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)
060168410829	221	High Technical LA	Public, Charter	9-12	17111 Victory Blvd.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	High Technical LA District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 609-2680	359	16	22.2	47.9%	198 (55.2%)	7 (1.9%)	114 (31.8%)	23 (6.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.2%)								86.8	77.6	373	152
061207001344	222	Ponderosa High	Public	9-12	3661 Ponderosa Rd.	Shingle Springs	95682	El Dorado County	El Dorado Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 677-2281	1,648	72	22.8	16.1%	1,154 (70.0%)	17 (1.0%)	320 (19.4%)	85 (5.2%)	13 (0.8%)	2 (0.1%)	53 (3.2%)	$10,870							86.6	79.9	327	105
063153014646	223	Poway to Palomar Middle College High	Public	11-12	11111 Rancho Bernardo Rd.	San Diego	92127	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 679-2531	37	2	17.4	21.6%	12 (32.4%)	3 (8.1%)	11 (29.7%)	6 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (13.5%)								86.5	81.9	300	77
060237611341	224	Aspire Benjamin Holt College Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	3201 East Morada Ln.	Stockton	95212	San Joaquin County	Aspire Benjamin Holt College Preparatory Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 955-1477	685	24	28.1	49.3%	76 (11.1%)	41 (6.0%)	338 (49.3%)	182 (26.6%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	44 (6.4%)								86.5	67.2	523	299
060002811038	225	Great Oak High	Public	9-12	32555 Deer Hollow Way	Temecula	92592	Riverside County	Temecula Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 294-6450	3,043	121	25.1	19.3%	1,182 (38.8%)	97 (3.2%)	946 (31.1%)	415 (13.6%)	47 (1.5%)	9 (0.3%)	347 (11.4%)	$9,659							86.5	89.8	181	44
063864011768	226	Olympian High	Public	9-12	1925 Magdalena Ave.	Chula Vista	91913	San Diego County	Sweetwater Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 656-2400	2,341	96	24.5	25.3%	329 (14.1%)	181 (7.7%)	1,009 (43.1%)	628 (26.8%)	9 (0.4%)	5 (0.2%)	180 (7.7%)	$5,853							86.5	79.8	331	105
063583006679	227	Maria Carrillo High	Public	9-12	6975 Montecito Blvd.	Santa Rosa	95409	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3820	1,591	69	23.1	24.6%	820 (51.5%)	27 (1.7%)	426 (26.8%)	169 (10.6%)	6 (0.4%)	21 (1.3%)	112 (7.0%)	$9,050							86.5	82.2	291	64
063864001223	228	Eastlake High	Public	9-12	1120 Eastlake Pkwy.	Chula Vista	91915	San Diego County	Sweetwater Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 397-3800	2,783	111	25.1	21.5%	589 (21.2%)	103 (3.7%)	1,370 (49.2%)	482 (17.3%)	8 (0.3%)	22 (0.8%)	209 (7.5%)	$5,908							86.3	85.2	234	6
063942006568	229	North High	Public	9-12	3620 West 182nd St.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4412	1,791	77	23.1	35.7%	188 (10.5%)	135 (7.5%)	813 (45.4%)	481 (26.9%)	2 (0.1%)	22 (1.2%)	150 (8.4%)	$5,841							86.3	88.9	197	32
061207007279	230	Oak Ridge High	Public	8-12	1120 Harvard Way	El Dorado Hills	95762	El Dorado County	El Dorado Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 933-6980	2,516	101	24.9	7.4%	1,619 (64.3%)	30 (1.2%)	317 (12.6%)	373 (14.8%)	9 (0.4%)	12 (0.5%)	150 (6.0%)	$9,997							86.3	90.2	171	59

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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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