Pleasant Valley High School (California)

Public co-educational and comprehensive high school in Chico, California, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pleasant Valley High School (commonly referred to as Pleasant Valley) is a public co-educational and comprehensive high school located in Chico, California teaching ninth grade through twelfth grade. It is the second largest school in the Chico Unified School District, which serves around 14,157 students.[7]

Other names
  • Pleasant Valley
  • PVHS
  • PV
TypePublic high school
Established1965 (1965)[1]
StatusActive
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Pleasant Valley High School
Pleasant Valley High School
Location
1475 East Avenue

Chico
,
Butte County
,
California
95926

United States
39°45′39″N 121°49′0″W
Information
Other names
  • Pleasant Valley
  • PVHS
  • PV
TypePublic high school
Established1965 (1965)[1]
StatusActive
LocaleCity: Midsize (12)
School board
California State Board of Education
School district
Chico Unified School District
NCES District ID
0608370[2]
SuperintendentKelly Staley[3]
SessionAugust–June
CEEB code050548
NCES School ID
060837000827[4]
Principal
Damon Whittaker
Teaching staff
85.38 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Grades9–12[2]
GenderMixed-sex
Enrollment1,922[2] (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio
22.51[2]
Schedule type
Alternate day block scheduling
Campus type
Suburban
Student government
Yes
ColorsNavy blue, Columbia blue, and white    
AthleticsYes
Athletics conference
National Conference
SportsBoys' tennis, girls' tennis, football, swimming, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, field hockey, softball, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, wrestling, cross country, golf, boys' volleyball, girls' volleyball, skiing, snowboarding, baseball, track, marching band, and cheerleading.
MascotA Viking
NicknameVikings
RivalChico High School[5]
AccreditationWestern Association of Schools and Colleges
National ranking
3,899[6]
NewspaperThe Saga
YearbookValkyrie
Feeder schools
  • Bidwell Junior High School
  • Chico Junior High School
  • Marsh Junior High School
Websitepvhs.chicousd.org
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Academics

Advanced Placement

Pleasant Valley High School's available AP classes are AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Seminar, AP World History, AP US History, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Spanish, online AP French, AP 2-D Art and Design, AP Drawing, and AP Computer Science Principles.[8] Pleasant Valley offers the AP Capstone program and its respective diplomas and academic certificates.[9]

International Baccalaureate Programme

Pleasant Valley used to offer the IB Diploma Programme;[10] it provided the IB exams for English, Chemistry, Biology, History, French, Spanish, Japanese, Mathematics, and Theater Arts.

Notable alumni

References

External links

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