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Oroville
High School (OHS) is located in the town of Oroville which lies within
Butte County. Our campus is located at 1535 Bridge Street, overlooking
downtown Oroville. The main
campus encompasses an entire block and is surrounded by residential areas.
Several satellite classrooms and our athletic playing fields are located
on an adjacent block.
Oroville
High School has existed for over 100 years.
The site we currently occupy is over 75 years old and has had no
new construction in the last forty years.
Modernization of the H, S, M and C buildings has been undertaken
for the past ten years. Over
the past twenty years, relocatables have been moved to the site to replace
older, razed, permanent buildings and to accommodate growth. Two years ago
three new portable classrooms were located near the athletic fields to be
able to handle our growing enrollment of students. This year four of our
portable classrooms were relocated near the athletic playing field to make
room for the construction of a new library. The new library and a new shop
building will start construction in the spring of the 04-05 school year.
OHS
is one of four high schools in the Oroville Union High School District.
Established in 1892, our school is rich in tradition. Many prominent
county citizens are OHS alumni. The high school has 1200 students, grades
nine through twelve. In 2002-03, 514 students
were eligible for Title I services; 102 were in Special
Education and had Individual Education Plans, and 33 students were
eligible for Migrant Education services. Currently, (03-04) 488 students
are eligible for Title I services. There are 102 Special Education
students and 35 students receive Migrant Education services. In 2002-03
there were 410 (37%) students enrolled in
the Free Lunch Program and 36 (3.2%) students enrolled in the Reduced
Lunch Program. Currently, in 2003-04, there are 455
(39%) students enrolled in the Free Lunch Program and 60 (5.2%)
students enrolled in the Reduced Lunch Program
The
district draws students from an area of approximately 663 square miles and
from five different elementary districts. Twenty-seven percent of the
students in Butte County live in the Oroville Union High School District
area along with its feeder districts. The principle community within the
district’s boundaries, Oroville, has population of approximately 13,250
with 55,000 in the greater Oroville area. The primary sources of income in
Oroville are government (including education), tourism, medical,
transportation, retail trade, service industries, light manufacturing,
agriculture, and lumbering. The mean household income in Oroville is
$37,000.
School
bus transportation is provided for our students who live outside a two and
a half mile radius of the school. Some
students arrive by private car, some walk or ride a bicycle and others
take some form of public transportation.
The
range and diversity of our student population is matched by the wide
variety of programs and activities developed to meet the ever expanding
educational and enrichment requirements of our students. The population of
OHS reflects the community. According to October 2004 California Basic
Education Data Systems (CBEDS), our current enrollment of 1200 students
consists of 376 freshmen, 322 sophomores, 281 juniors and 221 seniors. Our
2004/ 2005 student population is comprised of 6% American Indian, 21%
Asian, .3% Pacific Islander, 1% Filipino, 7% Hispanic, 5% African
American, and 60% white, while the city of Oroville is comprised of 4%
American Indian, 6.3% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 4% African American, 77% white
and 2.8% other.
Our
pupils have a variety of life experiences.
Some were born in foreign countries while others have rarely
traveled beyond the city limits. Our
school is committed to providing an environment that promotes diversity
and allows students to grow in understanding and compassion for
individuals.
Because each teacher has a maximum student load of 36
students they are able to teach, counsel and assist students in their
personal and academic growth in a variety of ways.
Opportunities
for higher education are plentiful. Butte Community College offers
comprehensive programs in many fields. California State University, Chico,
a four-year college that offers a full spectrum of curricula, is about a
25-minute drive from Oroville. Furthermore, Oroville is about three hours
from the cultural centers of San Francisco and the Bay area and just about
two hours from Reno, Lake Tahoe, and Sacramento.
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