In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.
[2] The district changed to a four day school week in fall 2022.
In 2016-2017 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 77% of students in Chico ISD met Approaches Grade Level or Above standards, compared with 77% in Region 11 and 75% in the state of Texas.
The class of 2016 included 52 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was less than 1%.
[4] As of the 2016-2017 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 68.7% White, 27.5% Hispanic, 0.7% African American, 0.5% American Indian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0% Asian, and 2.5% from two or more races.