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)
063432011148	401	Kearny Eng Innov & Design	Public	9-12	1954 Komet Way	San Diego	92111	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 221-5300	311	13	23.2	55.9%	47 (15.1%)	27 (8.7%)	168 (54.0%)	48 (15.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.1%)	$9,391							75	81.3	305	96
060214808303	402	Preuss School UCSD	Public, Charter	6-12	9500 Gilman Dr.	La Jolla	92093	San Diego County	Preuss School UCSD District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 822-3000	839	44	19.1	90.8%	18 (2.1%)	164 (19.5%)	495 (59.0%)	137 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.0%)								75	74.4	418	16
060483000471	403	Beverly Hills High	Public	9-12	241 Moreno Dr.	Beverly Hills	90212	Los Angeles County	Beverly Hills Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 229-3685	1,220	82	14.7	17.2%	854 (70.0%)	40 (3.3%)	113 (9.3%)	138 (11.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (6.1%)	$15,387							74.9	80.9	312	91
060250614418	404	Shasta View Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	675 Shasta View Dr.	Redding	96003	Shasta County	Shasta View Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 233-3861	509	25	20.6	47.7%	385 (75.6%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (11.2%)	7 (1.4%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (9.4%)								74.9	79	341	63
063204014118	405	Stellar Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5885 East Bonnyview Rd.	Redding	96001	Shasta County	Redding Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 245-7730	200	14	14.5	44.0%	143 (71.5%)	1 (0.5%)	34 (17.0%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (9.0%)	$8,371							74.9	71.3	462	57
062271002970	406	Eagle Rock High	Public	7-12	1750 Yosemite Dr.	Los Angeles	90041	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 340-3500	2,069	105	19.7	48.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,205							74.9	77.7	372	34
060169012342	407	Alliance Leichtman-Levine FAM Foundation Env Sci High	Public, Charter	9-12	2930 Fletcher Dr.	Los Angeles	90065	Los Angeles County	Alliance Leichtman-Levine FAM Foundation Env Sci High Distr	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 739-0560	339	19	17.4	89.4%	4 (1.2%)	3 (0.9%)	295 (87.0%)	30 (8.8%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)								74.8	71.1	464	57
060015310931	408	San Gabriel High	Public	9-12	801 South Ramona St.	San Gabriel	91776	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 943-6800	1,814	79	22.9	66.9%	16 (0.9%)	3 (0.2%)	713 (39.3%)	1,001 (55.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (4.4%)	$10,814							74.6	77.6	375	33
063694006279	409	Mount Shasta High	Public	9-12	710 Everitt Memorial Hwy.	Mount Shasta	96067	Siskiyou County	Siskiyou Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 926-2614	266	14	18.6	30.5%	185 (69.5%)	2 (0.8%)	34 (12.8%)	3 (1.1%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	35 (13.2%)	$11,367							74.6	69.9	484	75
060175308599	410	High Technical High	Public, Charter	9-12	2861 Womble Rd.	San Diego	92106	San Diego County	High Technical High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 243-5000	521	28	18.6	36.1%	147 (28.2%)	32 (6.1%)	268 (51.4%)	28 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	44 (8.4%)								74.5	77.1	382	28

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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.