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)
069101708131	2300	Juvenile Hall (Endeavor/Voyager Secondary)	Public	7-12	28261 Avenue 14	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 675-7900	22	3	6.4	86.4%	2 (9.1%)	1 (4.5%)	18 (81.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.5%)	$16,789							5.1			(n/a)
062676013912	2300	Needles Community Day	Public	6-12	600 Cibola St.	Needles	92363	San Bernardino County	Needles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 326-3891	15	2	7.3	93.3%	11 (73.3%)	1 (6.7%)	1 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								5.1			(n/a)
060004014691	2303	Riverdale Virtual	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	3086 West Mt. Whitney	Riverdale	93656	Fresno County	Riverdale Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 867-3562	11	1	10.8	72.7%	1 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								4.9			(n/a)
062547008726	2304	Montebello Community Day	Public	7-12	123 South Montebello Blvd.	Montebello	90640	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 887-7900	20	4	4.6	55.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (10.0%)	$34,801							4.9	9.3	2107	197
069103509250	2305	Santa Clara County Special Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	1290 Ridder Park Dr. MC273	San Jose	95131	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 453-6542	850	104	8.1	48.6%	127 (14.9%)	33 (3.9%)	374 (44.0%)	301 (35.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.7%)	9 (1.1%)								4.9	9.5	2089	216
069100710481	2306	Violet Heintz Education Academy	Public	7-12	4939 East Yale Ave.	Fresno	93727	Fresno County	Fresno County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 443-4863	56	5	10.9	85.7%	3 (5.4%)	13 (23.2%)	35 (62.5%)	2 (3.6%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.6%)	$16,753							4.8	6.5	2292	14
063432007682	2307	Alba	Public, Alternative	1-12	4041 Oregon St.	San Diego	92104	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-3900	14	9	1.6	85.7%	1 (7.1%)	2 (14.3%)	10 (71.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.1%)	$51,194							4.7	5.4	2312	5
069100910793	2308	Eel River Community	Public	7-12	2292 Newburg Rd.	Fortuna	95540	Humboldt County	Humboldt County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 725-0209	63	3	20.6	93.7%	26 (41.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (25.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (20.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (11.1%)	$22,385							4.7	11	2005	303
063531007593	2309	REACH Academy	Public	6-12	1325 East 4th St.	Santa Ana	92701	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 431-1800	33	8	4.2	93.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.0%)	$51,115							4.7	5.9	2305	4
060903011586	2310	Clovis Community Day Secondary	Public	7-12	1715 David E Cook Way	Clovis	93611	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-1995	38	11	3.5	86.8%	5 (13.2%)	4 (10.5%)	25 (65.8%)	4 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								4.7	6	2304	6

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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.