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)
060248814411	1291	California Connections Academy Central Coast	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2300 Highway 166	New Cuyama	93254	Santa Barbara County	California Connections Academy Central Coast District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(661) 214-3065	143	2	82.6	50.3%	59 (41.3%)	6 (4.2%)	65 (45.5%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.0%)								34.6	56.3	731	560
062466003699	1292	Atwater High	Public	9-12	2201 Fruitland Ave.	Atwater	95301	Merced County	Merced Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 325-1200	2,051	99	20.6	80.4%	281 (13.7%)	30 (1.5%)	1,651 (80.5%)	54 (2.6%)	9 (0.4%)	1 (0.0%)	24 (1.2%)	$7,848							34.6	36.8	1233	59
060263000169	1293	Anaheim High	Public	9-12	811 West Lincoln Ave.	Anaheim	92805	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 999-3717	2,734	121	22.6	92.3%	71 (2.6%)	20 (0.7%)	2,565 (93.8%)	50 (1.8%)	11 (0.4%)	3 (0.1%)	13 (0.5%)	$11,753							34.6	31.9	1362	69
061954002339	1294	Arvin High	Public	9-12	900 Varsity Rd.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 854-5561	2,728	111	24.5	95.5%	41 (1.5%)	14 (0.5%)	2,665 (97.7%)	1 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.2%)	$8,658							34.5	41.6	1082	212
060524012774	1295	American River Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6620 Wentworth Springs Rd.	Georgetown	95634	El Dorado County	Black Oak Mine Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 333-8340	244	8	30	41.4%	198 (81.1%)	2 (0.8%)	16 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	3 (1.2%)	21 (8.6%)	$8,434							34.5	38.3	1192	103
060237412179	1296	Health Sciences High and Middle College	Public, Charter	9-12	3910 University Ave. Ste. 100	San Diego	92105	San Diego County	Health Sciences High and Middle College District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 528-9070	528	25	21.1	74.1%	12 (2.3%)	76 (14.4%)	385 (72.9%)	20 (3.8%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	30 (5.7%)								34.5	34.6	1285	11
060217414324	1297	iLead Agua Dulce	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	11311 Frascati St.	Agua Dulce	91390	Los Angeles County	iLead Agua Dulce District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 268-6386	333	17	19.5	44.1%	156 (46.8%)	4 (1.2%)	142 (42.6%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.2%)								34.4	26.5	1521	224
063432011149	1298	Crawford High	Public	9-12	4191 Colts Way	San Diego	92115	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 362-3700	1,276	51	24.8	88.2%	29 (2.3%)	386 (30.3%)	606 (47.5%)	210 (16.5%)	3 (0.2%)	7 (0.5%)	35 (2.7%)	$8,914							34.4	33.4	1321	23
062271003385	1299	Sylmar Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	13050 Borden Ave.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 833-3700	1,508	78	19.3	84.0%	24 (1.6%)	31 (2.1%)	1,427 (94.6%)	13 (0.9%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	8 (0.5%)	$10,737							34.2	35.3	1273	26
063417005385	1300	San Gorgonio High	Public	9-12	2299 East Pacific Ave.	San Bernardino	92404	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6524	1,447	73	19.8	90.0%	68 (4.7%)	134 (9.3%)	1,146 (79.2%)	52 (3.6%)	4 (0.3%)	7 (0.5%)	34 (2.3%)	$7,591							34.2	37.6	1216	84

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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.