Best High Schools in California for Homeless Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in California!

Every year, the California Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Homeless students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish California test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Homeless vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 451)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
060214808303	1	Preuss School UCSD	Public, Charter	6-12	9500 Gilman Dr.	La Jolla	92093	San Diego County	Preuss School UCSD District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 822-3000	839	44	19.1	90.8%	18 (2.1%)	164 (19.5%)	495 (59.0%)	137 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.0%)								99.8%	82.7%	17.08%
060816000790	2	Alta Loma High	Public	9-12	8880 Baseline Rd.	Alta Loma	91701	San Bernardino County	Chaffey Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 989-5511	2,456	97	25.2	55.2%	610 (24.8%)	138 (5.6%)	1,431 (58.3%)	139 (5.7%)	11 (0.4%)	9 (0.4%)	114 (4.6%)	$9,899							99.6%	85.5%	14.02%
060846009757	3	Ruben S. Ayala High	Public	9-12	14255 Peyton Ave.	Chino Hills	91709	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 627-3584	2,617	104	25.2	22.4%	397 (15.2%)	79 (3.0%)	1,023 (39.1%)	1,019 (38.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.3%)	89 (3.4%)	$9,474							99.3%	93.5%	5.84%
063153004890	4	Mt. Carmel High	Public	9-12	9550 Carmel Mountain Rd.	San Diego	92129	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 484-1180	1,865	80	23.1	17.0%	669 (35.9%)	64 (3.4%)	400 (21.4%)	478 (25.6%)	2 (0.1%)	5 (0.3%)	247 (13.2%)	$8,057							99.1%	94.8%	4.28%
061212001366	5	Rosemead High	Public	9-12	9063 East Mission Dr.	Rosemead	91770	Los Angeles County	El Monte Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 286-3141	1,679	79	21.1	80.9%	19 (1.1%)	10 (0.6%)	866 (51.6%)	768 (45.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (0.6%)	$13,033							98.9%	89.0%	9.91%
060189312767	6	San Diego Virtual	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	600 West Broadway Ste. 230	San Diego	92101	San Diego County	San Diego Virtual District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(619) 713-7271	398	24	16.5	64.8%	96 (24.1%)	13 (3.3%)	212 (53.3%)	13 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	55 (13.8%)								98.7%	75.5%	23.16%
060221102023	7	Helix High	Public, Charter	9-12	7323 University Ave.	La Mesa	91941	San Diego County	Helix High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 644-1940	2,502	104	24	61.5%	615 (24.6%)	285 (11.4%)	1,136 (45.4%)	173 (6.9%)	4 (0.2%)	22 (0.9%)	261 (10.4%)								98.4%	96.6%	1.85%
061212001364	8	El Monte High	Public	9-12	3048 North Tyler Ave.	El Monte	91731	Los Angeles County	El Monte Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 444-7701	1,512	77	19.6	91.6%	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1,310 (86.6%)	189 (12.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.4%)	$12,110							98.2%	77.0%	21.26%
060744002328	9	Aliso Niguel High	Public	9-12	28000 Wolverine Way	Aliso Viejo	92656	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 831-5590	2,774	115	24.1	30.0%	1,425 (51.4%)	37 (1.3%)	605 (21.8%)	447 (16.1%)	3 (0.1%)	5 (0.2%)	246 (8.9%)	$9,737							98.0%	93.9%	4.12%
060192512271	10	Anahuacalmecac International Univ Prep of N. America	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4736 Huntington Dr. South	Los Angeles	90032	Los Angeles County	Anahuacalmecac International Univ Prep of N. America Distri	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 352-3148	261	18	14.6	87.0%	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.8%)	70 (26.8%)	2 (0.8%)	154 (59.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (11.5%)								97.8%	80.2%	17.63%

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.