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)
060658000590	1601	Butte Valley High	Public	9-12	615 West Third St.	Dorris	96023	Siskiyou County	Butte Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 397-3990	88	10	8.8	45.5%	32 (36.4%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (56.8%)	4 (4.5%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	$59,785							23.1	30.4	1404	197
062271003029	1602	Robert Fulton College Preparatory	Public	6-12	7477 Kester Ave.	Van Nuys	91405	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 947-2100	1,258	67	18.8	93.5%	47 (3.7%)	37 (2.9%)	1,102 (87.6%)	62 (4.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (0.6%)	$10,814							23.1	18.8	1731	129
060004907414	1603	Coast Union High	Public	9-12	2950 Santa Rosa Creek Rd.	Cambria	93428	San Luis Obispo County	Coast Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 927-3889	154	15	10.2	85.1%	33 (21.4%)	0 (0.0%)	117 (76.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.6%)								23	84.3	250	1353
062637003960	1604	Mt. Diablo High	Public	9-12	2450 Grant St.	Concord	94520	Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 682-4030	1,477	75	19.7	61.9%	55 (3.7%)	120 (8.1%)	1,096 (74.2%)	112 (7.6%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (1.7%)	66 (4.5%)	$13,214							23	28.5	1459	145
060167710789	1605	Crescent View West Public Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	1901 East Shields Ave. Ste. 10	Fresno	93726	Fresno County	Crescent View West Public Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 222-8439	1,580	69	22.9	90.7%	190 (12.0%)	86 (5.4%)	1,172 (74.2%)	39 (2.5%)	11 (0.7%)	3 (0.2%)	70 (4.4%)								22.9	27.6	1490	115
060166112929	1606	eCademy Charter at Crane	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1100 Cahill Ave.	Turlock	95380	Stanislaus County	eCademy Charter at Crane District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(209) 669-3410	147	8	19.3	68.0%	42 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (58.5%)	9 (6.1%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	8 (5.4%)								22.9	19.4	1712	106
061170001294	1607	Dunsmuir High	Public	9-12	5805 High School Way	Dunsmuir	96025	Siskiyou County	Dunsmuir Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 235-4835	65	9	7.3	75.4%	34 (52.3%)	3 (4.6%)	9 (13.8%)	2 (3.1%)	3 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (20.0%)	$31,558							22.9	28	1467	140
060200813730	1608	Gateway College and Career Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	4800 Magnolia Ave.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	Gateway College and Career Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 222-3710	335	6	55.9	63.9%	48 (14.3%)	26 (7.8%)	240 (71.6%)	7 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.6%)								22.9	21.5	1654	46
063994006623	1609	Tulelake High	Public	7-12	850 Main St.	Tulelake	96134	Siskiyou County	Tulelake Basin Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 667-2292	186	12	15.5	81.7%	26 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	147 (79.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.5%)	$16,673							22.9	16.9	1781	172
069106308694	1610	Castle Rock	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1260 Glenn St.	Crescent City	95531	Del Norte County	Del Norte County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 464-0390	337	16	21.2	65.9%	186 (55.2%)	1 (0.3%)	74 (22.0%)	6 (1.8%)	31 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (11.0%)								22.9	21.8	1646	36

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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.