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)
062271013831	761	Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet	Public	9-12	13050 Borden Ave.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 833-3723	213	15	14.2	90.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,704							54.6	69.4	493	268
063720006304	762	Sonoma Valley High	Public	9-12	20000 Broadway	Sonoma	95476	Sonoma County	Sonoma Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 933-4010	1,127	53	21.3	41.3%	357 (31.7%)	4 (0.4%)	705 (62.6%)	24 (2.1%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	29 (2.6%)	$6,018							54.6	47.2	930	168
060190914323	763	Northern United - Humboldt Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2020 Campton Rd.	Eureka	95503	Humboldt County	Northern United - Humboldt Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 445-2660	309	25	12.4	76.4%	192 (62.1%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (16.2%)	5 (1.6%)	13 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (14.6%)								54.6	61.8	622	141
060819000801	764	Charter Oak High	Public	9-12	1430 East Covina Blvd.	Covina	91724	Los Angeles County	Charter Oak Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 915-5841	1,329	59	22.5	60.9%	180 (13.5%)	68 (5.1%)	949 (71.4%)	93 (7.0%)	5 (0.4%)	4 (0.3%)	28 (2.1%)	$7,359							54.6	61	635	129
060645000563	765	Burbank High	Public	9-12	902 North Third St.	Burbank	91502	Los Angeles County	Burbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 729-5100	2,447	100	24.5	33.6%	1,554 (63.5%)	43 (1.8%)	510 (20.8%)	217 (8.9%)	3 (0.1%)	6 (0.2%)	109 (4.5%)	$11,002							54.6	80.4	321	444
062271003413	766	University High School Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	11800 Texas Ave.	Los Angeles	90025	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 914-3500	1,338	66	20.3	71.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,156							54.5	42.5	1056	290
061954012132	767	Independence High	Public	9-12	8001 Old River Rd.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 834-8001	2,394	91	26.2	70.8%	394 (16.5%)	194 (8.1%)	1,521 (63.5%)	202 (8.4%)	12 (0.5%)	14 (0.6%)	57 (2.4%)	$7,882							54.5	55.5	747	20
060146512041	768	Oakland Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	2433 Coolidge Ave.	Oakland	94601	Alameda County	Oakland Charter High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 436-0101	417	11	38.4	82.5%	4 (1.0%)	21 (5.0%)	260 (62.4%)	127 (30.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)								54.4	49.3	878	110
060212908302	769	Greater San Diego Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	14545 Lyons Valley Rd.	Jamul	91935	San Diego County	Greater San Diego Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 669-3050	183	7	26.5	44.8%	70 (38.3%)	10 (5.5%)	83 (45.4%)	4 (2.2%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.1%)								54.4	63.3	593	176
064098006768	770	Ventura High	Public	9-12	2 North Catalina St.	Ventura	93001	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 641-5116	2,095	89	23.4	56.1%	741 (35.4%)	29 (1.4%)	1,182 (56.4%)	41 (2.0%)	8 (0.4%)	3 (0.1%)	77 (3.7%)								54.4	70.5	474	296

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.