Best High Schools in California for Military Connected Students

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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, Military Connected 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 (Military Connected vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 234)	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 (Military Connected)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Military Connected)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
060263007580	1	Oxford Academy	Public	7-12	5172 Orange Ave.	Cypress	90630	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 220-3055	1,289	52	24.9	38.7%	83 (6.4%)	12 (0.9%)	234 (18.2%)	921 (71.5%)	8 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (2.3%)	$10,961							99.6%	99.8%	0.26%
063864006475	2	Bonita Vista Senior High	Public	9-12	751 Otay Lakes Rd.	Chula Vista	91913	San Diego County	Sweetwater Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 397-2000	2,140	92	23.2	34.6%	409 (19.1%)	59 (2.8%)	1,314 (61.4%)	214 (10.0%)	8 (0.4%)	13 (0.6%)	123 (5.7%)	$6,489							99.1%	80.9%	18.26%
063153004890	3	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							98.7%	94.8%	3.88%
060221102023	4	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%)								98.3%	96.6%	1.69%
061692012464	5	Western Center Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	2345 Searl Pkwy.	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 766-9030	746	30	25	56.3%	283 (37.9%)	34 (4.6%)	313 (42.0%)	66 (8.8%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.6%)	$9,989							97.9%	96.7%	1.18%
063438011396	6	Canyon Crest Academy	Public	9-12	5951 Village Center Loop Rd.	San Diego	92130	San Diego County	San Dieguito Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 350-0253	2,336	85	27.3	11.0%	947 (40.5%)	12 (0.5%)	199 (8.5%)	980 (42.0%)	1 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	183 (7.8%)	$6,606							97.4%	99.5%	2.05%
061623002022	7	Grossmont High	Public	9-12	1100 Murray Dr.	La Mesa	91944	San Diego County	Grossmont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 668-6000	2,175	89	24.3	59.5%	764 (35.1%)	167 (7.7%)	924 (42.5%)	109 (5.0%)	4 (0.2%)	13 (0.6%)	191 (8.8%)	$10,796							97.0%	76.0%	21.03%
063864001223	8	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							96.6%	90.2%	6.40%
063315013103	9	Riverside STEM Academy	Public	5-12	4466 Mt.Vernon Ave.	Riverside	92507	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7308	669	25	26.8	47.2%	169 (25.3%)	26 (3.9%)	281 (42.0%)	151 (22.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	39 (5.8%)	$7,377							96.2%	98.5%	2.34%
060750013058	10	Sage Creek High	Public	9-12	3900 Bobcat Blvd.	Carlsbad	92010	San Diego County	Carlsbad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 331-6600	1,392	57	24.2	19.5%	684 (49.1%)	22 (1.6%)	377 (27.1%)	177 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	129 (9.3%)	$6,866							95.7%	96.8%	1.09%

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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.

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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.