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)
061353001546	1931	Ivy High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1056 Winterhaven Rd.	Fallbrook	92028	San Diego County	Fallbrook Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 723-6395	103	7	14.8	90.3%	9 (8.7%)	2 (1.9%)	90 (87.4%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,992							11.3	14.9	1842	89
062409009399	1932	Lincoln (Abraham) (Alternative)	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1919 B St.	Marysville	95901	Yuba County	Marysville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(530) 740-6489	203	8	25	70.0%	80 (39.4%)	6 (3.0%)	90 (44.3%)	9 (4.4%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.9%)								11.3	15.7	1815	117
060133207727	1933	Pacific Career and Technology High	Public	9-12	6560 Melrose Dr.	North Highlands	95660	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-2715	107	13	8.5	93.5%	8 (7.5%)	20 (18.7%)	63 (58.9%)	10 (9.3%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	4 (3.7%)								11.3	14.6	1852	81
063680006237	1934	Mesquite Continuation High	Public	9-12	140 West Drummond	Ridgecrest	93555	Kern County	Sierra Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 499-1810	102	6	17.4	73.5%	65 (63.7%)	5 (4.9%)	27 (26.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.9%)								11.2	26.1	1532	402
069101710539	1935	Pioneer Technical Center	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1665 East Olive Ave.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 664-1600	243	13	19.2	82.3%	34 (14.0%)	7 (2.9%)	194 (79.8%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	$19,818							11.2	12.6	1921	14
062271007115	1936	Tri-C Community Day	Public	7-12	716 East 14th St. Second Fl.	Los Angeles	90021	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 745-1901	196	21	9.5	97.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,284							11.2	8.7	2152	216
060384000352	1937	New Horizon High	Public	9-12	1151 West Wilson St.	Banning	92220	Riverside County	Banning Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 922-0250	82	5	16	89.0%	10 (12.2%)	8 (9.8%)	55 (67.1%)	3 (3.7%)	3 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.7%)	$21,510							11.2	10.7	2018	81
062805011555	1938	McClymonds High	Public	9-12	2607 Myrtle St.	Oakland	94607	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2303	281	23	12.1	90.4%	7 (2.5%)	217 (77.2%)	22 (7.8%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	25 (8.9%)	$8,715							11.1	16.2	1799	139
060194714042	1939	Empower Generations	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	44236 10th St. W. Ste. 105	Lancaster	93534	Los Angeles County	Empower Generations District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(661) 429-3264	81	4	18.9	76.5%	9 (11.1%)	30 (37.0%)	34 (42.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	6 (7.4%)								11.1	18.7	1733	206
069100910794	1940	Eureka Community	Public	7-12	1820 Sixth St.	Eureka	95501	Humboldt County	Humboldt County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 445-7108	97	4	23.9	93.8%	56 (57.7%)	2 (2.1%)	14 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (12.4%)	$22,385							11.1	8.7	2153	213

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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.