Schools · Oroville

Oroville, CA schools

Oroville’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 28% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend Stanford Avenue Elementary or Plumas Avenue Elementary or Wyandotte Academy through grade 5, then Nelson Avenue Middle or The Studios @ Central or Ishi Hills Middle and Oroville High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C-School Grade #328Best schools in CA (of 574)#443Highest graduation rate in CA (of 720)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

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Oroville’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Oroville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 79% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scoresCGraduation

California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 21%

Lower resultsHigher results

California towns with similar household incomes (262)Better than 10%

High confidence. Built on 1,155 tested students and a graduating class of 506; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Oroville kids go to school

Grades K–5

Stanford Avenue Elementary or CPlumas Avenue Elementary or Wyandotte Academy Depends on your address Oroville City Elementary School District

Grades 6–8

CNelson Avenue Middle or CThe Studios @ Central or Ishi Hills Middle Depends on your address Thermalito Union School District

Grades 9–12

BOroville High 872 students · Oroville Oroville Union High School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades 9–12, Oroville Union High)49%

State average 48.5%

Reading (grades K–5, Oroville City Elementary)10%

State average 48.5% · reported as a range, 0–20% (a small group)

Reading (grades 6–8, Thermalito Union)28%

State average 48.5%

Math (grades 9–12, Oroville Union High)19%

State average 33.4%

Math (grades K–5, Oroville City Elementary)10%

State average 33.4% · reported as a range, 0–20% (a small group)

Math (grades 6–8, Thermalito Union)14%

State average 33.4%

Graduation · class of 2020

87% graduate on time

Graduation rate

87%

CA: 87.6%

Graduating class

506

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #443 of 720 CA towns →

Districts

Three districts serve Oroville

Oroville Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 4 schools · 2,230 students

$20,024 per studentCA $21,206B-🏫

Oroville City Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 8 schools · 1,950 students

$19,543 per studentCA $21,206 🏫

Thermalito Union School DistrictGrades K–8 · 6 schools · 1,515 students

$21,767 per studentCA $21,206C-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 18 schools in Oroville

Level

All 18 Elementary 4 Middle 4 High 4 Other 6

Type

All 18 Public 14 Charter 4

Showing 1–18 of 18 schools

STREAM CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 515 students

Stanford Avenue ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 403 students

Plumas Avenue ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 322 students

Wyandotte AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 249 students

Nelson Avenue MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 456 students

The Studios @ CentralMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 300 students

Ishi Hills MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 294 students

Heritage Community DayMiddle · Grades 4–8 · 5 students

Oroville HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 872 students

Come Back Butte CharterHigh · Grades 9–12 · 93 students

Prospect High (Continuation)High · Grades 9–12 · 88 students

Oroville High Community DayHigh · Grades 9–12 · 5 students

HearthstoneOther · Grades K–12 · 185 students

Ipakanni Early College CharterOther · Grades K–12 · 63 students

Butte County Special EducationOther · Grades K–12 · 49 students

Table MountainOther · Grades K–12 · 16 students

BASES Learning CenterOther · Grades 1–12 · 11 students

Sierra Del Oro Inclusive PreschoolGrades M

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.