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)
063801008619	481	Weber Institute	Public	9-12	302 West Weber Ave.	Stockton	95203	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7330	344	22	15.9	74.7%	14 (4.1%)	10 (2.9%)	284 (82.6%)	26 (7.6%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	$9,810							70	60.9	638	157
061893002296	482	Terra Nova High	Public	9-12	1450 Terra Nova Blvd.	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County	Jefferson Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 550-7600	697	39	17.9	17.9%	305 (43.8%)	6 (0.9%)	193 (27.7%)	91 (13.1%)	5 (0.7%)	4 (0.6%)	89 (12.8%)	$6,606							70	74.2	421	61
063363005190	483	Oakmont High	Public	9-12	1710 Cirby Way	Roseville	95661	Placer County	Roseville Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 782-3781	1,323	63	21	42.6%	625 (47.2%)	44 (3.3%)	393 (29.7%)	118 (8.9%)	9 (0.7%)	7 (0.5%)	115 (8.7%)	$7,559							70	83.5	263	220
060004402140	484	Healdsburg High	Public	9-12	1024 Prince St.	Healdsburg	95448	Sonoma County	Healdsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 431-3420	460	31	15	57.8%	173 (37.6%)	1 (0.2%)	269 (58.5%)	6 (1.3%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	$9,999							69.8	55.6	743	259
062688004064	485	Nevada Union High	Public	9-12	11761 Ridge Rd.	Grass Valley	95945	Nevada County	Nevada Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 273-4431	1,457	62	23.5	39.3%	1,008 (69.2%)	8 (0.5%)	298 (20.5%)	15 (1.0%)	15 (1.0%)	2 (0.1%)	103 (7.1%)	$11,545							69.8	38.7	1183	698
064251006958	486	Canyon High	Public	9-12	19300 West Nadal St.	Canyon Country	91351	Los Angeles County	William S. Hart Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 252-6110	1,966	82	23.9	32.3%	455 (23.1%)	81 (4.1%)	1,266 (64.4%)	101 (5.1%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	57 (2.9%)	$10,301							69.7	82.4	285	201
063543006055	487	Adrian Wilcox High	Public	9-12	3250 Monroe St.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2400	1,695	90	18.8	28.3%	248 (14.6%)	32 (1.9%)	661 (39.0%)	650 (38.3%)	7 (0.4%)	10 (0.6%)	78 (4.6%)	$10,163							69.7	80.8	313	174
060200508596	488	Julian Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1704 Cape Horn	Julian	92036	San Diego County	Julian Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(760) 765-3847	206	16	12.8	45.1%	92 (44.7%)	3 (1.5%)	80 (38.8%)	5 (2.4%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (10.7%)								69.7	67.8	510	22
061336010429	489	Angelo Rodriguez High	Public	9-12	5000 Red Top Rd.	Fairfield	94534	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 863-7950	2,053	84	24.4	30.3%	429 (20.9%)	255 (12.4%)	545 (26.5%)	539 (26.3%)	10 (0.5%)	27 (1.3%)	237 (11.5%)	$5,993							69.7	80.9	311	178
061212001363	490	Arroyo High	Public	9-12	4921 North Cedar Ave.	El Monte	91731	Los Angeles County	El Monte Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 444-9201	1,698	75	22.7	84.6%	29 (1.7%)	4 (0.2%)	1,228 (72.3%)	429 (25.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.3%)	$10,905							69.4	70.9	465	25

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.