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)
063680006232	701	Burroughs High	Public	9-12	500 East French St.	Ridgecrest	93555	Kern County	Sierra Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 499-1800	1,518	75	20.2	48.0%	765 (50.4%)	95 (6.3%)	487 (32.1%)	74 (4.9%)	18 (1.2%)	9 (0.6%)	60 (4.0%)								56.8	67.5	517	184
063639006198	702	Sequoia High	Public	9-12	1201 Brewster Ave.	Redwood City	94062	San Mateo County	Sequoia Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 367-9780	1,903	105	18.1	34.3%	604 (31.7%)	18 (0.9%)	1,116 (58.6%)	94 (4.9%)	9 (0.5%)	17 (0.9%)	45 (2.4%)	$9,942							56.8	76.3	394	308
060157800869	703	Mueller Charter (Robert L.)	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	715 I St.	Chula Vista	91910	San Diego County	Mueller Charter (Robert L.) District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 422-6192	1,555	69	22.4	72.9%	67 (4.3%)	19 (1.2%)	1,421 (91.4%)	23 (1.5%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (1.4%)								56.7	58.8	676	27
061233001398	704	Elk Grove High	Public	9-12	9800 Elk Grove-Florin Rd.	Elk Grove	95624	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 686-7741	1,692	83	20.3	37.1%	607 (35.9%)	120 (7.1%)	462 (27.3%)	292 (17.3%)	8 (0.5%)	37 (2.2%)	166 (9.8%)	$7,336							56.6	59.3	670	34
060189111138	705	High Technical High International	Public, Charter	9-12	2855 Farragut Rd.	San Diego	92106	San Diego County	High Technical High International District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 398-4900	386	17	22.7	39.9%	92 (23.8%)	18 (4.7%)	214 (55.4%)	17 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (11.4%)								56.5	63.2	596	109
060237811789	706	Family Partnership Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1157 E. Clark Ave. Ste. H	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Family Partnership Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 348-3333	400	23	17	44.0%	206 (51.5%)	3 (0.8%)	151 (37.8%)	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.3%)								56.5	50.1	862	156
060141506864	707	Washington High	Public	9-12	6041 South Elm Ave.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Washington Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 485-8805	1,115	52	21.3	80.2%	54 (4.8%)	60 (5.4%)	904 (81.1%)	76 (6.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (1.6%)	$13,873							56.4	52.2	822	115
063585006136	708	Santa Ynez Valley Union High	Public	9-12	2975 Mission Dr.	Solvang	93463	Santa Barbara County	Santa Ynez Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 688-6487	850	44	19.4	27.1%	391 (46.0%)	4 (0.5%)	405 (47.6%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.4%)	$13,766							56.4	75.3	408	300
060015811503	709	John H. Pitman High	Public	9-12	2525 West Christoffersen Pkwy.	Turlock	95382	Stanislaus County	Turlock Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 656-1592	1,982	93	21.4	65.5%	554 (28.0%)	36 (1.8%)	1,106 (55.8%)	196 (9.9%)	14 (0.7%)	14 (0.7%)	61 (3.1%)	$10,898							56.3	47.2	928	219
062271003209	710	Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High	Public	9-12	24300 Western Ave.	Harbor City	90710	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 257-7100	1,667	87	19	79.6%	53 (3.2%)	297 (17.8%)	1,167 (70.0%)	98 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (1.2%)	32 (1.9%)	$10,375							56.3	49.9	869	159

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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.