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)
062805004255	1991	Dewey Academy High	Public	9-12	1111 2nd Ave.	Oakland	94606	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-8310	89	8	11.1	100.0%	2 (2.2%)	34 (38.2%)	40 (44.9%)	6 (6.7%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.7%)	$8,073							10.4	7.3	2248	257
062271003197	1991	Monterey Continuation	Public	9-12	466 South Fraser St.	Los Angeles	90022	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 269-0786	39	3	13.1	100.0%	1 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,551							10.4	18.4	1738	253
069112210678	1991	Solano County Community	Public	7-12	Golden Hills Education Ctr.	Fairfield	94533	Solano County	Solano County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 399-4840	67	4	15.2	67.2%	7 (10.4%)	25 (37.3%)	26 (38.8%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	7 (10.4%)	$32,059							10.4	7.5	2239	248
061839003213	1994	Inglewood Continuation High	Public	9-12	441 West Hillcrest Blvd.	Inglewood	90301	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5300	71	4	19.5	87.3%	0 (0.0%)	17 (23.9%)	52 (73.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	1 (1.4%)								10.4	12.4	1931	63
061632502069	1995	Valley Alternative High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	15430 Shadybend Dr.	Hacienda Heights	91745	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-3401	105	10	10.2	89.5%	4 (3.8%)	1 (1.0%)	97 (92.4%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)								10.3	8.6	2160	165
060210908230	1996	John Muir Charter	Public, Charter	6-12	960 McCourtney Rd.	Grass Valley	95949	Nevada County	John Muir Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 272-4008	589	37	16.1	92.9%	53 (9.0%)	44 (7.5%)	449 (76.2%)	9 (1.5%)	8 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	24 (4.1%)								10.3	10.1	2051	55
062271003190	1997	Moneta Continuation	Public	9-12	17951 South Budlong Ave.	Gardena	90248	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 354-4951	49	3	16.6	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	8 (16.3%)	38 (77.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	2 (4.1%)	$18,491							10.3	7.4	2244	247
060816000797	1998	Valley View High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1801 East Sixth St.	Ontario	91764	San Bernardino County	Chaffey Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 985-0966	335	26	12.9	84.5%	20 (6.0%)	24 (7.2%)	270 (80.6%)	8 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.3%)	$17,796							10.3	9	2132	134
060015811504	1999	Roselawn High	Public	9-12	350 North Kilroy	Turlock	95380	Stanislaus County	Turlock Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 634-9311	194	10	19.4	77.3%	25 (12.9%)	4 (2.1%)	155 (79.9%)	5 (2.6%)	3 (1.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	$17,658							10.3	8.3	2187	188
062271014106	2000	Boys Academic Leadership Academy	Public	6-12	1511 West 110th St.	Los Angeles	90047	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 820-6231	66	9	7.3	92.4%	0 (0.0%)	50 (75.8%)	16 (24.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,236							10.3	25.7	1541	459

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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.