Best High Schools in California

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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)
062271003146	2011	Jack London Continuation	Public	9-12	12924 Oxnard St.	Van Nuys	91401	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 756-2794	70	6	12.1	97.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,809							10.1	11.4	1974	37
060813005472	2012	Endeavor Alternative	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	2555 Lawrence St.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(209) 556-1805	126	6	21.7	84.9%	25 (19.8%)	1 (0.8%)	95 (75.4%)	3 (2.4%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,154							10.1	17.3	1770	242
062583003873	2013	Central High (Continuation)	Public	10-12	85 Tilton Ave.	Morgan Hill	95037	Santa Clara County	Morgan Hill Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 201-6300	165	9	19.3	53.9%	26 (15.8%)	1 (0.6%)	127 (77.0%)	4 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.4%)	$12,454							10.1	13.6	1883	130
061380007710	2014	Sierra High	Public	9-12	615 Shiells Dr.	Fillmore	93015	Ventura County	Fillmore Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 524-8202	75	4	18	94.7%	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (97.3%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								10.1	13.1	1899	115
062271011629	2015	Frida Kahlo High	Public	9-12	1924 South Los Angeles St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 763-1090	97	6	16.1	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,862							10	7.6	2229	214
063705010973	2016	Pinnacles High	Public	9-12	690 Main St.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6301	16	3	5.1	75.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,138							10	13.6	1882	134
060837008450	2017	Oakdale	Public, Alternative	K-12	290 East Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3092	81	3	31.1	77.8%	41 (50.6%)	2 (2.5%)	23 (28.4%)	1 (1.2%)	2 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (13.6%)	$11,184							10	8	2197	180
063227007337	2018	Sunrise High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	209 North Park Ave.	Avenal	93204	Kings County	Reef-Sunset Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 386-4162	20	1	16.6	85.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,068							10	6.4	2294	276
069102609031	2019	Riverside County Special Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	3939 13th St.	Riverside	92502	Riverside County	Riverside County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 826-6476	557	59	9.5	50.6%	76 (13.6%)	34 (6.1%)	406 (72.9%)	18 (3.2%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.1%)	$61,689							10	10.5	2027	8
062805013062	2020	Fremont High	Public	9-12	4610 Foothill Blvd.	Oakland	94601	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2302	1,146	69	16.7	96.9%	41 (3.6%)	176 (15.4%)	824 (71.9%)	34 (3.0%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (2.7%)	37 (3.2%)	$8,140							10	11	2002	18

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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.