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)
063003013962	1891	Open Valley Independent Study	Public, Alternative	K-12	640 M St.	Patterson	95363	Stanislaus County	Patterson Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 892-4720	136	7	20.3	77.9%	9 (6.6%)	12 (8.8%)	105 (77.2%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.7%)								12.4	22.8	1627	264
062271003201	1892	Mt. Lukens Continuation	Public	9-12	7705 Summitrose St.	Tujunga	91042	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 352-4039	39	3	12.9	89.7%	4 (10.3%)	2 (5.1%)	32 (82.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.6%)	$14,630							12.3	9.2	2120	228
063462005789	1893	La Entrada Continuation High	Public	9-12	5320 Hemlock St.	Sacramento	95841	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 979-8050	115	6	17.9	60.0%	37 (32.2%)	19 (16.5%)	48 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	2 (1.7%)	8 (7.0%)	$15,080							12.3	10.4	2034	141
063660008637	1894	Pioneer Continuation High	Public	9-12	2650 Eighth St.	Redding	96001	Shasta County	Shasta Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 243-1880	218	15	14.4	72.5%	140 (64.2%)	4 (1.8%)	32 (14.7%)	10 (4.6%)	16 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.4%)	$10,714							12.3	15.2	1828	66
069105114090	1895	Opportunity Academy	Public, Charter	10-12	313 West Winton Ave.	Hayward	94544	Alameda County	Alameda County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 670-7602	157	8	19	48.4%	6 (3.8%)	55 (35.0%)	83 (52.9%)	8 (5.1%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	$18,042							12.2	23.6	1601	294
060187313673	1896	The Education Corps	Public, Charter	9-12	3635 Atlantic Ave.	Long Beach	90807	Los Angeles County	The Education Corps District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 285-1111	229	5	41.7	91.3%	2 (0.9%)	25 (10.9%)	194 (84.7%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	4 (1.7%)								12.2	10.8	2012	116
063441007350	1897	O'Connell (John) High	Public	9-12	2355 Folsom St.	San Francisco	94110	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5370	483	32	15.2	67.5%	22 (4.6%)	48 (9.9%)	353 (73.1%)	25 (5.2%)	5 (1.0%)	4 (0.8%)	26 (5.4%)	$6,103							12.2	25.2	1554	343
062955008931	1898	Mt. San Jacinto High	Public	9-12	30800 Landau Blvd.	Cathedral City	92234	Riverside County	Palm Springs Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 770-8563	357	23	15.3	93.8%	11 (3.1%)	10 (2.8%)	324 (90.8%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$18,644							12.1	16.4	1788	110
060218714269	1899	Animo Compton Charter	Public, Charter	6-12	13305 South San Pedro St.	Los Angeles	90061	Los Angeles County	Animo Compton Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 565-1600	330	21	15.8	93.0%	7 (2.1%)	133 (40.3%)	185 (56.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)								12	12.1	1947	48
063441012494	1900	S.F. International High	Public	8-12	655 DeHaro St.	San Francisco	94107	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5781	392	26	15	69.4%	20 (5.1%)	2 (0.5%)	323 (82.4%)	44 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$6,103							12	15.2	1829	71

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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.