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)
069100510472	2061	Golden Gate Community	Public, Charter	6-12	1111 Stoneman Ave.	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Contra Costa County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 427-3199	103	8	12.8	72.8%	17 (16.5%)	30 (29.1%)	47 (45.6%)	3 (2.9%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)								9.4	9.5	2086	25
061954002351	2062	Nueva Continuation High	Public	9-12	8600 Palm Ave.	Lamont	93241	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 845-1532	109	8	13.8	96.3%	3 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,228							9.4	9.7	2081	19
060002200374	2063	Mendota Continuation High	Public	9-12	211 Smoot Ave.	Mendota	93640	Fresno County	Mendota Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 655-4412	38	2	18.3	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,812							9.4	11.5	1971	92
060369000335	2064	North Park Continuation High	Public	9-12	4600 Bogart Ave.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 337-4407	227	13	17.3	97.4%	2 (0.9%)	6 (2.6%)	216 (95.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$11,546							9.4	12.1	1945	119
069103110650	2065	San Joaquin County Community	Public, Alternative	K-12	2707 Transworld Dr.	Stockton	95206	San Joaquin County	San Joaquin County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 468-4847	1,046	56	18.5	85.2%	119 (11.4%)	137 (13.1%)	626 (59.8%)	83 (7.9%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	72 (6.9%)	$11,338							9.4	8.2	2189	124
063459005709	2066	Broadway High	Public	9-12	4825 Speak Ln.	San Jose	95118	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6285	183	18	10.2	70.5%	5 (2.7%)	5 (2.7%)	165 (90.2%)	5 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	$24,236							9.3	11.2	1990	76
063511005937	2067	Madrone High Continuation	Public	9-12	185 Mission Ave.	San Rafael	94901	Marin County	San Rafael City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 485-2435	120	9	13.3	86.7%	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	114 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.7%)	$19,307							9.3	9.2	2116	49
069101013814	2068	Valley Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	253 East Ross Ave.	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	Imperial County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 312-5525	219	12	18.7	96.8%	5 (2.3%)	2 (0.9%)	210 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$6,370							9.3	13.3	1891	177
062637003963	2069	Olympic Continuation High	Public	9-12	2730 Salvio St.	Concord	94519	Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 687-0363	240	18	13.3	89.2%	17 (7.1%)	12 (5.0%)	195 (81.3%)	4 (1.7%)	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.7%)	5 (2.1%)	$24,196							9.3	8.3	2183	114
061233001395	2070	Daylor (William) High (Continuation)	Public, Virtual	9-12	6131 Orange Ave.	Sacramento	95823	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(916) 427-5428	127	9	13.5	89.8%	8 (6.3%)	22 (17.3%)	62 (48.8%)	24 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.7%)	5 (3.9%)	$16,555							9.3	9.1	2124	54

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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.