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)
060245810461	431	Oakland School for the Arts	Public, Charter	6-12	530 18th St.	Oakland	94612	Alameda County	Oakland School for the Arts District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 873-8800	780	33	23.3	23.7%	234 (30.0%)	168 (21.5%)	165 (21.2%)	44 (5.6%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.5%)	136 (17.4%)								73.4	77.6	376	55
060964001024	432	Thousand Oaks High	Public	9-12	2323 North Moorpark Rd.	Thousand Oaks	91360	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 495-7491	1,728	81	21.2	23.4%	804 (46.5%)	20 (1.2%)	684 (39.6%)	109 (6.3%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	97 (5.6%)	$8,708							73.1	79	340	92
060245008786	433	Amador High	Public	9-12	330 Spanish St.	Sutter Creek	95685	Amador County	Amador County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 257-7300	627	34	18.3	39.9%	403 (64.3%)	4 (0.6%)	157 (25.0%)	6 (1.0%)	16 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.9%)	$5,785							73	70.3	477	44
061954010223	434	Stockdale High	Public	9-12	2800 Buena Vista Rd.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 665-2800	2,313	88	26.4	42.5%	511 (22.1%)	112 (4.8%)	1,054 (45.6%)	396 (17.1%)	7 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	229 (9.9%)	$7,668							72.9	82	297	137
060191107296	435	Academy for Academic Excellence	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	17500 Mana Rd.	Apple Valley	92307	San Bernardino County	Academy for Academic Excellence District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 946-5414	1,496	68	21.8	39.7%	607 (40.6%)	41 (2.7%)	673 (45.0%)	70 (4.7%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	101 (6.8%)								72.9	70.7	470	35
063660006210	436	Enterprise High	Public	9-12	3411 Churn Creek Rd.	Redding	96002	Shasta County	Shasta Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 222-6601	1,158	54	21.5	70.6%	553 (47.8%)	74 (6.4%)	259 (22.4%)	145 (12.5%)	56 (4.8%)	7 (0.6%)	56 (4.8%)	$8,548							72.8	67.5	516	80
062271002923	437	Grover Cleveland Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	8140 Vanalden Ave.	Reseda	91335	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 885-2300	2,784	122	22.7	70.6%	449 (16.1%)	105 (3.8%)	1,728 (62.1%)	372 (13.4%)	4 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	123 (4.4%)	$9,336							72.8	68.4	505	68
060004712372	438	John C. Kimball High	Public	9-12	3200 Jaguar Run	Tracy	95377	San Joaquin County	Tracy Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 832-6600	1,654	66	24.8	52.2%	299 (18.1%)	109 (6.6%)	578 (34.9%)	542 (32.8%)	3 (0.2%)	16 (1.0%)	101 (6.1%)	$7,194							72.7	69.5	492	54
063441008189	439	Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High	Public	9-12	400 Mansell St.	San Francisco	94134	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4550	1,031	52	19.6	61.5%	18 (1.7%)	91 (8.8%)	413 (40.1%)	426 (41.3%)	3 (0.3%)	20 (1.9%)	58 (5.6%)	$6,103							72.6	58.5	680	241
061806002234	440	Westminster High	Public	9-12	14325 Goldenwest St.	Westminster	92683	Orange County	Huntington Beach Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 893-1381	2,543	108	23.6	86.5%	87 (3.4%)	21 (0.8%)	1,262 (49.6%)	1,115 (43.8%)	4 (0.2%)	7 (0.3%)	43 (1.7%)	$11,030							72.6	76.4	392	48

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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.