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)
063363006168	111	Granite Bay High	Public	9-12	1 Grizzly Way	Granite Bay	95746	Placer County	Roseville Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 786-8676	2,005	87	23	23.4%	1,114 (55.6%)	53 (2.6%)	273 (13.6%)	392 (19.6%)	14 (0.7%)	14 (0.7%)	138 (6.9%)	$7,793							93	94.7	90	21
060282011610	112	SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise)	Public	9-12	3041 West Avenue K	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Antelope Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 722-6509	646	21	30.4	56.5%	70 (10.8%)	77 (11.9%)	406 (62.8%)	47 (7.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (6.7%)	$6,095							93	97.1	52	60
063898006540	113	Temple City High	Public	9-12	9501 Lemon Ave.	Temple City	91780	Los Angeles County	Temple City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 548-5043	1,758	79	22.3	40.1%	97 (5.5%)	9 (0.5%)	396 (22.5%)	1,191 (67.7%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	59 (3.4%)	$6,566							92.9	91.6	148	35
068450008251	114	Northwood High	Public	9-12	4515 Portola Pkwy.	Irvine	92620	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-7200	2,310	86	26.7	19.5%	394 (17.1%)	42 (1.8%)	204 (8.8%)	1,444 (62.5%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	210 (9.1%)	$6,296							92.8	94.7	93	21
063697211114	115	University Preparatory	Public	7-12	13853 Seneca Rd.	Victorville	92392	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 243-5940	1,141	44	26	68.4%	123 (10.8%)	61 (5.3%)	796 (69.8%)	110 (9.6%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (3.9%)	$4,650							92.8	92.1	135	20
060223312016	116	University Preparatory Academy Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	2315 Canoas Garden Ave.	San Jose	95125	Santa Clara County	University Preparatory Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 723-1839	713	38	18.5	30.6%	47 (6.6%)	137 (19.2%)	140 (19.6%)	337 (47.3%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	48 (6.7%)								92.7	91.4	155	39
060177000041	117	Alameda High	Public	9-12	2200 Central Ave.	Alameda	94501	Alameda County	Alameda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 337-7022	1,863	78	23.8	32.5%	541 (29.0%)	76 (4.1%)	313 (16.8%)	619 (33.2%)	3 (0.2%)	7 (0.4%)	285 (15.3%)	$14,816							92.6	91.9	144	27
060212414297	118	Career Technical Education Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	1320 North Mariposa St.	Fresno	93703	Fresno County	Career Technical Education Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 443-4872	247	20	12.1	48.2%	45 (18.2%)	17 (6.9%)	151 (61.1%)	18 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.1%)								92.6	76.3	397	279
064128006843	119	Walnut High	Public	9-12	400 North Pierre Rd.	Walnut	91789	Los Angeles County	Walnut Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 594-1333	2,138	93	23	26.2%	90 (4.2%)	27 (1.3%)	675 (31.6%)	1,239 (58.0%)	1 (0.0%)	21 (1.0%)	84 (3.9%)	$6,247							92.5	93.6	112	7
063153004890	120	Mt. Carmel High	Public	9-12	9550 Carmel Mountain Rd.	San Diego	92129	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 484-1180	1,831	79	23.2	17.1%	647 (35.3%)	59 (3.2%)	398 (21.7%)	475 (25.9%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	244 (13.3%)	$8,057							92.4	92	140	20

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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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Educational resources:

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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.