High · California
Chester Junior/Senior High
Free meals for allChester Junior/Senior High, a public high school in Chester, California: grades 7–12, 124 students, 10.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Plumas Unified.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 124
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.2
- Students per teacher
- 10.1
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 87% of high schools in California
Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 81% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 72% of high schools in California
Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared
Smaller than 78% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%32%proficient
Unchanged from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 54% of high schools in California
Median 34% · 189 high schools compared
38 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%11%proficient
Unchanged from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 71% of high schools in California
Median 18% · 190 high schools compared
38 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote rural area
- Run by
- Plumas Unified
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Plumas Unified.
Location
- Address
- 612 First St., Chester, CA 96020
- Phone
- (530)258-2126
- City or town
- Chester
- County
- Plumas County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Almanor High (Continuation)Alternative | 9–12 | 0 | — |
| 9–12 | 54 | 10.8 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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