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)
063255009622	81	Middle College High	Public	9-12	2600 Mission Bell Dr.	San Pablo	94806	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 215-3881	283	11	25.4	64.0%	18 (6.4%)	29 (10.2%)	139 (49.1%)	84 (29.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (3.9%)	$4,889							95	93.6	111	30
062961004596	82	Palo Alto High	Public	9-12	50 Embarcadero Rd.	Palo Alto	94301	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 329-3701	1,932	115	16.8	10.8%	674 (34.9%)	34 (1.8%)	265 (13.7%)	698 (36.1%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (1.3%)	232 (12.0%)	$15,583							94.9	92.7	129	47
064251010914	83	West Ranch High	Public	9-12	26255 West Valencia Blvd.	Valencia	91381	Los Angeles County	William S. Hart Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 222-1220	1,843	77	23.8	11.7%	712 (38.6%)	88 (4.8%)	404 (21.9%)	535 (29.0%)	5 (0.3%)	4 (0.2%)	95 (5.2%)	$10,023							94.9	95.5	79	4
062250013896	84	Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science	Public	9-12	1100 Iroquois Ave.	Long Beach	90815	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 598-7611	502	22	22.9	28.1%	115 (22.9%)	34 (6.8%)	187 (37.3%)	119 (23.7%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	40 (8.0%)	$10,939							94.9	99.1	15	69
064128007894	85	Diamond Bar High	Public	9-12	21400 Pathfinder Rd.	Diamond Bar	91765	Los Angeles County	Walnut Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 594-1405	2,532	100	25.4	23.2%	150 (5.9%)	43 (1.7%)	447 (17.7%)	1,771 (69.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (0.5%)	108 (4.3%)	$5,915							94.8	95	89	4
060723008122	86	Leigh High	Public	9-12	5210 Leigh Ave.	San Jose	95124	Santa Clara County	Campbell Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 626-3405	1,816	75	24.2	18.8%	735 (40.5%)	22 (1.2%)	303 (16.7%)	526 (29.0%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	217 (11.9%)	$7,153							94.7	95.2	87	1
069104512387	87	University Preparatory High	Public, Charter	9-12	915 South Mooney Blvd. Maripos	Visalia	93277	Tulare County	Tulare County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-2529	247	10	24.5	78.9%	75 (30.4%)	0 (0.0%)	114 (46.2%)	7 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (20.6%)	$9,012							94.6	96.2	67	20
060001909273	88	Dublin High	Public	9-12	8151 Village Pkwy.	Dublin	94568	Alameda County	Dublin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 833-3300	3,224	137	23.4	8.6%	511 (15.8%)	120 (3.7%)	335 (10.4%)	2,010 (62.3%)	3 (0.1%)	12 (0.4%)	230 (7.1%)	$6,981							94.6	96.8	60	28
061062001176	89	Davis Senior High	Public	10-12	315 West 14th St.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5400	1,789	81	22	19.5%	759 (42.4%)	54 (3.0%)	427 (23.9%)	354 (19.8%)	7 (0.4%)	10 (0.6%)	158 (8.8%)								94.6	93.5	113	24
061221001388	90	El Segundo High	Public	9-12	640 Main St.	El Segundo	90245	Los Angeles County	El Segundo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 615-2661	1,290	52	24.8	12.1%	612 (47.4%)	73 (5.7%)	307 (23.8%)	103 (8.0%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	188 (14.6%)	$8,702							94.5	90.6	164	74

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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.