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)
062927004518	2191	Frontier High	Public	9-12	545 Airport Way	Camarillo	93010	Ventura County	Oxnard Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 389-6450	324	23	14.2	89.8%	9 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	307 (94.8%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	$16,021							7.8	9.3	2111	80
069101209226	2192	Kern County Juvenile Court	Public, Alternative	K-12	1300 17th St.	Bakersfield	93301	Kern County	Kern County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 636-4327	236	25	9.4	98.7%	37 (15.7%)	50 (21.2%)	145 (61.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$15,750							7.8	6.6	2288	96
069101413724	2193	Clearlake Creativity	Public, Alternative	K-12	6945 Old Highway 53	Clearlake	95422	Lake County	Lake County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 995-9523	21	3	6.9	95.2%	15 (71.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (9.5%)	$39,229							7.7	5.7	2306	113
060157111631	2194	New Village Girls Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	147 North Occidental Blvd.	Los Angeles	90026	Los Angeles County	New Village Girls Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 385-4015	85	10	8.5	96.5%	1 (1.2%)	5 (5.9%)	78 (91.8%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								7.7	41.5	1088	1106
063639006196	2195	Redwood High	Public	9-12	1968 Old County Rd.	Redwood City	94063	San Mateo County	Sequoia Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 369-1411	192	15	12.9	69.8%	4 (2.1%)	5 (2.6%)	164 (85.4%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	15 (7.8%)	2 (1.0%)	$20,001							7.7	9.8	2076	119
060939000956	2196	Slover Mountain High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	18829 Orange St.	Bloomington	92316	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5013	243	17	14.7	90.1%	4 (1.6%)	7 (2.9%)	227 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	$12,967							7.7	9.1	2129	67
069103107179	2197	San Joaquin County Special Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	2707 Transworld Dr.	Stockton	95206	San Joaquin County	San Joaquin County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 468-9279	838	93	9	39.5%	141 (16.8%)	76 (9.1%)	372 (44.4%)	166 (19.8%)	11 (1.3%)	5 (0.6%)	67 (8.0%)	$10,643							7.7	7.8	2219	22
062106002530	2198	Credence High	Public	9-12	813 Cottage St.	Susanville	96130	Lassen County	Lassen Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 257-5134	27	2	12.4	63.0%	14 (51.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.7%)	1 (3.7%)	1 (3.7%)								7.7	6.6	2287	89
060004007830	2198	Horizon High	Public	9-12	3086 West Mt. Whitney Ave.	Riverdale	93656	Fresno County	Riverdale Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 867-3562	22	2	11.2	86.4%	1 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,470							7.7	13.4	1888	310
064200006876	2200	Coronado High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1500 East Francisquito Ave.	West Covina	91791	Los Angeles County	West Covina Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 931-1810	124	15	8.4	76.6%	2 (1.6%)	5 (4.0%)	98 (79.0%)	12 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.0%)	$35,549							7.7	9.3	2114	86

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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.