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)
060221514355	1901	Da Vinci RISE High	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	201 North Douglas St.	El Segundo	90245	Los Angeles County	Da Vinci RISE High District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(310) 725-5800	177	6	28	87.6%	7 (4.0%)	47 (26.6%)	99 (55.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (11.3%)								12	15.2	1827	74
063697007874	1902	Chaparral High	Public	9-12	9258 Malpaso Rd.	Phelan	92329	San Bernardino County	Snowline Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 868-5400	152	11	13.6	77.6%	42 (27.6%)	4 (2.6%)	99 (65.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.3%)	$10,152							12	11.3	1982	80
060790009343	1903	McClellan High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	8725 Watt Ave.	Antelope	95843	Sacramento County	Center Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 338-6440	86	6	15.4	62.8%	25 (29.1%)	14 (16.3%)	37 (43.0%)	4 (4.7%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.8%)	$12,377							11.9	9.2	2122	219
060238308697	1904	Carter G. Woodson Public Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	3333 North Bond Ave.	Fresno	93726	Fresno County	Carter G. Woodson Public Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 229-3529	333	22	14.9	91.6%	29 (8.7%)	44 (13.2%)	235 (70.6%)	13 (3.9%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)								11.9	13	1905	1
060245008785	1905	Independence High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	525 Independence Dr.	Sutter Creek	95685	Amador County	Amador County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 257-5100	52	4	12.7	51.9%	24 (46.2%)	3 (5.8%)	17 (32.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.7%)	$12,606							11.9	15.4	1821	84
061392009367	1906	Citrus High (Continuation)	Public	10-12	10760 Cypress	Fontana	92337	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5300	392	23	16.8	96.9%	9 (2.3%)	18 (4.6%)	355 (90.6%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)								11.9	11.5	1972	66
063132004856	1907	Park West High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1460 West Holt Ave. Ste. 100	Pomona	91768	Los Angeles County	Pomona Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 397-4900	219	14	15.3	99.5%	8 (3.7%)	10 (4.6%)	198 (90.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$8,522							11.8	14.3	1864	43
061476001812	1908	La Vista High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	909 North State College Blvd.	Fullerton	92831	Orange County	Fullerton Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-7821	307	20	15.2	86.6%	23 (7.5%)	5 (1.6%)	264 (86.0%)	6 (2.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$11,161							11.8	10.9	2007	99
062007002399	1909	Carle (William C.) High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	9345 Winchester St.	Lower Lake	95457	Lake County	Konocti Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 994-1033	89	5	17.9	80.9%	39 (43.8%)	2 (2.2%)	37 (41.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.6%)								11.8	18	1749	160
062580003868	1910	March Mountain High	Public	9-12	24551 Dracaea Ave.	Moreno Valley	92553	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4800	220	17	12.7	92.3%	6 (2.7%)	27 (12.3%)	181 (82.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.4%)	$19,094							11.8	12.1	1943	33

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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.