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)
060270000197	2081	North Valley High	Public	9-12	20083 Olinda Rd.	Anderson	96007	Shasta County	Anderson Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 365-6054	90	5	17.1	78.9%	59 (65.6%)	2 (2.2%)	14 (15.6%)	4 (4.4%)	3 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.9%)	$12,876							9.2	8.5	2171	90
062007003176	2082	Richard H. Lewis Alternative	Public, Alternative	K-12	9707 Winchester	Lower Lake	95457	Lake County	Konocti Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 701-0264	96	4	24	75.0%	48 (50.0%)	5 (5.2%)	31 (32.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	1 (1.0%)	9 (9.4%)								9.2	12.6	1922	160
063627008476	2083	Selma Independent	Public	7-12	2269 Sylvia St.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6670	171	8	20.1	80.7%	11 (6.4%)	1 (0.6%)	152 (88.9%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$6,983							9.1	12.3	1936	147
063315003613	2084	Raincross High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	6401 Lincoln Ave.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 276-7670	238	11	20.7	84.5%	24 (10.1%)	14 (5.9%)	185 (77.7%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.2%)	$13,710							9.1	9.4	2094	10
069104714080	2085	Triton Academy	Public, Alternative	3-12	5250 Adolfo Rd.	Camarillo	93012	Ventura County	Ventura County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 384-0205	77	11	6.9	29.9%	30 (39.0%)	2 (2.6%)	38 (49.4%)	4 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.9%)	$42,589							9.1	21.1	1670	415
062271002128	2086	Youth Opportunities Unlimited	Public	9-12	915 West Manchester Ave.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 789-4731	42	9	4.6	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,563							9.1	9.4	2096	10
063025004725	2087	San Antonio High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	500 Vallejo St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 778-4758	86	7	13	65.1%	31 (36.0%)	1 (1.2%)	48 (55.8%)	3 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.5%)	$15,920							9.1	12.8	1914	173
063488005891	2088	Twin Oaks High	Public	9-12	158 Cassou Rd.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 290-2555	235	20	11.7	61.3%	49 (20.9%)	0 (0.0%)	164 (69.8%)	7 (3.0%)	7 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	$18,522							9.1	9.7	2080	8
064116006806	2089	Sequoia High	Public	9-12	1040 North Woodland St	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7649	360	20	18	83.3%	35 (9.7%)	11 (3.1%)	293 (81.4%)	6 (1.7%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	$9,066							9.1	10.2	2047	42
061495001631	2090	Mountain Lakes High	Public	10-12	17752 Shasta Dam Blvd.	Shasta Lake	96019	Shasta County	Gateway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 275-7000	61	3	20.4	80.3%	46 (75.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (11.5%)	4 (6.6%)	3 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	$22,954							9	11.4	1975	115

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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.