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)
062271010519	1811	CDS Secondary	Public	6-12	727 South Wilson St.	Los Angeles	90021	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 239-5656	20	4	4.9	80.0%	2 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$51,139							15	21.1	1673	138
062805004278	1812	Madison Park Academy 6-12	Public	6-12	400 Capistrano Dr.	Oakland	94603	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2315	664	33	20.1	99.5%	7 (1.1%)	76 (11.4%)	537 (80.9%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.7%)	18 (2.7%)	$6,957							15	19.1	1721	91
060780000744	1813	Redwood Continuation High	Public	9-12	18400 Clifton Way	Castro Valley	94546	Alameda County	Castro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 537-3193	118	7	15.8	66.1%	14 (11.9%)	11 (9.3%)	61 (51.7%)	10 (8.5%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.4%)	15 (12.7%)	$9,990							15	11.6	1965	152
061111012080	1814	Summit High (Continuation)	Public	10-12	43-330 Palm Royale Dr.	La Quinta	92253	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 238-9760	167	13	12.8	82.6%	28 (16.8%)	3 (1.8%)	125 (74.9%)	4 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.2%)	$11,758							14.9	14.3	1859	45
062271003444	1815	George Washington Preparatory High	Public	9-12	10860 South Denker Ave.	Los Angeles	90047	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 418-4000	775	47	16.5	96.9%	11 (1.4%)	302 (39.0%)	431 (55.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.5%)	$18,071							14.9	8.7	2148	333
063207004945	1816	Orangewood High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	515 Texas St.	Redlands	92374	San Bernardino County	Redlands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 307-5380	202	15	13.3	88.1%	24 (11.9%)	20 (9.9%)	142 (70.3%)	7 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (4.0%)	$16,362							14.9	14.7	1846	30
069101014014	1817	Imperial Pathways Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	1398 Sperber Rd.	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	Imperial County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(760) 312-5566	241	10	24.1	92.9%	6 (2.5%)	4 (1.7%)	230 (95.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								14.8	11.1	1997	180
062827004375	1818	Legacy High	Public	9-12	114 North Montgomery	Ojai	93023	Ventura County	Ojai Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 640-4330	49	3	18.3	57.1%	18 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (57.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.1%)								14.8	14.6	1854	36
063372005195	1819	Round Valley High	Public	9-12	Howard and High Sts.	Covelo	95428	Mendocino County	Round Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 983-6174	102	11	9.3	70.6%	11 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (26.5%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (61.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	$16,585							14.8			(n/a)
060171514217	1820	Vista Norte Public Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	248 East Base Line Rd.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Vista Norte Public Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 509-5496	631	24	26.3	88.0%	53 (8.4%)	31 (4.9%)	511 (81.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.8%)								14.8	14.9	1838	18

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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.