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)
069103210655	2021	San Luis Obispo County Community	Public	6-12	2494 Pennington Creek Rd.	San Luis Obispo	93405	San Luis Obispo County	San Luis Obispo County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 782-7354	68	4	16.7	97.1%	20 (29.4%)	1 (1.5%)	42 (61.8%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.9%)	$28,054							10	4.8	2320	299
060588000528	2022	Brea Canyon High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	689 North Wildcat Way	Brea	92821	Orange County	Brea-Olinda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 990-7882	91	7	12.6	45.1%	21 (23.1%)	1 (1.1%)	64 (70.3%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.4%)	$12,656							10	26.6	1517	505
064098001872	2023	Pacific High	Public	9-12	501 College Dr.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 289-7950	234	15	15.3	87.6%	48 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	177 (75.6%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)								9.9	11.9	1957	66
063441011252	2024	Jordan (June) School for Equity	Public	9-12	325 La Grande Ave.	San Francisco	94112	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 452-4922	201	15	13.2	63.2%	1 (0.5%)	24 (11.9%)	143 (71.1%)	17 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	13 (6.5%)	$6,103							9.9	17.1	1776	248
060792000760	2025	R. K. Lloyde High	Public	9-12	4951 Marine Ave.	Lawndale	90260	Los Angeles County	Centinela Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 263-3264	239	21	11.4	87.4%	8 (3.3%)	39 (16.3%)	180 (75.3%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.8%)								9.9	8.7	2155	130
063720002851	2026	Creekside High	Public	9-12	950 Broadway	Sonoma	95476	Sonoma County	Sonoma Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 933-4046	50	2	25.5	58.0%	11 (22.0%)	1 (2.0%)	36 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	$18,353							9.9	6.9	2276	250
061207001343	2027	Independence Continuation	Public	9-12	385 Pleasant Valley Rd.	Diamond Springs	95619	El Dorado County	El Dorado Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 622-7090	126	7	17.1	57.1%	67 (53.2%)	5 (4.0%)	36 (28.6%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.2%)	1 (0.8%)	9 (7.1%)	$19,998							9.9	24.1	1589	438
064119012180	2028	Major General Raymond Murray High	Public	10-12	215 North Melrose Dr.	Vista	92083	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 631-2502	230	12	18.5	80.0%	14 (6.1%)	4 (1.7%)	201 (87.4%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.6%)	$14,272							9.9	10.9	2008	20
060002709488	2029	Ortega High	Public	9-12	520 Chaney St. Bldg. 100	Lake Elsinore	92530	Riverside County	Lake Elsinore Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 253-7065	487	28	17.6	81.1%	83 (17.0%)	17 (3.5%)	359 (73.7%)	12 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.1%)	$9,574							9.9	10.3	2041	12
062691011551	2030	Core Learning Academy at Conley-Caraballo High	Public	9-12	541 Blanche St.	Hayward	94544	Alameda County	New Haven Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 471-5126	124	7	17.1	54.8%	6 (4.8%)	13 (10.5%)	84 (67.7%)	12 (9.7%)	1 (0.8%)	3 (2.4%)	5 (4.0%)	$20,219							9.9	12.1	1946	84

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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.