Best High Schools in California for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 1406)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
060627014309	1	Buckeye Union Mandarin Immersion Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	7701 Silva Valley Pkwy.	El Dorado Hills	95762	El Dorado County	Buckeye Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 933-9746	124	9	14.5	13.7%	27 (21.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.6%)	62 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (22.6%)								99.9%	99.9%	0.01%
060241612208	2	Da Vinci Science	Public, Charter	9-12	201 N. Douglas St.	El Segundo	90245	Los Angeles County	Da Vinci Science District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 725-5800	560	27	20.9	36.1%	78 (13.9%)	53 (9.5%)	318 (56.8%)	45 (8.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	60 (10.7%)								99.9%	93.2%	6.66%
062271013971	3	Science Academy STEM Magnet	Public	6-12	5525 Vineland Ave.	North Hollywood	91601	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 753-4470	467	20	23.6	35.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,885							99.8%	99.9%	0.08%
060183411911	4	University High	Public, Charter	9-12	2611 East Matoian M/S UH134	Fresno	93740	Fresno County	University High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 278-8263	491	20	24.4	20.6%	135 (27.5%)	12 (2.4%)	143 (29.1%)	151 (30.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (9.8%)								99.7%	99.6%	0.10%
060162000029	5	Whitney (Gretchen) High	Public	7-12	16800 Shoemaker Ave.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7745	1,010	39	25.8	29.8%	39 (3.9%)	19 (1.9%)	111 (11.0%)	799 (79.1%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	37 (3.7%)	$6,926							99.6%	100.0%	0.31%
062688011700	6	William & Marian Ghidotti High	Public	9-12	250 Sierra College Dr.	Grass Valley	95945	Nevada County	Nevada Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 274-5270	167	6	28.1	22.8%	128 (76.6%)	2 (1.2%)	17 (10.2%)	6 (3.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.6%)	$5,586							99.6%	99.7%	0.17%
061970013141	7	Reedley Middle College High	Public, Charter	9-12	1535 North Reed Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7050	233	7	32.2	72.1%	34 (14.6%)	2 (0.9%)	190 (81.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	$11,160							99.5%	97.3%	2.17%
063639006195	8	Menlo-Atherton High	Public	9-12	555 Middlefield Rd.	Atherton	94025	San Mateo County	Sequoia Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 322-5311	2,125	113	18.8	30.4%	839 (39.5%)	85 (4.0%)	828 (39.0%)	182 (8.6%)	19 (0.9%)	83 (3.9%)	88 (4.1%)	$9,732							99.4%	92.4%	7.05%
063639014381	9	Tide Academy	Public	9-12	150 Jefferson Dr.	Menlo Park	94025	San Mateo County	Sequoia Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 369-1411	243	21	11.6	30.5%	64 (26.3%)	11 (4.5%)	137 (56.4%)	16 (6.6%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.5%)	8 (3.3%)								99.4%	92.9%	6.42%
061443001698	10	Lynbrook High	Public	9-12	1280 Johnson Ave.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Fremont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 366-7700	1,741	75	23.1	4.4%	120 (6.9%)	5 (0.3%)	64 (3.7%)	1,390 (79.8%)	2 (0.1%)	6 (0.3%)	154 (8.8%)								99.3%	99.6%	0.28%

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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:

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No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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