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)
063864006490	2151	Palomar High	Public	7-12	480 Palomar St.	Chula Vista	91911	San Diego County	Sweetwater Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 407-4800	234	21	11.2	80.8%	19 (8.1%)	5 (2.1%)	200 (85.5%)	5 (2.1%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	$13,335							8.3	10.1	2055	96
061128001253	2152	Maine Prairie High (Continuation)	Public	10-12	200 North Lincoln St.	Dixon	95620	Solano County	Dixon Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 693-6340	84	6	14.6	63.1%	19 (22.6%)	3 (3.6%)	54 (64.3%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (8.3%)	$11,598							8.3	16.2	1800	352
061035001158	2153	Lovell High	Public	9-12	12724 Avenue 392	Cutler	93615	Tulare County	Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 528-4703	57	6	10.3	94.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (98.2%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,431							8.3	9.1	2127	26
061086007693	2154	Valley High	Public	9-12	1927 Randolph St.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Delano Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 720-4180	108	4	24.8	94.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	104 (96.3%)	4 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,754							8.3	10.8	2010	144
062271003235	2155	Odyssey Continuation	Public	9-12	8693 Dearborn Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 567-5536	68	5	13.6	91.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,061							8.3	8.9	2137	18
063201004924	2156	Salisbury High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1050 Kimball Rd.	Red Bluff	96080	Tehama County	Red Bluff Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 529-8766	129	7	19.3	73.6%	58 (45.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (44.2%)	1 (0.8%)	7 (5.4%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.1%)	$8,712							8.3	9.3	2113	43
062769004162	2157	El Camino High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	14640 Mercado Ave.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3595	249	18	14.2	73.9%	14 (5.6%)	6 (2.4%)	213 (85.5%)	9 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.4%)	$23,827							8.3	8.5	2169	12
062964004603	2158	Twin Palms Continuation	Public	9-12	811 West Chanslor Way	Blythe	92225	Riverside County	Palo Verde Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 922-4884	94	6	16	88.3%	4 (4.3%)	13 (13.8%)	71 (75.5%)	1 (1.1%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.2%)	$10,416							8.3	7.2	2257	99
061623002017	2159	Chaparral High	Public	9-12	1600 North Cuyamaca St.	El Cajon	92020	San Diego County	Grossmont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 956-4600	62	7	8.8	83.9%	19 (30.6%)	4 (6.5%)	35 (56.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.5%)	$32,683							8.2	8.1	2192	33
060263000174	2160	Gilbert High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1800 Ball Rd.	Anaheim	92804	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 999-3738	642	47	13.7	89.1%	33 (5.1%)	11 (1.7%)	575 (89.6%)	7 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	9 (1.4%)	$19,949							8.2	10.7	2016	144

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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.