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)
062271014456	1791	Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies	Public	6-12	9171 Telfair Ave.	Sun Valley	91352	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 394-4600	347	22	15.8	91.9%	8 (2.3%)	2 (0.6%)	327 (94.2%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)								15.8	17.2	1772	19
060243713121	1792	Assurance Learning Academy	Public, Charter	8-12	43145 Business Center Ste. 102	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Assurance Learning Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 272-1225	3,111	115	27	85.2%	277 (8.9%)	229 (7.4%)	2,362 (75.9%)	29 (0.9%)	7 (0.2%)	6 (0.2%)	181 (5.8%)								15.7	14.9	1843	51
060002712094	1793	Keith McCarthy Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1405 Education Way	Lake Elsinore	92530	Riverside County	Lake Elsinore Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(951) 253-7777	470	23	20.6	72.6%	104 (22.1%)	26 (5.5%)	310 (66.0%)	10 (2.1%)	4 (0.9%)	4 (0.9%)	12 (2.6%)	$8,011							15.7	18.1	1744	49
060133207240	1794	Keema School for Independent Study	Public, Alternative	K-12	1281 North Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-3410	582	29	20.2	91.8%	110 (18.9%)	91 (15.6%)	265 (45.5%)	42 (7.2%)	7 (1.2%)	8 (1.4%)	57 (9.8%)								15.7	14.5	1856	62
061965007734	1795	Portola-Butler Continuation High	Public	9-12	760 Broadway St.	King City	93930	Monterey County	South Monterey County Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-4661	59	4	14.9	83.1%	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,585							15.7	7.7	2220	425
060162514154	1796	Alta Vista Innovation High	Public, Charter	9-12	11988 Hesperia Rd.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Alta Vista Innovation High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 203-4846	2,376	83	28.4	88.8%	222 (9.3%)	295 (12.4%)	1,717 (72.3%)	13 (0.5%)	21 (0.9%)	1 (0.0%)	95 (4.0%)								15.6	16.4	1789	7
060220914262	1797	Mojave River Academy - Oro Grande	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	12384 Palmdale Rd.	Victorville	92392	San Bernardino County	Mojave River Academy - Oro Grande District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 245-3222	754	32	23.3	86.3%	139 (18.4%)	44 (5.8%)	523 (69.4%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	32 (4.2%)								15.6	12.1	1942	145
062271003477	1798	Whitney Young Continuation	Public	9-12	3051 West 52nd St.	Los Angeles	90043	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 296-3258	25	2	12.2	100.0%	1 (4.0%)	12 (48.0%)	11 (44.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,255							15.6	7.6	2231	433
060000310347	1799	California School for the Deaf-Fremont	Public, Alternative	K-12	39350 Gallaudet Dr.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl)	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 794-3666	300	72	4.1	99.0%	63 (21.0%)	17 (5.7%)	166 (55.3%)	33 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	17 (5.7%)	$49,408							15.6	7.9	2208	409
060178111401	1800	SIATech	Public, Charter	10-12	2611 Temple Heights Dr. Ste. A	Oceanside	92056	San Diego County	SIATech District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 945-1227	1,080	43	25.3	93.1%	86 (8.0%)	154 (14.3%)	750 (69.4%)	16 (1.5%)	8 (0.7%)	7 (0.6%)	59 (5.5%)								15.6	17.4	1766	34

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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.