Chico High School

This school is so great! The administrators and teachers are awesome! They really do care about the student's they want them to succeed and do well in highschool. It is such a great school!
--Submitted by a student

A great school with great teachers(for the most part) and a lot to do around campass. I agree with 11/15/08, the parents in the earlery posted comments were just looking to blame the shcool.
--Submitted by a student

I agree with the student who posted on 11-15-08. Chico HS is an award winning school with lots of diversity, opportunities and offers program curricular choices designed to meet the needs of all types of students. I have five children who graduated from CHS. All went on to college and graduated. Four went on to receive advanced, professional degrees, and have good jobs in their fields. The other started and now runs a very successful business. Chico High gave my children the life skills and educational tools they needed to do well, not only in college, but in their lives and careers as well.
--Submitted by a parent

I feel that the parents who formerly posted were probably misinformed and over protective of their children. Looking to blame the school. Chico High has countless opportunities to take advanced classes and succeed in different programs. And the general environment of student unity can't truly be rivaled anywhere else. If their students had such problems with the staff, they should have sought help from the counseling staff who is always more that willing to oblige most requests. As for pinpointing the school for having tenured teachers, I challenge you to find any other school without a similar problem. Chico High was a great home to me, and there are many more things to learn in that environment besides academics.
--Submitted by a student

I hate going to this school it is run down, old and the teachers are not well 'smart'
--Submitted by a student

I would not send my children to Chico High School. There is insufficient help for students who need additional help with subjects. There are more mediocre teachers at Chico High School than there are good teachers. A C minus to D plus overall. Chico High School needs to offer more elective in the career professions as well, The best thing they have is opportunity to apply for the college connection program with Butte College.
--Submitted by a parent

I have two children that just graduated from Chico High. They were in the top of the class, however, they still struggle to write any type of research paper. I feel the basics are just not taught in the Chico High School or Middle school system. Most of the teachers have been in the school for a long time and have tenure. This seems to contribute to the lack of quality teachers at the school. We also strugled with situations of sexual harassment from the teachers and PE personell. The princpals were for the most part ineffective and uninterested. I saw discrimination overall with a bias to only work with star students. The guidance counselors were misinformed for the most part about college requirements and unable to help most students in college applications or preparation. I would recommend private school in the city of Chico.