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)
060190610666	2171	Escuela Popular Accelerated Family Learning	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	149 North White Rd.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Escuela Popular Accelerated Family Learning District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 275-7190	391	17	22.9	91.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	391 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								8	15	1836	335
060185613826	2172	Fusion Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	441 West Linwood Ave.	Turlock	95380	Stanislaus County	Fusion Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 667-9047	126	4	28.3	81.7%	26 (20.6%)	3 (2.4%)	85 (67.5%)	3 (2.4%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.3%)								8	8.6	2156	16
062274003484	2173	San Luis High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	125 Seventh St.	Los Banos	93635	Merced County	Los Banos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 826-8410	86	6	13.9	93.0%	4 (4.7%)	1 (1.2%)	79 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	1 (1.2%)	$17,753							8	10.2	2046	127
060001409073	2174	Mojave High	Public	9-12	16633 Lemon St.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 948-3999	329	18	18.6	70.2%	36 (10.9%)	28 (8.5%)	258 (78.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	$11,411							8	8.4	2176	2
063583006130	2175	Ridgway High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	325 Ridgway Ave.	Santa Rosa	95401	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3770	233	18	13.3	45.1%	39 (16.7%)	6 (2.6%)	166 (71.2%)	8 (3.4%)	3 (1.3%)	2 (0.9%)	8 (3.4%)	$18,040							8	9.5	2091	84
062991013666	2176	San Joaquin Valley High	Public	7-12	900 Newmark Ave.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-2723	72	6	12.4	90.3%	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,567							8	10.4	2032	144
069100709220	2177	Fresno County Special Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	1111 Van Ness Ave.	Fresno	93721	Fresno County	Fresno County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 265-3049	574	72	8	65.0%	57 (9.9%)	23 (4.0%)	431 (75.1%)	42 (7.3%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	15 (2.6%)	$56,645							7.9	6.4	2299	122
060846000833	2178	Buena Vista Continuation High	Public	9-12	13509 Ramona Ave.	Chino	91710	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 628-9903	184	14	13.2	72.8%	8 (4.3%)	3 (1.6%)	156 (84.8%)	11 (6.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.2%)	$14,376							7.9	15.3	1822	356
062271003314	2179	Will Rogers Continuation	Public	9-12	14711 Gilmore St.	Van Nuys	91411	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 778-6895	136	9	15.1	99.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,419							7.9	11.3	1977	202
062271002972	2180	Amelia Earhart Continuation	Public	9-12	5355 Colfax Ave.	North Hollywood	91601	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 769-4877	74	4	18.1	94.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,909							7.9	10.7	2015	165

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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.