Best High Schools in California

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish California test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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)
060231714034	1091	Citrus Springs Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2121 North Grand Ave.	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Citrus Springs Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 252-8800	397	16	24.1	61.2%	112 (28.2%)	14 (3.5%)	230 (57.9%)	23 (5.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.0%)								41.4	48.2	908	183
063311005123	1092	Delta High	Public	10-12	52810 Netherlands Ave.	Clarksburg	95612	Yolo County	River Delta Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 744-1714	203	13	15.5	51.2%	55 (27.1%)	2 (1.0%)	135 (66.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	7 (3.4%)	$10,714							41.4	50.6	852	240
062271003017	1093	Foshay Learning Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	3751 South Harvard Blvd.	Los Angeles	90018	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 373-2700	1,721	85	20.1	93.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,799							41.4	32.4	1345	252
060006414357	1094	Porterville Military Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	900 West Pioneer Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7300	288	14	20.1	85.1%	58 (20.1%)	2 (0.7%)	214 (74.3%)	3 (1.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (2.1%)								41.3	37.9	1209	115
062271013086	1095	Linda Esperanza Marquez High C School of Social Justice	Public	9-12	6361 Cottage St.	Huntington Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 584-3800	617	33	18.7	96.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,568							41.3	28.3	1460	365
060243510836	1096	Animo South Los Angeles Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	11130 Western Ave.	Los Angeles	90047	Los Angeles County	Animo South Los Angeles Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 779-0544	617	30	20.9	96.9%	2 (0.3%)	90 (14.6%)	518 (84.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)								41.3	33.2	1327	231
060170610524	1097	Magnolia Science Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	18238 Sherman Way	Reseda	91335	Los Angeles County	Magnolia Science Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 609-0507	694	37	19	79.1%	21 (3.0%)	11 (1.6%)	621 (89.5%)	39 (5.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)								41.3	34.5	1293	196
060146708155	1098	Pacific Community Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	10 Lake St.	Point Arena	95468	Mendocino County	Pacific Community Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 882-4131	70	6	11.6	44.3%	45 (64.3%)	1 (1.4%)	9 (12.9%)	1 (1.4%)	12 (17.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)								41.3	18.9	1729	631
060243000137	1099	Norte Vista High	Public	9-12	6585 Crest Ave.	Riverside	92503	Riverside County	Alvord Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 358-1740	1,971	99	19.9	93.2%	80 (4.1%)	34 (1.7%)	1,799 (91.3%)	38 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.4%)	10 (0.5%)	$8,351							41.2	31.8	1365	266
060208810685	1100	Pathways Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	150 Professional Center Dr. St	Rohnert Park	94928	Sonoma County	Pathways Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 585-6510	309	16	18.8	46.3%	143 (46.3%)	8 (2.6%)	106 (34.3%)	15 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	33 (10.7%)								41.2	50.1	864	236

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.