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)
060162813064	1151	ABLE Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6515 Inglewood Ave.	Stockton	95207	San Joaquin County	ABLE Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 478-1600	1,189	54	22.1	72.3%	77 (6.5%)	143 (12.0%)	792 (66.6%)	101 (8.5%)	6 (0.5%)	7 (0.6%)	63 (5.3%)								39.4	34.6	1289	138
061281014193	1152	Redding Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3200 Adams Ln.	Redding	96002	Shasta County	Enterprise Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 224-4240	188	6	32.3	64.4%	137 (72.9%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (6.4%)	5 (2.7%)	5 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (14.9%)	$6,744							39.3	44.9	991	161
064271006978	1153	Willows High	Public	9-12	203 North Murdock Ave.	Willows	95988	Glenn County	Willows Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 934-6611	470	24	19.7	75.5%	174 (37.0%)	6 (1.3%)	247 (52.6%)	28 (6.0%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$10,153							39.3	41.1	1104	49
060180614203	1154	iLEAD Online	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3720 Sierra Hwy.	Acton	93510	Los Angeles County	iLEAD Online District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(661) 644-8701	266	36	7.4	53.8%	72 (27.1%)	50 (18.8%)	99 (37.2%)	11 (4.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (10.9%)								39.2	52.6	812	342
060756000727	1155	Carpinteria Senior High	Public	9-12	4810 Foothill Rd.	Carpinteria	93013	Santa Barbara County	Carpinteria Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 684-4107	653	36	18.2	70.3%	134 (20.5%)	1 (0.2%)	495 (75.8%)	9 (1.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.5%)	$8,649							39.2	45.3	988	167
060797014455	1156	Central Online Home	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	2280 N. Valentine Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 276-3140	269	8	35	81.0%	39 (14.5%)	25 (9.3%)	171 (63.6%)	22 (8.2%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.6%)								39.1	30.5	1401	245
061965008221	1157	Greenfield High	Public	9-12	225 South El Camino Real	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	South Monterey County Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-2751	1,384	59	23.3	87.1%	11 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1,363 (98.5%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	$9,357							39.1	38.6	1186	29
060001405093	1158	Sultana High	Public	9-12	17311 Sultana Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 947-6777	2,169	90	24.1	49.0%	481 (22.2%)	99 (4.6%)	1,515 (69.8%)	24 (1.1%)	13 (0.6%)	8 (0.4%)	29 (1.3%)	$7,669							39	41.1	1105	53
063864006477	1159	Castle Park Senior High	Public	9-12	1395 Hilltop Dr.	Chula Vista	91911	San Diego County	Sweetwater Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 585-2000	1,433	66	21.8	80.8%	107 (7.5%)	19 (1.3%)	1,224 (85.4%)	52 (3.6%)	8 (0.6%)	4 (0.3%)	19 (1.3%)	$8,127							39	36.8	1232	73
062271003020	1160	John H. Francis Polytechnic	Public	9-12	12431 Roscoe Blvd.	Sun Valley	91352	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 394-3600	2,232	118	18.9	94.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,603							38.9	43.2	1042	118

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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.