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)
060133106605	1551	Trinity High	Public	9-12	321 Victory Ln.	Weaverville	96093	Trinity County	Trinity Alps Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 623-6127	316	19	16.5	59.5%	228 (72.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.5%)	5 (1.6%)	13 (4.1%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (13.0%)								25.1	44.6	1000	551
060163613926	1552	Alpha Cindy Avitia High	Public, Charter	9-12	1881 Cunningham Ave.	San Jose	95122	Santa Clara County	Alpha Cindy Avitia High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 791-1558	455	26	17.4	66.6%	8 (1.8%)	3 (0.7%)	417 (91.6%)	24 (5.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)								25.1	32.7	1338	214
060224712930	1553	Guajome Learning Centers	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2000 North Santa Fe Ave.	Vista	92083	San Diego County	Guajome Learning Centers District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 631-8500	55	4	14.5	36.4%	11 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (65.5%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (12.7%)								25	30.4	1403	150
060285000207	1554	Antioch High	Public	9-12	700 West 18th St	Antioch	94509	Contra Costa County	Antioch Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 779-7550	1,960	86	22.8	81.1%	216 (11.0%)	368 (18.8%)	1,161 (59.2%)	89 (4.5%)	9 (0.5%)	32 (1.6%)	82 (4.2%)	$7,039							25	22.6	1629	75
060154312456	1555	New Designs Charter School-Watts	Public, Charter	6-12	12714 South Avalon Blvd.	Los Angeles	90061	Los Angeles County	New Designs Charter School-Watts District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 418-0600	255	11	23.1	63.5%	0 (0.0%)	145 (56.9%)	109 (42.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)								25	21	1678	123
060006206752	1556	Oakdale Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	1235 East D St.	Oakdale	95361	Stanislaus County	Oakdale Joint Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 848-4361	53	3	17.7	35.8%	35 (66.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (18.9%)	2 (3.8%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (9.4%)	$7,063							24.9	50.7	847	709
062271003034	1557	Gardena Senior High	Public	9-12	1301 West 182nd St.	Gardena	90248	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 354-5000	1,560	78	19.9	92.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,354							24.9	22.1	1643	86
063682007256	1558	Calico Continuation High	Public	6-12	33525 Ponnay	Yermo	92327	San Bernardino County	Silver Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 254-2715	31	1	24.4	80.6%	11 (35.5%)	4 (12.9%)	13 (41.9%)	2 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,423							24.9	12.3	1933	375
060256611863	1559	Riverside Preparatory	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	19121 Third St.	Oro Grande	92368	San Bernardino County	Riverside Preparatory District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 243-5884	2,508	109	23	80.8%	388 (15.5%)	450 (17.9%)	1,507 (60.1%)	38 (1.5%)	34 (1.4%)	26 (1.0%)	63 (2.5%)								24.9	23.8	1596	37
061389009821	1560	Walnutwood High (Independent Study)	Public, Alternative	K-12	10848 Gadsten Way	Rancho Cordova	95670	Sacramento County	Folsom-Cordova Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 294-9105	199	13	15.2	31.7%	121 (60.8%)	8 (4.0%)	43 (21.6%)	5 (2.5%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	18 (9.0%)	$7,985							24.7	30.6	1396	164

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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.