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.
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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. Pleasant Valley offers the AP Capstone program and its respective diplomas and academic certificates.
International Baccalaureate Programme
Pleasant Valley used to offer the IB Diploma Programme; it provided the IB exams for English, Chemistry, Biology, History, French, Spanish, Japanese, Mathematics, and Theater Arts.
Notable alumni
Colin Barber – Major League Baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros organization, 2019 graduate
Luke Barker – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, 2010 graduate
Brian Cage – All Elite Wrestling professional wrestler, 2002 graduate
Pat Clements – Major League Baseball player, 1980 graduate
Brian Jones – Arena Football League player, 1999 graduate
Evan MacLane – Major League Baseball player, 2001 graduate
Aaron Rodgers – National Football League player, 2002 graduate
Jordan Rodgers – American sports commentator and former National Football League player and The Bachelorette contestant, 2007 graduate
Geoff Swaim – National Football League player, 2011 graduate