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)
063207004946	181	Redlands Senior High	Public	9-12	840 East Citrus Ave.	Redlands	92374	San Bernardino County	Redlands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 307-5500	2,232	103	21.6	61.7%	536 (24.0%)	151 (6.8%)	965 (43.2%)	453 (20.3%)	3 (0.1%)	11 (0.5%)	107 (4.8%)	$7,186							88.9	83.9	256	75
061806002226	182	Edison High	Public	9-12	21400 Magnolia	Huntington Beach	92646	Orange County	Huntington Beach Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 962-1356	2,034	97	21	25.7%	1,194 (58.7%)	15 (0.7%)	358 (17.6%)	248 (12.2%)	8 (0.4%)	6 (0.3%)	203 (10.0%)	$13,043							88.9	89.1	193	11
060175211584	183	Hume Lake Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	64144 Hume Lake Rd.	Hume	93628	Fresno County	Hume Lake Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7565	56	7	7.6	46.4%	39 (69.6%)	1 (1.8%)	13 (23.2%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.6%)								88.9	93.4	116	67
063660006213	184	Shasta High	Public	9-12	2500 Eureka Way	Redding	96001	Shasta County	Shasta Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 241-4161	1,333	63	21.2	43.9%	900 (67.5%)	32 (2.4%)	225 (16.9%)	52 (3.9%)	61 (4.6%)	4 (0.3%)	53 (4.0%)	$7,279							88.9	83	274	90
063066004758	185	Esperanza High	Public	9-12	1830 North Kellogg Dr.	Anaheim	92807	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7540	1,436	71	20.2	38.9%	574 (40.0%)	11 (0.8%)	560 (39.0%)	210 (14.6%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (5.2%)	$8,604							88.8	86.4	224	39
063075004781	186	Colfax High	Public	9-12	24995 Ben Taylor Rd.	Colfax	95713	Placer County	Placer Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 346-2284	666	29	22.7	22.8%	498 (74.8%)	1 (0.2%)	79 (11.9%)	10 (1.5%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (10.2%)	$13,653							88.8	74.3	419	233
063432007838	187	University City High	Public	9-12	6949 Genesee Ave.	San Diego	92122	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 605-2800	1,543	63	24.6	47.8%	554 (35.9%)	55 (3.6%)	588 (38.1%)	180 (11.7%)	5 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	157 (10.2%)	$6,952							88.7	92	138	49
063513005943	188	California High	Public	9-12	9870 Broadmoor Dr.	San Ramon	94583	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 803-3200	2,879	112	25.6	7.9%	924 (32.1%)	55 (1.9%)	342 (11.9%)	1,277 (44.4%)	4 (0.1%)	11 (0.4%)	264 (9.2%)	$6,131							88.7	90.6	165	23
060816010605	189	Los Osos High	Public	9-12	6001 Milliken Ave.	Rancho Cucamonga	91737	San Bernardino County	Chaffey Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 477-6900	2,837	115	24.7	29.0%	794 (28.0%)	178 (6.3%)	1,117 (39.4%)	632 (22.3%)	13 (0.5%)	6 (0.2%)	96 (3.4%)	$8,728							88.7	89.1	194	5
063513005957	190	San Ramon Valley High	Public	9-12	501 Danville Blvd.	Danville	94526	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 552-3000	1,981	82	24.2	5.4%	1,322 (66.7%)	16 (0.8%)	205 (10.3%)	251 (12.7%)	4 (0.2%)	7 (0.4%)	175 (8.8%)	$6,538							88.6	82.1	295	105

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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.