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)
061495001667	421	Central Valley High	Public	9-12	4066 La Mesa Ave.	Shasta Lake	96019	Shasta County	Gateway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 275-7075	625	27	23.2	60.0%	377 (60.3%)	18 (2.9%)	109 (17.4%)	30 (4.8%)	53 (8.5%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (5.6%)	$9,280							73.9	72.7	439	18
060002912289	422	Murrieta Mesa High	Public	9-12	24801 Monroe Ave.	Murrieta	92562	Riverside County	Murrieta Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 677-0568	2,178	95	22.8	51.0%	718 (33.0%)	140 (6.4%)	976 (44.8%)	139 (6.4%)	3 (0.1%)	13 (0.6%)	185 (8.5%)								73.8	82.1	296	126
062515011812	423	James C. Enochs High	Public	9-12	3201 Sylvan Ave.	Modesto	95355	Stanislaus County	Modesto City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1719	2,420	85	28.3	40.8%	744 (30.7%)	76 (3.1%)	1,103 (45.6%)	298 (12.3%)	5 (0.2%)	25 (1.0%)	169 (7.0%)								73.8	70.6	472	49
060837000815	424	Chico High	Public	9-12	901 Esplanade	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3026	1,905	87	21.9	52.2%	994 (52.2%)	44 (2.3%)	566 (29.7%)	91 (4.8%)	28 (1.5%)	8 (0.4%)	169 (8.9%)	$11,876							73.8	77.5	377	47
060234513094	425	Ednovate - USC Hybrid High College Prep	Public, Charter	9-12	3939 South Vermont Ave.	Los Angeles	90071	Los Angeles County	Ednovate - USC Hybrid High College Prep District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 929-1046	520	21	25.1	83.5%	2 (0.4%)	54 (10.4%)	459 (88.3%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								73.7	63.1	597	172
060230608391	426	Shasta Charter Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	307 Park Marina Cir.	Redding	96001	Shasta County	Shasta Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 245-2600	274	15	18.6	49.6%	190 (69.3%)	3 (1.1%)	34 (12.4%)	9 (3.3%)	8 (2.9%)	1 (0.4%)	28 (10.2%)								73.7	81.1	308	118
060011613035	427	Minarets Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	45077 Road 220	O Neals	93645	Madera County	Chawanakee Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 868-8689	214	10	21.3	40.2%	132 (61.7%)	2 (0.9%)	58 (27.1%)	4 (1.9%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.5%)	$8,882							73.7	58.5	681	254
064248006954	428	Santa Fe High	Public	9-12	10400 South Orr and Day Rd.	Santa Fe Springs	90670	Los Angeles County	Whittier Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 698-8121	1,935	80	24	79.2%	106 (5.5%)	21 (1.1%)	1,759 (90.9%)	31 (1.6%)	5 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	9 (0.5%)	$6,806							73.5	73.7	426	2
060161711328	429	Lennox Mathematics Science and Technology Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	11036 Hawthorne Blvd.	Lennox	90304	Los Angeles County	Lennox Mathematics Science and Technology Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5600	583	28	20.4	86.3%	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	580 (99.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								73.5	82.5	283	146
060003611087	430	Westlake Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2680 Mabry Dr.	Sacramento	95835	Sacramento County	Natomas Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 567-5760	1,247	58	21.5	33.6%	204 (16.4%)	162 (13.0%)	355 (28.5%)	382 (30.6%)	7 (0.6%)	8 (0.6%)	129 (10.3%)	$10,612							73.5	76.3	393	37

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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.