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)
062271012858	1431	Cesar E. Chavez Learning Acads-Academy of Scientific Explr (ASE)	Public	9-12	1001 Arroyo Ave.	San Fernando	91340	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 838-3926	450	24	19.1	93.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,716							29.8	29.2	1439	8
060000908779	1432	Cuyama Valley High	Public	9-12	4500 Highway 166	New Cuyama	93254	Santa Barbara County	Cuyama Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 766-2293	59	4	14.6	86.4%	10 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (83.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,653							29.8	38.1	1204	228
062825004368	1433	Oceanside High	Public	9-12	1 Pirates Cove	Oceanside	92054	San Diego County	Oceanside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 901-8200	1,907	85	22.3	73.7%	401 (21.0%)	89 (4.7%)	1,201 (63.0%)	53 (2.8%)	8 (0.4%)	40 (2.1%)	106 (5.6%)	$12,902							29.8	48.5	902	531
060263000180	1434	Loara High	Public	9-12	1765 West Cerritos Ave.	Anaheim	92804	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 999-3677	1,650	85	19.4	88.7%	73 (4.4%)	17 (1.0%)	1,357 (82.2%)	171 (10.4%)	2 (0.1%)	10 (0.6%)	20 (1.2%)	$12,795							29.7	34.3	1299	135
060182513697	1435	Opportunities for Learning - Duarte	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1202-1204 Huntington Dr.	Duarte	91010	Los Angeles County	Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 303-2113	88	4	20.4	62.5%	14 (15.9%)	4 (4.5%)	65 (73.9%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.4%)								29.6	32.6	1341	94
060962000975	1436	Centennial High	Public	9-12	2606 North Central Ave.	Compton	90222	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 635-2715	929	46	20	63.4%	2 (0.2%)	190 (20.5%)	723 (77.8%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (0.9%)								29.6	21.2	1666	230
062964004602	1437	Palo Verde High	Public	9-12	667 North Lovekin Blvd.	Blythe	92225	Riverside County	Palo Verde Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 922-7148	820	39	21	76.2%	141 (17.2%)	60 (7.3%)	590 (72.0%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.7%)	$6,806							29.5	24.9	1567	130
061455001762	1438	Roosevelt High	Public	9-12	4250 East Tulare St.	Fresno	93702	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 253-5200	2,228	116	19.2	91.8%	74 (3.3%)	118 (5.3%)	1,809 (81.2%)	188 (8.4%)	7 (0.3%)	7 (0.3%)	21 (0.9%)	$9,737							29.5	30.6	1397	41
061954002356	1439	West High	Public	9-12	1200 New Stine Rd.	Bakersfield	93309	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 832-2822	2,025	73	27.6	90.9%	196 (9.7%)	272 (13.4%)	1,469 (72.5%)	35 (1.7%)	17 (0.8%)	7 (0.3%)	29 (1.4%)	$8,798							29.5	30.3	1406	33
062927004519	1440	Hueneme High	Public	9-12	500 West Bard Rd.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Oxnard Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-2667	2,279	97	23.4	86.5%	51 (2.2%)	16 (0.7%)	2,141 (93.9%)	51 (2.2%)	1 (0.0%)	3 (0.1%)	16 (0.7%)	$9,945							29.5	27.8	1485	45

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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.