Regular local school district · Butte County
Paradise Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Paradise Unified runs 11 public schools with 1,733 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 19.3 students per teacher is 2.6 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 1,733
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90
- Students per teacher
- 19.3
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 6696 Clark Rd., Paradise, CA 95969
- Phone
- (530)872-6400
- County
- Butte County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0629820
- State district ID
- CA-0461531
- Total staff (FTE)
- 299
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 867 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.3
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,533), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $52.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.5 million
- State revenue
- $35.6 million
- Local revenue
- $8.2 million
- Total spending
- $67.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $44,260
- Salaries
- $14.9 million21.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $10.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.3%
- State: 68.1%
- Local: 15.7%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$44,260
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Paradise Unified
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cedarwood ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 271 | 22.6 |
| Honey Run Academy Secondary | High | 7 to 12 | 0 | |
| Paradise eLearning Academy | Other | K to 12 | 44 | 22.0 |
| Paradise Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 0 | |
| Paradise Junior HighCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 197 | 17.9 |
| Paradise Ridge ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 496 | 23.6 |
| Paradise Senior HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 495 | 19.0 |
| Paradise Unified Special Education | ||||
| Pine RidgeCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 179 | 14.9 |
| Ponderosa Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 0 | |
| Ridgeview High (Continuation)CEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 51 | 12.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Butte County
- Oroville Union High 2,230 students
- Gridley Unified 2,002 students
- Oroville City Elementary School District 1,950 students
- Thermalito Union Elementary 1,515 students
- Palermo Union Elementary 1,343 students
- Durham Unified 1,048 students
- CORE Butte Charter District 916 students
- Chico Country Day District 585 students
- Biggs Unified 534 students
- STREAM Charter District 515 students
- Butte County Office of Education 374 students
- Inspire School of Arts and Sciences District 332 students
- Manzanita Elementary School District 306 students
- Achieve Charter School of Chico District 222 students
- Children's Community Charter District 220 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.