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)
063513005952	101	Monte Vista High	Public	9-12	3131 Stone Valley Rd.	Danville	94526	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 552-2800	2,243	93	24.1	4.4%	1,056 (47.1%)	25 (1.1%)	187 (8.3%)	740 (33.0%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	230 (10.3%)	$6,505							93.8	96.4	65	36
063438005579	102	Torrey Pines High	Public	9-12	3710 Del Mar Heights Rd.	San Diego	92130	San Diego County	San Dieguito Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 755-0125	2,614	102	25.5	15.9%	1,443 (55.2%)	26 (1.0%)	425 (16.3%)	487 (18.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.1%)	227 (8.7%)	$6,743							93.7	94.3	100	2
060002009282	103	Amador Valley High	Public	9-12	1155 Santa Rita Rd.	Pleasanton	94566	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 461-6100	2,665	105	25.4	7.1%	922 (34.6%)	30 (1.1%)	275 (10.3%)	1,280 (48.0%)	3 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	147 (5.5%)	$6,144							93.6	96.7	61	42
061488001854	104	La Quinta High	Public	9-12	10372 McFadden St.	Westminster	92683	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6315	2,111	85	24.7	76.1%	82 (3.9%)	7 (0.3%)	329 (15.6%)	1,657 (78.5%)	1 (0.0%)	7 (0.3%)	26 (1.2%)	$12,280							93.5	95.2	84	20
063153010004	105	Rancho Bernardo High	Public	9-12	13010 Paseo Lucido	San Diego	92128	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 485-4800	2,318	90	25.7	13.8%	978 (42.2%)	51 (2.2%)	450 (19.4%)	530 (22.9%)	4 (0.2%)	5 (0.2%)	298 (12.9%)	$7,357							93.5	96.6	63	42
060241211607	106	Lemoore Middle College High	Public, Charter	9-12	555 College Ave.	Lemoore	93245	Kings County	Lemoore Middle College High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 925-3552	237	13	17.7	29.5%	76 (32.1%)	6 (2.5%)	110 (46.4%)	22 (9.3%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (5.9%)								93.4	91.8	145	39
060141013692	107	Mountain House High	Public	9-12	1090 South Central Pkwy.	Mountain House	95391	San Joaquin County	Lammersville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 836-7460	2,142	90	23.7	13.2%	330 (15.4%)	122 (5.7%)	293 (13.7%)	1,241 (57.9%)	13 (0.6%)	13 (0.6%)	128 (6.0%)								93.4	94.6	96	11
060744008750	108	Tesoro High	Public	9-12	1 Tesoro Creek Rd.	Rancho Santa Margarita	92688	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-5310	2,217	92	24	21.3%	1,315 (59.3%)	24 (1.1%)	372 (16.8%)	305 (13.8%)	3 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	187 (8.4%)	$9,551							93.2	95.8	72	36
063075004782	109	Del Oro High	Public	9-12	3301 Taylor Rd.	Loomis	95650	Placer County	Placer Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 652-7243	1,620	70	23.3	11.7%	1,213 (74.9%)	12 (0.7%)	205 (12.7%)	37 (2.3%)	13 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	132 (8.1%)	$10,152							93.2	94.6	97	12
063942006573	110	South High	Public	9-12	4801 Pacific Coast Hwy.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4352	1,841	86	21.4	16.2%	496 (26.9%)	47 (2.6%)	416 (22.6%)	692 (37.6%)	5 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	183 (9.9%)	$5,604							93.1	92.2	134	24

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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.