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)
061995002390	861	Hoopa Valley High	Public	9-12	11400 State Highway 96	Hoopa	95546	Humboldt County	Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 625-5600	271	18	15	64.2%	25 (9.2%)	3 (1.1%)	22 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	217 (80.1%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)								49.9	40.5	1125	264
062994004662	862	Blair High	Public	6-12	1201 South Marengo Ave.	Pasadena	91106	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 396-5820	1,117	53	21	66.3%	250 (22.4%)	79 (7.1%)	697 (62.4%)	56 (5.0%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	26 (2.3%)	$8,759							49.9	40.9	1109	247
062515012556	863	Joseph A. Gregori High	Public	9-12	3701 Pirrone Rd.	Modesto	95356	Stanislaus County	Modesto City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1738	2,332	92	25.2	54.6%	526 (22.6%)	66 (2.8%)	1,319 (56.6%)	211 (9.0%)	7 (0.3%)	12 (0.5%)	190 (8.1%)								49.9	60.5	651	212
061674002124	864	Mt. Eden High	Public	9-12	2300 Panama St.	Hayward	94545	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3180	1,947	92	21.1	68.8%	66 (3.4%)	137 (7.0%)	1,139 (58.5%)	458 (23.5%)	3 (0.2%)	73 (3.7%)	71 (3.6%)								49.8	47.4	925	61
061488001878	865	Santiago High	Public	9-12	12342 Trask Ave.	Garden Grove	92843	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6215	1,927	86	22.3	91.7%	37 (1.9%)	3 (0.2%)	1,613 (83.7%)	252 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (0.6%)	11 (0.6%)	$12,866							49.7	56	734	131
061392010301	866	Fontana A. B. Miller High	Public	9-12	6821 Oleander Ave.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5800	2,125	109	19.4	79.4%	77 (3.6%)	88 (4.1%)	1,893 (89.1%)	41 (1.9%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	19 (0.9%)								49.7	39.4	1161	295
060235308283	867	Visions In Education	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5030 El Camino Ave.	Carmichael	95608	Sacramento County	Visions In Education District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 883-1601	6,591	255	25.8	54.9%	2,961 (44.9%)	488 (7.4%)	1,737 (26.4%)	479 (7.3%)	52 (0.8%)	39 (0.6%)	798 (12.1%)								49.7	54.7	767	100
060004707380	868	Tracy High	Public	9-12	315 East 11th St.	Tracy	95376	San Joaquin County	Tracy Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 830-3360	1,768	76	23.1	41.3%	388 (21.9%)	67 (3.8%)	933 (52.8%)	267 (15.1%)	10 (0.6%)	11 (0.6%)	86 (4.9%)	$7,237							49.7	48.3	904	36
062865014496	869	OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	250 South Yorba	Orange	92869	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(714) 628-5467	219	9	23.8	54.3%	66 (30.1%)	7 (3.2%)	116 (53.0%)	19 (8.7%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (3.7%)								49.6	55.3	753	116
061035001159	870	Orosi High	Public	9-12	41815 Road 128	Orosi	93647	Tulare County	Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 528-4731	1,049	55	18.9	95.4%	8 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1,002 (95.5%)	33 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	$13,108							49.6	50.6	854	16

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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.