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)
062515001807	1061	Peter Johansen High	Public	9-12	641 Norseman Dr.	Modesto	95357	Stanislaus County	Modesto City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1760	2,000	87	22.9	83.4%	265 (13.3%)	51 (2.6%)	1,459 (73.0%)	64 (3.2%)	6 (0.3%)	13 (0.7%)	142 (7.1%)								42.5	27.6	1491	430
060240112941	1062	Trivium Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1550 South College Dr.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Trivium Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 291-1303	320	15	20.6	39.4%	149 (46.6%)	3 (0.9%)	130 (40.6%)	8 (2.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.8%)								42.5	45.4	986	76
069113513992	1063	Orange Vista High	Public	9-12	1400 East Orange Ave.	Perris	92571	Riverside County	Val Verde Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 490-4660	2,474	115	21.4	85.5%	85 (3.4%)	267 (10.8%)	1,980 (80.0%)	62 (2.5%)	8 (0.3%)	13 (0.5%)	54 (2.2%)	$7,473							42.5	35	1279	216
062778010350	1064	Nuview Bridge Early College High	Public, Charter	9-12	30401 Reservoir Ave.	Nuevo	92567	Riverside County	Nuview Union	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 928-8498	675	26	25.8	81.9%	75 (11.1%)	7 (1.0%)	574 (85.0%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.6%)	$10,726							42.4	58.8	677	387
062532008725	1065	Mountain Park	Public, Alternative	K-12	950 South Mountain Ave.	Monrovia	91016	Los Angeles County	Monrovia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 471-3014	49	5	9.2	73.5%	6 (12.2%)	5 (10.2%)	36 (73.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.1%)	$11,416							42.4	39.5	1158	93
060231611478	1066	California Virtual Academy @ Sonoma	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	50 Morland Rd.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	California Virtual Academy @ Sonoma District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 581-0202	873	30	29.4	67.7%	255 (29.2%)	102 (11.7%)	321 (36.8%)	66 (7.6%)	9 (1.0%)	9 (1.0%)	111 (12.7%)								42.4	41.3	1097	31
063117004825	1067	Portola Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	155 Sixth Ave.	Portola	96122	Plumas County	Plumas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 832-4284	279	19	14.6	57.3%	160 (57.3%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (32.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.6%)								42.4	29.7	1423	356
062127002548	1068	Le Grand High	Public	9-12	12961 East Le Grand Rd.	Le Grand	95333	Merced County	Le Grand Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 389-9400	462	27	17	87.7%	30 (6.5%)	1 (0.2%)	424 (91.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	$15,710							42.3	26.6	1520	452
061182001303	1069	James Lick High	Public	9-12	57 North White Rd.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	East Side Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 347-4400	878	48	18.4	60.9%	22 (2.5%)	10 (1.1%)	752 (85.6%)	79 (9.0%)	5 (0.6%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.6%)	$10,228							42.3	24.8	1571	502
061949008866	1070	Kerman High	Public	9-12	205 South First St.	Kerman	93630	Fresno County	Kerman Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 843-9700	1,480	72	20.5	86.0%	122 (8.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1,278 (86.4%)	65 (4.4%)	6 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.5%)	$5,172							42.2	52	823	247

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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.