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)
060690000633	2221	Aurora High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1391 Kloke Rd.	Calexico	92231	Imperial County	Calexico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 768-3940	177	12	14.7	79.1%	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.1%)	174 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								7.4	10	2057	164
062423007780	2222	San Joaquin High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	599 Fifth St.	Mc Farland	93250	Kern County	McFarland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 792-6312	52	2	23.6	88.5%	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (98.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,240							7.4	9.3	2102	120
069102909241	2223	San Bernardino County Juve Detention and Assessment Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	900 Gilbert St.	San Bernardino	92415	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 387-7490	123	8	15.3	97.6%	6 (4.9%)	41 (33.3%)	70 (56.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.3%)	$26,977							7.4	7.3	2251	28
060006908608	2224	Oak Glen High	Public	9-12	14172 West Oak Glen Rd.	Valley Center	92082	San Diego County	Valley Center-Pauma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 751-0455	63	4	14.6	74.6%	4 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (63.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.9%)	$14,371							7.4	9.9	2070	154
069102008217	2225	Valley Merced Community	Public, Alternative	K-12	1850 Wardrobe Ave.	Merced	95341	Merced County	Merced County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 381-4500	81	5	16.3	96.3%	6 (7.4%)	7 (8.6%)	66 (81.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.5%)	$14,230							7.3	7.5	2237	12
062805007326	2226	Rudsdale Continuation High	Public	9-12	8251 Fontaine St.	Oakland	94605	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2352	304	14	21.8	99.3%	1 (0.3%)	31 (10.2%)	267 (87.8%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$3,447							7.3			(n/a)
062187012847	2227	Loma Vista Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	290 North Harvard	Lindsay	93247	Tulare County	Lindsay Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 562-5111	43	1	37.3	93.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (93.0%)	3 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,983							7.3			(n/a)
063471005858	2228	Royal Sunset (Continuation)	Public	7-12	20450 Royal Ave.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	San Lorenzo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 317-4400	118	9	12.6	79.7%	7 (5.9%)	15 (12.7%)	78 (66.1%)	13 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	2 (1.7%)	$12,198							7.3	9.4	2099	129
060223012197	2229	YouthBuild Charter School of California	Public, Charter	9-12	611 Wilshire Blvd. Ste. 303	Los Angeles	90017	Los Angeles County	YouthBuild Charter School of California District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 741-2600	888	36	24.7	87.3%	17 (1.9%)	160 (18.0%)	685 (77.1%)	2 (0.2%)	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.6%)								7.3	9.8	2074	155
060981001043	2230	Centennial Continuation High	Public	9-12	250 East Fig Ln.	Corning	96021	Tehama County	Corning Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 824-7400	74	4	18.8	89.2%	19 (25.7%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (70.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.7%)	$10,411							7.3	8.4	2180	50

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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.