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)
062583003877	951	Live Oak High	Public	9-12	1505 East Main Ave.	Morgan Hill	95037	Santa Clara County	Morgan Hill Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 201-6100	1,111	56	19.8	41.9%	259 (23.3%)	6 (0.5%)	744 (67.0%)	48 (4.3%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	46 (4.1%)	$5,499							46.7	43.6	1025	74
062223010314	952	Bear Creek High	Public	9-12	10555 Thornton Rd.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8234	1,880	101	18.7	67.7%	185 (9.8%)	256 (13.6%)	817 (43.5%)	469 (24.9%)	12 (0.6%)	14 (0.7%)	124 (6.6%)	$10,966							46.6	51.6	833	119
060241311365	953	Wallis Annenberg High	Public, Charter	9-12	4000 South Main St.	Los Angeles	90037	Los Angeles County	Wallis Annenberg High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-6343	461	27	16.8	98.9%	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	455 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								46.6	42.5	1054	101
060251614425	954	Granite Mountain Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8560 Aliento Rd.	Lucerne Valley	92356	San Bernardino County	Granite Mountain Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(909) 906-3593	3,942	138	28.4	47.5%	1,388 (35.2%)	138 (3.5%)	1,851 (47.0%)	181 (4.6%)	13 (0.3%)	9 (0.2%)	360 (9.1%)								46.5	42.6	1053	99
064214006897	955	Lincoln High	Public	9-12	790 J St.	Lincoln	95648	Placer County	Western Placer Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 645-6360	1,192	56	21.2	41.5%	557 (46.7%)	16 (1.3%)	482 (40.4%)	63 (5.3%)	9 (0.8%)	7 (0.6%)	58 (4.9%)	$10,320							46.4	61.5	625	330
061839008716	956	City Honors International Preparatory High	Public, Charter	9-12	120 West Regent St.	Inglewood	90301	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-4880	346	16	21.1	87.3%	2 (0.6%)	182 (52.6%)	141 (40.8%)	7 (2.0%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	8 (2.3%)								46.4	44.1	1010	54
061806008856	957	Coast High	Public	9-12	17231 Gothard St.	Huntington Beach	92647	Orange County	Huntington Beach Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 842-4227	181	9	20.1	42.5%	78 (43.1%)	4 (2.2%)	63 (34.8%)	23 (12.7%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.7%)	9 (5.0%)	$17,990							46.4	56.4	726	231
062994012340	958	CIS Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	2925 East Siera Madre Blvd.	Pasadena	91107	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(626) 396-5883	235	17	14.1	83.0%	42 (17.9%)	34 (14.5%)	145 (61.7%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	6 (2.6%)	$10,409							46.3	44.8	996	38
060161214144	959	Russell Westbrook Why Not? High	Public, Charter	9-12	4210 East Gage Ave.	Bell	90201	Los Angeles County	Russell Westbrook Why Not? High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 745-4928	171	16	10.9	90.6%	0 (0.0%)	28 (16.4%)	143 (83.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								46.3	24.5	1577	618
062106002532	960	Lassen High	Public	9-12	1110 Main St.	Susanville	96130	Lassen County	Lassen Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 257-2141	805	41	19.7	36.9%	438 (54.4%)	8 (1.0%)	191 (23.7%)	13 (1.6%)	16 (2.0%)	21 (2.6%)	107 (13.3%)	$9,710							46.2	33.6	1317	357

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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.