Best High Schools in California

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the CAST and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 2323)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
061389014548	1381	Innovations Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	10886 Gadsten Way	Rancho Cordova	95670	Sacramento County	Folsom-Cordova Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(916) 294-2445	144	9	15.6	49.3%	49 (34.0%)	16 (11.1%)	43 (29.9%)	16 (11.1%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (13.2%)								31.6	61.6	624	757
060193210402	1382	Latino College Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	14271 Story Rd.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Latino College Preparatory Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 729-2281	410	20	20.2	77.8%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	407 (99.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								31.6	20.6	1688	306
060003507903	1383	Farmersville High	Public	9-12	631 East Walnut Ave.	Farmersville	93223	Tulare County	Farmersville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 594-4567	728	35	20.8	79.4%	26 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	694 (95.3%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$9,227							31.6	28	1471	88
060218011207	1384	School of Arts and Enterprise	Public, Charter	6-12	295 North Garey Ave.	Pomona	91768	Los Angeles County	School of Arts and Enterprise District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 622-0699	667	37	17.8	51.4%	48 (7.2%)	25 (3.7%)	547 (82.0%)	12 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.9%)								31.5	26.5	1524	140
062271011653	1385	Panorama High	Public	9-12	8015 Van Nuys Blvd.	Panorama City	91402	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 909-4500	1,420	74	19.1	96.7%	46 (3.2%)	19 (1.3%)	1,282 (90.3%)	63 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.3%)	6 (0.4%)	$12,461							31.5	24.3	1582	197
060687000625	1386	Calaveras High	Public	8-12	350 High School St.	San Andreas	95249	Calaveras County	Calaveras Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 754-1811	749	38	19.8	38.5%	508 (67.8%)	5 (0.7%)	162 (21.6%)	5 (0.7%)	12 (1.6%)	5 (0.7%)	50 (6.7%)	$6,582							31.4	43.2	1039	347
060230311190	1387	Sacramento Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	2315 34th St.	Sacramento	95817	Sacramento County	Sacramento Charter High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 277-6200	355	19	18.6	73.0%	7 (2.0%)	204 (57.5%)	97 (27.3%)	5 (1.4%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.6%)	36 (10.1%)								31.4	32	1358	29
062547003803	1388	Montebello High	Public	9-12	2100 West Cleveland Ave.	Montebello	90640	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 728-0121	2,007	102	19.7	79.4%	3 (0.1%)	6 (0.3%)	1,947 (97.0%)	4 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (2.3%)	$6,053							31.4	20.5	1691	303
061623013915	1389	IDEA Center	Public	9-12	1600 North Cuyamaca St.	El Cajon	92020	San Diego County	Grossmont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 956-4332	138	2	67.6	72.5%	57 (41.3%)	12 (8.7%)	54 (39.1%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.2%)	$22,602							31.3	23.5	1604	215
062223011418	1390	Ronald E. McNair High	Public	9-12	9550 Ronald E. McNair Way	Stockton	95210	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-9245	1,713	93	18.3	76.1%	68 (4.0%)	172 (10.0%)	665 (38.8%)	712 (41.6%)	7 (0.4%)	21 (1.2%)	68 (4.0%)	$11,865							31.3	42.3	1064	326

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on CAST Science, Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics test scores released by the California Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the California Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the California Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.