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)
064293006986	921	Winters High	Public	9-12	101 Grant Ave.	Winters	95694	Yolo County	Winters Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 795-6140	437	27	16.1	65.2%	125 (28.6%)	9 (2.1%)	294 (67.3%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	$9,006							47.6	42.3	1065	144
060228912572	922	Alliance Tennenbaum Family Technology High	Public, Charter	9-12	2050 North San Fernando Rd.	Los Angeles	90065	Los Angeles County	Alliance Tennenbaum Family Technology High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 276-5545	184	12	14.8	90.2%	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)	169 (91.8%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.9%)								47.6	32.6	1339	417
060142613751	923	Bonsall High	Public	9-12	7350 West Lilac Rd.	Bonsall	92003	San Diego County	Bonsall Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 305-5700	331	20	16.5	52.6%	96 (29.0%)	6 (1.8%)	164 (49.5%)	5 (1.5%)	32 (9.7%)	3 (0.9%)	24 (7.3%)								47.6	39	1172	249
064143006849	924	Wasco High	Public	9-12	1900 Seventh St.	Wasco	93280	Kern County	Wasco Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 758-7400	1,693	82	20.7	86.8%	54 (3.2%)	32 (1.9%)	1,593 (94.1%)	11 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	$11,681							47.5	45.1	989	65
060170503964	925	Guajome Park Academy Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2000 North Santa Fe Ave.	Vista	92083	San Diego County	Guajome Park Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 631-8500	1,353	72	18.7	73.2%	217 (16.0%)	16 (1.2%)	977 (72.2%)	32 (2.4%)	6 (0.4%)	3 (0.2%)	96 (7.1%)								47.5	55.9	736	189
061686012368	926	Academy of Careers and Exploration	Public, Charter	7-12	13943 Rivers Edge Rd.	Helendale	92342	San Bernardino County	Helendale Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 952-1266	284	14	19.6	51.1%	91 (32.0%)	24 (8.5%)	152 (53.5%)	6 (2.1%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.1%)	6 (2.1%)								47.5	29.6	1428	502
060001412417	927	Oak Hills High	Public	9-12	7625 Cataba Rd.	Oak Hills	92344	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 244-2283	2,513	107	23.5	48.5%	387 (15.4%)	190 (7.6%)	1,796 (71.5%)	47 (1.9%)	8 (0.3%)	22 (0.9%)	63 (2.5%)	$6,775							47.4	51.6	831	96
060263000182	928	Magnolia High	Public	9-12	2450 West Ball Rd.	Anaheim	92804	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 220-4221	1,662	79	21	88.7%	85 (5.1%)	29 (1.7%)	1,235 (74.3%)	265 (15.9%)	4 (0.2%)	14 (0.8%)	27 (1.6%)	$13,529							47.4	41.1	1102	174
061263001426	929	Emery Secondary	Public	9-12	1100 47th St.	Emeryville	94608	Alameda County	Emery Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 601-4998	155	13	12.2	47.1%	17 (11.0%)	71 (45.8%)	33 (21.3%)	19 (12.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (9.0%)								47.4	56.6	720	209
060004005120	930	Riverdale High	Public	9-12	3086 West Mt. Whitney Ave.	Riverdale	93656	Fresno County	Riverdale Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 867-3562	525	33	15.9	86.5%	49 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	474 (90.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,197							47.4	43.9	1018	88

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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.