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)
060251714429	681	California Connections Academy Monterey Bay	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	108 Whispering Pines Dr. Ste.	Scotts Valley	95066	Santa Cruz County	California Connections Academy Monterey Bay District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(831) 200-3419	476	11	43.1	36.1%	131 (27.5%)	3 (0.6%)	194 (40.8%)	68 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	73 (15.3%)								58	64.6	565	116
060237111073	682	Heritage Peak Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	631 L St.	Rio Linda	95673	Sacramento County	Heritage Peak Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(866) 992-9033	1,106	45	24.6	46.5%	640 (57.9%)	58 (5.2%)	249 (22.5%)	88 (8.0%)	17 (1.5%)	5 (0.5%)	48 (4.3%)								58	45.5	984	302
060903009760	683	Enterprise Alternative	Public, Alternative	K-12	1550 Herndon Ave.	Clovis	93611	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-1900	45	6	6.9	55.6%	21 (46.7%)	3 (6.7%)	15 (33.3%)	5 (11.1%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								58	38.2	1200	517
060243013184	684	Hillcrest High	Public	9-12	11800 Indiana Ave.	Riverside	92503	Riverside County	Alvord Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 358-1755	1,824	79	22.9	72.9%	263 (14.4%)	112 (6.1%)	1,217 (66.7%)	175 (9.6%)	8 (0.4%)	16 (0.9%)	31 (1.7%)	$7,865							57.9	56.1	732	48
063363005191	685	Roseville High	Public	9-12	1 Tiger Way	Roseville	95678	Placer County	Roseville Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 782-3753	1,617	73	22.1	28.2%	790 (48.9%)	62 (3.8%)	474 (29.3%)	185 (11.4%)	14 (0.9%)	14 (0.9%)	68 (4.2%)	$7,872							57.9	66	540	145
063132007136	686	Diamond Ranch High	Public	9-12	100 Diamond Ranch Dr.	Pomona	91766	Los Angeles County	Pomona Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 397-4715	1,547	67	23.1	77.6%	74 (4.8%)	88 (5.7%)	1,165 (75.3%)	168 (10.9%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	46 (3.0%)	$5,491							57.9	64	578	108
060221911640	687	Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	12628 Avalon Blvd.	Los Angeles	90061	Los Angeles County	Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 756-3930	572	29	20	95.6%	4 (0.7%)	43 (7.5%)	519 (90.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)								57.7	48.1	912	225
062271013173	688	Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med	Public	9-12	6361 Cottage St.	Huntington Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 584-3800	711	32	22.2	95.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,002							57.7	57.8	693	5
060797014556	689	Central High	Public	9-12	2045 North Dickenson Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-5276	772	46	16.9	75.3%	147 (19.0%)	34 (4.4%)	449 (58.2%)	131 (17.0%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)								57.7	42.1	1073	384
063560007437	690	Alternative Family Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	840 North Branciforte Ave.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 429-3898	108	5	22.5	25.9%	56 (51.9%)	8 (7.4%)	28 (25.9%)	4 (3.7%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (9.3%)								57.6	70.8	467	223

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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.