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)
061650014320	1711	Hanford Online Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	905 Campus Dr.	Hanford	93230	Kings County	Hanford Joint Union High	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 583-5901	152	9	17.8	82.2%	27 (17.8%)	2 (1.3%)	109 (71.7%)	3 (2.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.6%)	$79,653							18.8	23.3	1613	98
060239514204	1712	Crescent View South II	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4348 West Shaw Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Crescent View South II District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 389-7270	1,252	50	24.9	88.3%	118 (9.4%)	60 (4.8%)	955 (76.3%)	28 (2.2%)	7 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	68 (5.4%)								18.8	20.5	1693	19
069102014312	1713	Come Back Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	350 West Yosemite Ave	Merced	95348	Merced County	Merced County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 386-6025	120	5	23.7	85.0%	21 (17.5%)	7 (5.8%)	86 (71.7%)	2 (1.7%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)								18.8	14.7	1848	135
063680503059	1714	Sierra@Home	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	33461 Lodge Rd.	Tollhouse	93667	Fresno County	Sierra Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 855-3020	68	6	12	61.8%	32 (47.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (22.1%)	1 (1.5%)	14 (20.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (8.8%)	$12,770							18.7	11.5	1973	259
063375005212	1715	Santana High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	341 South La Seda Rd.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 965-5971	103	10	9.8	94.2%	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.9%)	94 (91.3%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)								18.7	10.4	2033	318
069113710339	1716	Tioga High	Public	9-12	19304 Ferretti Rd.	Groveland	95321	Tuolumne County	Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 962-4763	53	8	7	39.6%	46 (86.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.8%)	$15,916							18.7	48.7	898	818
060360000283	1717	Sierra High	Public	9-12	1040 East Gladstone St.	Azusa	91702	Los Angeles County	Azusa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 852-8300	115	15	7.4	91.3%	3 (2.6%)	1 (0.9%)	111 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,152							18.7	18.5	1735	18
062271003163	1718	Manual Arts Senior High	Public	9-12	4131 South Vermont Ave.	Los Angeles	90037	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 846-7300	1,039	65	16	94.5%	17 (1.6%)	126 (12.1%)	883 (85.0%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.8%)	$12,871							18.7	19.5	1711	7
062250014120	1719	Richard D. Browning High	Public	9-12	2120 Obispo Ave.	Long Beach	90804	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 997-1700	326	19	17.6	63.8%	18 (5.5%)	71 (21.8%)	178 (54.6%)	35 (10.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.7%)	$13,711							18.6	16	1806	87
060001306176	1720	Victory High	Public	9-12	3250 Victory Dr.	Rocklin	95765	Placer County	Rocklin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 632-3195	85	6	14.2	40.0%	51 (60.0%)	3 (3.5%)	17 (20.0%)	3 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (12.9%)	$16,184							18.6	34.8	1283	437

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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.