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)
062271003376	1921	Stoney Point Continuation	Public	9-12	10010 de Soto Ave.	Chatsworth	91311	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 678-3491	120	8	15.9	99.2%	14 (11.7%)	3 (2.5%)	95 (79.2%)	5 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	$17,737							11.5	11.2	1987	66
060234012462	1922	one.Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2707 Transworld Dr.	Stockton	95206	San Joaquin County	one.Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 468-4847	1,149	41	28.1	83.0%	125 (10.9%)	164 (14.3%)	698 (60.7%)	81 (7.0%)	6 (0.5%)	7 (0.6%)	67 (5.8%)								11.5	9.4	2095	173
061182001300	1923	Foothill High	Public	11-12	230 Pala Ave.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	East Side Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-9100	295	16	17.9	69.8%	4 (1.4%)	4 (1.4%)	268 (90.8%)	16 (5.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$16,594							11.5	9.8	2077	154
069102407991	1924	Orange County Special Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	200 Kalmus Dr.	Costa Mesa	92628	Orange County	Orange County Department of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 966-4129	353	48	7.4	39.1%	82 (23.2%)	16 (4.5%)	174 (49.3%)	60 (17.0%)	6 (1.7%)	4 (1.1%)	9 (2.5%)								11.4	11.2	1994	70
063468005835	1925	Lincoln High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1700 Leonard Dr.	San Leandro	94577	Alameda County	San Leandro Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 618-4460	165	11	14.8	67.9%	9 (5.5%)	38 (23.0%)	102 (61.8%)	10 (6.1%)	3 (1.8%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	$8,184							11.4	11.2	1984	59
060801000772	1926	Desert Oasis High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1302 South Third St.	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	Central Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 336-4555	131	10	13.7	93.9%	3 (2.3%)	2 (1.5%)	126 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,160							11.4	13.2	1892	34
062982012676	1927	Paradise eLearning Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	5911 Maxwell Dr.	Paradise	95969	Butte County	Paradise Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(530) 872-6425	46	4	12.6	63.0%	35 (76.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.7%)								11.4	15.3	1825	102
063459006645	1928	Liberty Alternative	Public	6-12	4849 Pearl Ave.	San Jose	95136	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6539	362	12	29.2	63.0%	47 (13.0%)	8 (2.2%)	273 (75.4%)	16 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.1%)	$17,620							11.4	16.8	1783	145
060148714233	1929	Mojave River Academy - Route 66	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	14554 Seventh St.	Victorville	92395	San Bernardino County	Mojave River Academy - Route 66 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 245-3222	448	21	21.2	93.3%	61 (13.6%)	31 (6.9%)	309 (69.0%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.9%)	6 (1.3%)	32 (7.1%)								11.4	11.2	1989	60
062361011776	1930	New Vision High	Public	9-12	4726 McCuen Ave.	Stockton	95206	San Joaquin County	Manteca Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 938-6225	112	8	13.7	67.9%	6 (5.4%)	10 (8.9%)	86 (76.8%)	5 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	4 (3.6%)	$11,993							11.3	14.8	1845	85

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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.