oroville High?
Student demographics at Oroville High are roughly 40% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 24% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Oroville High public or private?
Oroville High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oroville Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.