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)
062637010197	2031	Prospect High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	One Santa Barbara Rd.	Pleasant Hill	94523	Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 682-8000	66	5	13.3	47.0%	12 (18.2%)	3 (4.5%)	39 (59.1%)	5 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (9.1%)	$17,690							9.9	7.6	2227	196
063873006510	2032	Buena Vista High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	900 North 10th St.	Taft	93268	Kern County	Taft Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 763-2383	84	6	14.6	85.7%	24 (28.6%)	1 (1.2%)	58 (69.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)								9.8	8.7	2147	115
062223002776	2033	Plaza Robles Continuation High	Public	9-12	9434 Thornton Rd.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8068	117	11	10.9	72.6%	22 (18.8%)	11 (9.4%)	45 (38.5%)	32 (27.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	5 (4.3%)	$14,906							9.8	18.8	1732	301
062271003276	2034	George S. Patton Continuation	Public	9-12	24514 South Western Ave.	Harbor City	90710	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 257-4740	47	3	15.3	91.5%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,525							9.8	10.7	2017	17
063417007344	2035	San Andreas High	Public	10-12	3232 East Pacific St.	Highland	92346	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6521	499	31	15.9	91.6%	23 (4.6%)	62 (12.4%)	391 (78.4%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.0%)	$13,660							9.8	9.3	2112	77
062805012992	2036	Castlemont High	Public	9-12	8601 MacArthur Blvd.	Oakland	94605	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2301	680	45	15.2	98.2%	2 (0.3%)	187 (27.5%)	426 (62.6%)	10 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (2.4%)	38 (5.6%)	$8,367							9.8	8.2	2191	155
063762006372	2037	Rare Earth High (Continuation)	Public	7-12	2601 Rosamond Blvd.	Rosamond	93560	Kern County	Southern Kern Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 256-5090	50	4	12.3	92.0%	9 (18.0%)	4 (8.0%)	35 (70.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	$5,433							9.8	7.6	2231	194
060239614253	2038	Matrix for Success Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	1010 East 34th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Matrix for Success Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 897-5971	170	7	24.1	94.1%	2 (1.2%)	7 (4.1%)	160 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								9.8	12.9	1908	130
062994004669	2039	Rose City High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	351 South Hudson Ave.	Pasadena	91101	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 396-5620	167	11	15.6	90.4%	8 (4.8%)	16 (9.6%)	135 (80.8%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)	$15,971							9.8	8.9	2143	104
062523003771	2040	Mojave Junior/Senior High	Public	6-12	15732 O St.	Mojave	93501	Kern County	Mojave Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 824-4088	396	20	19.8	90.9%	31 (7.8%)	98 (24.7%)	235 (59.3%)	6 (1.5%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.8%)	$9,247							9.8	13.2	1894	146

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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.