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)
060201614082	2261	Oxford Day Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	1001 Beech St.	East Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara County	Oxford Day Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 260-3152	92	2	38.9	73.9%	1 (1.1%)	2 (2.2%)	73 (79.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (17.4%)								6.7			(n/a)
069102607567	2262	Riverside County Juvenile Court	Public, Alternative	K-12	3939 13th St.	Riverside	92502	Riverside County	Riverside County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 826-6464	84	8	10.5	96.4%	5 (6.0%)	18 (21.4%)	59 (70.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	$66,741							6.7	6.9	2273	11
060001408296	2263	Hesperia Community Day	Public	7-12	16527 1/2 Lemon St.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 244-1771	30	1	29.4	70.0%	7 (23.3%)	3 (10.0%)	19 (63.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.3%)	$33,550							6.6	6.5	2293	30
062241002687	2264	Maple High	Public	9-12	4010 Jupiter Ave.	Lompoc	93436	Santa Barbara County	Lompoc Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 742-3150	122	9	13.2	75.4%	8 (6.6%)	2 (1.6%)	109 (89.3%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$14,068							6.6	9.9	2072	192
060474011300	2265	Berkeley Technology Academy	Public	10-12	2701 Martin Luther King Jr. Wa	Berkeley	94704	Alameda County	Berkeley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 644-6159	49	5	10.7	71.4%	3 (6.1%)	28 (57.1%)	9 (18.4%)	2 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (14.3%)	$34,812							6.6	11	2006	259
063171011172	2266	Future Bound Independent Study Secondary	Public	7-12	720 Ninth St.	Ramona	92065	San Diego County	Ramona City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 787-2068	28	1	28	71.4%	13 (46.4%)	3 (10.7%)	11 (39.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.6%)	$6,384							6.6	8	2201	65
060006111814	2267	Adelante High	Public	10-12	6801 Seventh St.	Riverbank	95367	Stanislaus County	Riverbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 869-2383	51	3	15.5	52.9%	2 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,027							6.6	12.7	1919	348
062394008895	2268	Spring Hill High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	5171 Silva Rd.	Mariposa	95338	Mariposa County	Mariposa County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 742-0290	24	2	9.9	66.7%	14 (58.3%)	1 (4.2%)	8 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.2%)	$25,281							6.6			(n/a)
062805012049	2269	Oakland International High	Public	9-12	4521 Webster St.	Oakland	94609	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-1353	313	26	12.1	96.5%	13 (4.2%)	8 (2.6%)	240 (76.7%)	25 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.6%)	$9,484							6.6	6.9	2271	2
060985011708	2270	Orange Grove High	Public	9-12	300 Buena Vista Ave.	Corona	92882	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 736-3339	239	15	16.2	90.4%	25 (10.5%)	12 (5.0%)	187 (78.2%)	5 (2.1%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.7%)	$25,659							6.6	8.6	2158	112

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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.