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)
062223014403	841	Valley Robotics Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	13451 North Extension Rd.	Lodi	95242	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 331-8008	381	14	27.9	60.6%	108 (28.3%)	23 (6.0%)	135 (35.4%)	81 (21.3%)	3 (0.8%)	9 (2.4%)	22 (5.8%)								50.7	62.2	615	226
062271003416	842	Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12	Public, Alternative	K-12	6701 Balboa Blvd.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 342-6133	587	28	20.6	84.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,554							50.7	50.9	844	2
062958014567	843	Palmdale Academy Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3838 East Ave. R	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 234-4800	535	25	21.3	83.4%	18 (3.4%)	48 (9.0%)	446 (83.4%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.8%)								50.6			(n/a)
060197514165	844	Clarksville Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4818 Golden Foothill Parkway S	El Dorado Hills	95762	El Dorado County	Clarksville Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(916) 957-5802	1,937	64	30.3	35.0%	1,365 (70.5%)	15 (0.8%)	289 (14.9%)	30 (1.5%)	10 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	223 (11.5%)								50.6	50.3	858	14
060001109065	845	Herlong High	Public	9-12	200 DS Hall	Herlong	96113	Lassen County	Fort Sage Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 827-2101	41	4	9.2	90.2%	23 (56.1%)	4 (9.8%)	5 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (17.1%)	$9,942							50.6			(n/a)
060723000665	846	Del Mar High	Public	9-12	1224 Del Mar Ave.	San Jose	95128	Santa Clara County	Campbell Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 626-3403	1,293	62	20.7	69.0%	178 (13.8%)	59 (4.6%)	897 (69.4%)	108 (8.4%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	40 (3.1%)	$8,148							50.5	61.9	620	226
061392012517	847	Jurupa Hills High	Public	9-12	10700 Oleander Ave.	Fontana	92337	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-6300	1,829	90	20.2	77.3%	68 (3.7%)	82 (4.5%)	1,599 (87.4%)	41 (2.2%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (1.4%)								50.4	46.9	944	97
060152210634	848	Altus Schools Audeo	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	10170 Huennekens St.	San Diego	92121	San Diego County	Altus Schools Audeo District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 678-2050	309	16	19.7	62.8%	103 (33.3%)	26 (8.4%)	141 (45.6%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (9.4%)								50.3	51.6	834	14
060330000247	849	Atascadero High	Public	9-12	1 High School Hill	Atascadero	93422	San Luis Obispo County	Atascadero Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 462-4300	1,173	61	19.2	46.5%	725 (61.8%)	15 (1.3%)	352 (30.0%)	24 (2.0%)	6 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (3.9%)	$10,815							50.3	60	659	190
063511005938	850	San Rafael High	Public	9-12	150 Third St.	San Rafael	94901	Marin County	San Rafael City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 485-2330	1,265	59	21.5	68.9%	296 (23.4%)	12 (0.9%)	898 (71.0%)	40 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	13 (1.0%)	$10,081							50.3	40.4	1129	279

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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.