Pleasant Valley High School (California)

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]

Pleasant Valley High School
Address
1475 East Avenue Chico , Butte County , California 95926 United States
Coordinates	39°45′39″N 121°49′0″W
Information
Other names	Pleasant Valley PVHS PV
Type	Public high school
Established	1965 (1965)[1]
Status	Active
Locale	City: Midsize (12)
School board	California State Board of Education
School district	Chico Unified School District
NCES District ID	0608370[2]
Superintendent	Kelly Staley[3]
Session	August–June
CEEB code	050548
NCES School ID	060837000827[4]
Principal	Damon Whittaker
Teaching staff	85.72 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Grades	9–12[2]
Gender	Mixed-sex
Enrollment	1,840[2] (2022–2023)
• Grade 9	470
• Grade 10	501
• Grade 11	434
• Grade 12	435
Student to teacher ratio	21.47:1[2]
Schedule type	Alternate day block scheduling
Campus type	Suburban
Student government	Yes
Color(s)	Navy blue, Columbia blue, and white
Athletics	Yes
Athletics conference	National Conference
Sports	Boys' 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.
Mascot	A Viking
Nickname	Vikings
Rival	Chico High School[5]
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges
National ranking	3,899[6]
Newspaper	The Saga
Yearbook	Valkyrie
Feeder schools	Bidwell Junior High School Chico Junior High School Marsh Junior High School
Feeder to	Butte College • California State University, Chico
Website	pvhs.chicousd.org

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

• Aaron Rodgers – National Football League player, 2002 graduate^[11]
• Brian Cage – All Elite Wrestling professional wrestler, 2002 graduate^[12]
• Brian Jones – Arena Football League player, 1999 graduate^[13]
• Geoff Swaim – National Football League player, 2011 graduate^[14]
• Evan MacLane – Major League Baseball player, 2001 graduate^[15]
• Jordan Rodgers – American sports commentator and former National Football League player and The Bachelorette contestant, 2007 graduate^[16]
• Luke Barker – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, 2010 graduate^[17][18]
• Pat Clements – Major League Baseball player, 1980 graduate^[19]

References

1. Charles Duncan (7 September 1965). "Schools Open Today: Enrollment Up Slightly". Enterprise-Record. Chico, CA. p. 1. Retrieved 10 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Students at the new Pleasant Valley High School stroll to their classes […] In its first day of operation, the school reported an attendance of 540 sophomores and juniors.
2. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Chico Unified". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
3. "Chico Unified – School Directory Details". California Department of Education. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
4. "Search for Public Schools - Pleasant Valley High (060837000827)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
5. "50th Almond Bowl: Golden memories from first PV-Chico matchups". Chico Enterprise-Record. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
6. "Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, CA". U.S. News & World Report.
7. "Digital Profile: Chico Unified". California Department of Education. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
8. "PVHS Course Offering 2022–2023". Retrieved 30 May 2022.
9. "AP and AP Capstone". Pleasant Valley High School. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
10. "Student Curriculum Handbook" (PDF). Pleasant Valley High School. pp. 14–16. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
11. Davidson, Joe (5 September 2019). "Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers donates 354 new helmets to California high schools". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
12. Barrasso, Justin (July 27, 2016). "Week in Wrestling: TNA's Matt Hardy calls out WWE's Bray Wyatt". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
13. "Almond Bowl XXXVIII: Q&A with ex-Viking Brian Jones". Marin Independent Journal. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
14. "Chico's Geoff Swaim ready to seize starting opportunity with Cowboys". Chico Enterprise-Record. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
15. "Evan MacLane Stats & Scouting Report – Baseball America". Baseball America. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
16. "Jordan Rodgers". Vanderbilt Football official site. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
17. "Chico State baseball's all-time saves leader Luke Barker grinds his way to AAA". Chico Enterprise-Record. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
18. "FOLLOW THAT DREAM: Chico native Luke Barker debuts with Milwaukee Brewers at age 30". Chico Enterprise-Record. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
19. 1990 Topps #548 Pat Clements, reverse side

External links

• Pleasant Valley High School official website
• California Department of Education – Dataquest report on Pleasant Valley High