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)
060141406017	261	Dos Pueblos Senior High	Public	9-12	7266 Alameda Ave.	Goleta	93117	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 968-2541	2,034	96	21.2	43.7%	816 (40.1%)	17 (0.8%)	922 (45.3%)	136 (6.7%)	5 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	132 (6.5%)	$11,880							84.2	87	219	42
060002911249	262	Vista Murrieta High	Public	9-12	28251 Clinton Keith Rd.	Murrieta	92563	Riverside County	Murrieta Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 894-5750	3,493	142	24.5	46.0%	1,078 (30.9%)	249 (7.1%)	1,405 (40.2%)	387 (11.1%)	12 (0.3%)	20 (0.6%)	339 (9.7%)								84.1	86	230	32
060985004959	263	Santiago High	Public	9-12	1395 Foothill Pkwy.	Corona	92881	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 739-5600	3,460	135	25.6	61.4%	1,213 (35.1%)	174 (5.0%)	1,481 (42.8%)	455 (13.2%)	9 (0.3%)	14 (0.4%)	113 (3.3%)	$6,616							84	80.6	317	54
063363014463	264	West Park High	Public	9-12	2401 Panther Pl.	Roseville	95747	Placer County	Roseville Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 786-2970	1,498	63	23.8	12.8%	635 (42.4%)	70 (4.7%)	215 (14.4%)	474 (31.6%)	19 (1.3%)	8 (0.5%)	71 (4.7%)								84	77.8	368	104
060903007959	265	Clovis East High	Public	9-12	2940 Leonard Ave.	Clovis	93611	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-4000	2,768	119	23.2	55.8%	587 (21.2%)	92 (3.3%)	1,157 (41.8%)	838 (30.3%)	15 (0.5%)	7 (0.3%)	59 (2.1%)	$6,260							84	80.5	318	53
060985011709	266	Eleanor Roosevelt High	Public	9-12	7447 Scholar Way	Corona	92880	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 738-2100	4,566	177	25.7	66.0%	663 (14.5%)	425 (9.3%)	1,996 (43.7%)	1,317 (28.8%)	16 (0.4%)	13 (0.3%)	134 (2.9%)	$7,099							83.8	84.2	251	15
063942006576	267	Torrance High	Public	9-12	2200 Carson St.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4396	1,999	86	23.2	30.4%	337 (16.9%)	87 (4.4%)	849 (42.5%)	554 (27.7%)	2 (0.1%)	10 (0.5%)	160 (8.0%)	$5,704							83.8	82.9	276	9
060744000685	268	Capistrano Valley High	Public	9-12	26301 Via Escolar	Mission Viejo	92692	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 364-6100	2,029	92	22.1	39.4%	978 (48.2%)	26 (1.3%)	645 (31.8%)	203 (10.0%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	165 (8.1%)	$10,165							83.7	90.1	173	95
062271008887	269	Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies	Public	6-12	5931 West 18th St.	Los Angeles	90035	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 549-5900	1,388	65	21.4	45.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,130							83.6	84.6	244	25
060244611642	270	Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science	Public, Charter	9-12	5151 State University Dr.	Los Angeles	90032	Los Angeles County	Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 987-2144	570	34	16.5	88.8%	7 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	554 (97.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)								83.5	77.8	370	100

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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.