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)
060154810840	1081	New Designs Charter	Public, Charter	6-12	2303 South Figueroa Way	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	New Designs Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 765-9084	797	23	34.1	76.3%	19 (2.4%)	59 (7.4%)	615 (77.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	103 (12.9%)								41.9	38.8	1181	100
063462005761	1082	Casa Roble Fundamental High	Public	9-12	9151 Oak Ave.	Orangevale	95662	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 971-5452	1,103	52	21.3	46.8%	704 (63.8%)	26 (2.4%)	251 (22.8%)	19 (1.7%)	8 (0.7%)	4 (0.4%)	81 (7.3%)	$8,094							41.9	52.5	813	269
060232813918	1083	California Pacific Charter - San Diego	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	940 South Coast Dr.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange County	California Pacific Charter - San Diego District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(855) 225-7227	280	38	7.3	59.3%	101 (36.1%)	19 (6.8%)	111 (39.6%)	10 (3.6%)	3 (1.1%)	3 (1.1%)	31 (11.1%)								41.8	38.2	1196	113
060189911635	1084	Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	1655 East 27th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 232-9436	557	29	18.9	97.7%	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.9%)	548 (98.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								41.8	30.3	1407	323
063398014401	1085	Rancho San Juan High	Public	9-12	1100 Rogge Rd.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 273-7700	1,658	77	21.5	91.4%	65 (3.9%)	5 (0.3%)	1,521 (91.7%)	38 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	26 (1.6%)								41.8	38.9	1175	90
062586003895	1086	Yucca Valley High	Public	9-12	7600 Sage Ave.	Yucca Valley	92284	San Bernardino County	Morongo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 365-3391	1,271	59	21.4	62.5%	656 (51.6%)	67 (5.3%)	483 (38.0%)	32 (2.5%)	9 (0.7%)	6 (0.5%)	17 (1.3%)	$8,070							41.5	48.3	905	181
062913004495	1087	Las Plumas High	Public	9-12	2380 Las Plumas Ave.	Oroville	95966	Butte County	Oroville Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 538-2310	1,299	59	22.1	75.0%	672 (51.7%)	26 (2.0%)	323 (24.9%)	99 (7.6%)	79 (6.1%)	10 (0.8%)	89 (6.9%)	$7,383							41.5	47	940	147
064116011823	1088	Visalia Charter Independent Study	Public, Charter	7-12	1821 West Meadow Ln.	Visalia	93277	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 735-8055	552	45	12.2	65.9%	100 (18.1%)	8 (1.4%)	391 (70.8%)	21 (3.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.1%)	$9,112							41.5	38.2	1201	113
062927004521	1089	Rio Mesa High	Public	9-12	545 Central Ave.	Oxnard	93036	Ventura County	Oxnard Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 278-5500	2,078	87	23.8	65.3%	94 (4.5%)	37 (1.8%)	1,789 (86.1%)	99 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	48 (2.3%)	$10,776							41.5	40.6	1118	29
061926012095	1090	Patriot High	Public	9-12	4355 Camino Real	Jurupa Valley	92509	Riverside County	Jurupa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 361-6500	2,482	109	22.7	71.7%	209 (8.4%)	38 (1.5%)	2,128 (85.7%)	64 (2.6%)	7 (0.3%)	5 (0.2%)	28 (1.1%)	$10,634							41.4	38.5	1188	98

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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.