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)
060004714472	1761	Tracy Independent Study Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1904 North Corral Hollow Rd.	Tracy	95376	San Joaquin County	Tracy Joint Unified	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(209) 830-3200	317	17	18.6	76.3%	48 (15.1%)	29 (9.1%)	162 (51.1%)	46 (14.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	29 (9.1%)								16.8	25.7	1543	218
063697010370	1762	Eagle Summit Community Day	Public	6-12	9258 Malpaso Rd.	Phelan	92371	San Bernardino County	Snowline Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 868-5400	24	3	7.8	79.2%	3 (12.5%)	2 (8.3%)	16 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (12.5%)	$34,332							16.8	4.2	2330	568
060002207970	1762	Mendota Community Day	Public	7-12	241 Smoot Ave.	Mendota	93640	Fresno County	Mendota Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 655-4412	7	2	4.3		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,812							16.8			(n/a)
060561000506	1764	Chaparral High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	121 West Allen Ave.	San Dimas	91773	Los Angeles County	Bonita Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 971-8240	76	11	6.6	52.6%	5 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (84.2%)	2 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.6%)								16.8	9.1	2125	361
062991004657	1765	Parlier High	Public	9-12	603 Third St.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-3573	928	53	17.6	91.1%	6 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	911 (98.2%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$8,937							16.8	24	1590	175
064059014015	1766	Ernest Kimme Charter Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	194 Bella Vista Rd	Vacaville	95687	Solano County	Vacaville Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 469-2305	343	21	16.6	58.3%	93 (27.1%)	24 (7.0%)	171 (49.9%)	7 (2.0%)	3 (0.9%)	5 (1.5%)	37 (10.8%)	$9,502							16.7	17	1780	14
063471005859	1767	San Lorenzo High	Public	9-12	50 East Lewelling Blvd.	San Lorenzo	94580	Alameda County	San Lorenzo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 317-3000	1,136	50	22.6	85.5%	44 (3.9%)	115 (10.1%)	800 (70.4%)	126 (11.1%)	4 (0.4%)	18 (1.6%)	27 (2.4%)	$6,707							16.7	25.8	1537	230
060172814205	1768	Kings Valley Academy II	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	312 West Seventh St.	Hanford	93280	Kern County	Kings Valley Academy II District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 242-2506	1,066	49	21.5	90.2%	107 (10.0%)	21 (2.0%)	889 (83.4%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (2.9%)								16.7	17.2	1771	3
063441005650	1769	Mission High	Public	9-12	3750 18th St.	San Francisco	94114	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 241-6240	1,084	57	19	58.9%	80 (7.4%)	132 (12.2%)	746 (68.8%)	70 (6.5%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	52 (4.8%)	$6,103							16.7	24.4	1579	190
060163313704	1770	College Bridge Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	3635 Atlantic Ave	Long Beach	90807	Los Angeles County	College Bridge Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 285-1111	251	12	20.3	97.6%	1 (0.4%)	59 (23.5%)	187 (74.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)								16.7	8.8	2145	375

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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.