Best High Schools in California

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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)
062271007763	1981	Boyle Heights Continuation	Public	9-12	544 South Mathews St.	Los Angeles	90033	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 264-8070	62	3	20.6	93.5%	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	61 (98.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,724							10.5	12.2	1938	43
062271003055	1982	Zane Grey Continuation	Public	9-12	18230 Kittridge St.	Reseda	91335	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 758-3769	87	5	17.2	96.6%	10 (11.5%)	4 (4.6%)	68 (78.2%)	4 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	$19,017							10.5	11.8	1962	20
061954002355	1983	Vista Continuation High	Public	9-12	200 P St.	Bakersfield	93304	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 327-8561	210	14	14.5	96.2%	14 (6.7%)	23 (11.0%)	170 (81.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,543							10.5	8.5	2174	191
062409002879	1984	South Lindhurst Continuation High	Public	10-12	4446 Olive Dr.	Olivehurst	95961	Yuba County	Marysville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 749-6919	268	10	27.8	73.1%	86 (32.1%)	8 (3.0%)	154 (57.5%)	8 (3.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.4%)								10.4	11.3	1978	6
063066004756	1985	El Camino Real Continuation High	Public	9-12	1351 East Orangethorpe Ave.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7060	150	12	12.3	82.0%	15 (10.0%)	4 (2.7%)	126 (84.0%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$15,892							10.4	12.8	1912	73
063441003976	1986	Marshall (Thurgood) High	Public	9-12	45 Conkling St.	San Francisco	94124	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5612	477	33	14.2	82.4%	4 (0.8%)	37 (7.8%)	373 (78.2%)	42 (8.8%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	15 (3.1%)	$6,103							10.4	13.1	1897	89
062586003890	1987	Black Rock Alternative/Continuation	Public	9-12	59273 Sunnyslope	Yucca Valley	92284	San Bernardino County	Morongo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 369-6310	128	9	13.5	86.7%	76 (59.4%)	7 (5.5%)	43 (33.6%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,185							10.4	11.6	1966	21
060197013723	1988	Taylion High Desert Academy/Adelanto	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	11336 Bartlett Ave.	Adelanto	92301	San Bernardino County	Taylion High Desert Academy/Adelanto District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 843-6622	712	26	26.9	86.0%	65 (9.1%)	125 (17.6%)	470 (66.0%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	9 (1.3%)	35 (4.9%)								10.4	11.3	1980	8
062466008164	1989	Independence High (Alternative)	Public	9-12	1900 G St.	Merced	95340	Merced County	Merced Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 325-1600	92	13	7.3	90.2%	15 (16.3%)	5 (5.4%)	69 (75.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	$21,835							10.4	14.3	1861	128
060819000798	1990	Arrow High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1505 South Sunflower Ave.	Glendora	91740	Los Angeles County	Charter Oak Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 914-3961	77	7	11.1	84.4%	8 (10.4%)	1 (1.3%)	58 (75.3%)	5 (6.5%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.2%)	$10,280							10.4	14.6	1855	135

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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.