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)
063066006103	411	Buena Vista Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	4999 Casa Loma Ave.	Yorba Linda	92886	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(714) 986-7026	201	11	17.8	52.7%	58 (28.9%)	11 (5.5%)	94 (46.8%)	29 (14.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.0%)	$9,441							74.4	57.5	700	289
060238114092	412	Sage Oak Charter School- Keppel	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1473 Ford St.	Redlands	92373	San Bernardino County	Sage Oak Charter School- Keppel District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(888) 345-4445	437	89	4.9	43.9%	172 (39.4%)	12 (2.7%)	196 (44.9%)	29 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.2%)								74.3	82.8	279	133
061954011601	413	Frontier High	Public	9-12	6401 Allen Rd.	Bakersfield	93314	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 829-1107	2,072	81	25.4	27.1%	977 (47.2%)	64 (3.1%)	816 (39.4%)	129 (6.2%)	18 (0.9%)	36 (1.7%)	32 (1.5%)	$7,231							74.3	70.5	473	60
063207012254	414	Citrus Valley High	Public	9-12	800 West Pioneer Ave.	Redlands	92374	San Bernardino County	Redlands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 799-2300	2,150	97	22.1	63.7%	434 (20.2%)	122 (5.7%)	1,249 (58.1%)	233 (10.8%)	2 (0.1%)	8 (0.4%)	98 (4.6%)	$7,032							74.2	77.8	369	45
060015310929	415	Alhambra High	Public	9-12	101 South Second St.	Alhambra	91801	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 943-6910	2,160	96	22.5	57.3%	40 (1.9%)	19 (0.9%)	1,210 (56.0%)	818 (37.9%)	3 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	68 (3.1%)	$10,393							74.2	72.4	445	30
060196914072	416	John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1102 Investment Blvd.	El Dorado Hills	95762	El Dorado County	John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 780-6800	1,217	54	22.5	14.5%	860 (70.7%)	26 (2.1%)	161 (13.2%)	64 (5.3%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.4%)	99 (8.1%)								74.1	74.1	422	6
060242607725	417	Gateway High	Public, Charter	9-12	1430 Scott St.	San Francisco	94115	San Francisco County	Gateway High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 749-3600	489	29	16.8	49.1%	69 (14.1%)	45 (9.2%)	199 (40.7%)	63 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	113 (23.1%)								74.1	78	365	52
063480005875	418	Morro Bay High	Public	9-12	235 Atascadero Rd.	Morro Bay	93442	San Luis Obispo County	San Luis Coastal Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 771-1845	795	45	17.6	36.1%	465 (58.5%)	2 (0.3%)	227 (28.6%)	50 (6.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.5%)	$14,945							74	87.1	218	200
062927004516	419	Adolfo Camarillo High	Public	9-12	4660 Mission Oaks Blvd.	Camarillo	93012	Ventura County	Oxnard Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 389-6407	1,912	76	25	29.3%	669 (35.0%)	29 (1.5%)	901 (47.1%)	177 (9.3%)	5 (0.3%)	6 (0.3%)	125 (6.5%)	$9,672							74	72.3	446	27
060257814625	420	Phoenix Charter Academy College View	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	145 Shasta View Dr.	Redding	96003	Shasta County	Phoenix Charter Academy College View District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 222-9280	270	16	16.6	59.3%	192 (71.1%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (15.6%)	7 (2.6%)	6 (2.2%)	2 (0.7%)	21 (7.8%)								73.9	75.2	410	10

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.