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Best High Schools in Placer County, CA

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At a glance

Schools

21,039

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedWestern Sierra Collegiate Academy38^th of 2,162 California high schools

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Biggest riser

Twelve Bridges High up 151 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Maidu Virtual Charter Academy 14.8 students per teacher

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Rocklin High	Public	9-12	5301 Victory Ln.	Rocklin	95765	Placer County	Rocklin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 632-1600	1,936	89	21.6	19.9%	1,142 (59.0%)	28 (1.4%)	309 (16.0%)	272 (14.0%)	10 (0.5%)	7 (0.4%)	162 (8.4%)	91.9	168^th of 2162 public high schools	92.2%		85.8	311^th of 2159 public high schools	85.6%	143		56.8		56.3			72.8	72.8			62.6	62.6	$19,137	$18,574	$563
Victory High	Public	9-12	3250 Victory Dr.	Rocklin	95765	Placer County	Rocklin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 632-3195	85	6	13.7	49.4%	45 (52.9%)	3 (3.5%)	20 (23.5%)	4 (4.7%)	3 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (9.4%)	24.8	1600^th of 2162 public high schools	26.0%		23	1628^th of 2159 public high schools	24.6%	28		6.3	16.7	11.8			29.4	29.4			5.9	5.9	$35,985	$35,370	$615
Whitney High	Public	9-12	701 Wildcat Blvd.	Rocklin	95765	Placer County	Rocklin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 632-6500	2,041	92	22.1	20.9%	1,048 (51.3%)	42 (2.1%)	373 (18.3%)	338 (16.6%)	13 (0.6%)	9 (0.4%)	215 (10.5%)	85.1	310^th of 2162 public high schools	85.7%		90.5	213^th of 2159 public high schools	90.1%	97			40.3	40.3			71.4	71.4			42.3	42.3	$19,279	$18,666	$613
Rocklin Alternative Education Center	Public, Virtual	7-12	3250 Victory Dr.	Rocklin	95765	Placer County	Rocklin Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(916) 632-3195	42	3	14.2	40.5%	31 (73.8%)	1 (2.4%)	5 (11.9%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (7.1%)	62.4	753^rd of 2162 public high schools	65.2%		76.6	467^th of 2159 public high schools	78.4%	286		25.0	45.5	34.4			66.7	53.9			16.7	23.1
Western Sierra Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	660 Menlo Dr.	Rocklin	95765	Placer County	Western Sierra Collegiate Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 778-4544	776	38	20.2	13.5%	282 (36.3%)	4 (0.5%)	111 (14.3%)	294 (37.9%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (10.4%)	97.8	38^th of 2162 public high schools	98.2%		94.9	113^th of 2159 public high schools	94.8%	75	60.0	68.0		65.2	85.7	82.8	93.0	87.4	77.7	68.7	65.4	70.3
Confluence Continuation High	Public	10-12	332 Finley St.	Auburn	95603	Placer County	Placer Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 885-8401	103	5	20.1	58.3%	60 (58.3%)	2 (1.9%)	26 (25.2%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (10.7%)	9.8	2028^th of 2162 public high schools	6.2%		12.2	1930^th of 2159 public high schools	10.6%	98		3.3		10.0			6.7	6.7			3.9	3.9	$21,034	$17,968	$3,066
Colfax High	Public	9-12	24995 Ben Taylor Rd.	Colfax	95713	Placer County	Placer Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 346-2284	611	28	22.0	21.3%	465 (76.1%)	3 (0.5%)	61 (10.0%)	5 (0.8%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (11.1%)	83.9	337^th of 2162 public high schools	84.4%		90.8	204^th of 2159 public high schools	90.6%	133		51.8		52.1			61.7	61.7			49.7	49.7	$27,330	$26,630	$700
Del Oro High	Public	9-12	3301 Taylor Rd.	Loomis	95650	Placer County	Placer Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 652-7243	1,634	67	24.2	12.9%	1,200 (73.4%)	5 (0.3%)	213 (13.0%)	46 (2.8%)	16 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	149 (9.1%)	88.1	244^th of 2162 public high schools	88.7%		95.1	107^th of 2159 public high schools	95.0%	137		47.7		47.2			72.9	72.9			55.1	55.1	$20,898	$20,304	$594
Placer High	Public	9-12	275 Orange St.	Auburn	95603	Placer County	Placer Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 885-4581	1,265	57	22.2	29.9%	719 (56.8%)	12 (0.9%)	366 (28.9%)	27 (2.1%)	13 (1.0%)	5 (0.4%)	115 (9.1%)	76.9	463^rd of 2162 public high schools	78.6%		72.2	538^th of 2159 public high schools	75.1%	75		43.3		42.3			70.2	70.2			33.7	33.7	$23,666	$22,466	$1,200
Foresthill High	Public	9-12	23319 Foresthill Rd.	Foresthill	95631	Placer County	Placer Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 367-5244	190	11	17.2	36.8%	138 (72.6%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (18.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.9%)	69.3	614^th of 2162 public high schools	71.6%		76.7	464^th of 2159 public high schools	78.5%	150		40.5		40.5			72.1	72.1			23.3	23.3	$38,019	$36,612	$1,407
Woodcreek High	Public	9-12	2551 Woodcreek Oaks Blvd.	Roseville	95747	Placer County	Roseville Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 771-6565	1,940	83	23.4	38.4%	1,033 (53.2%)	53 (2.7%)	419 (21.6%)	254 (13.1%)	16 (0.8%)	13 (0.7%)	139 (7.2%)	80.2	404^th of 2162 public high schools	81.3%		74.1	498^th of 2159 public high schools	76.9%	94		56.1		56.1			60.9	60.9			39.2	39.2	$22,545	$21,118	$1,427
Adelante High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	350 Atlantic St.	Roseville	95678	Placer County	Roseville Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 782-3155	122	7	16.3	65.6%	40 (32.8%)	8 (6.6%)	51 (41.8%)	8 (6.6%)	2 (1.6%)	2 (1.6%)	9 (7.4%)	12.6	1894^th of 2162 public high schools	12.4%		10.6	2031^st of 2159 public high schools	5.9%	137		3.6	21.4	7.1			8.9	8.9			0.0	0.0	$55,492	$52,620	$2,872
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	1,290	60	21.6	46.0%	595 (46.1%)	47 (3.6%)	401 (31.1%)	107 (8.3%)	9 (0.7%)	8 (0.6%)	116 (9.0%)	78.7	436^th of 2162 public high schools	79.8%		74.1	502^nd of 2159 public high schools	76.7%	66		50.2	8.3	48.5			63.1	63.1			38.1	38.1	$26,924	$25,256	$1,668
Roseville High	Public	9-12	1 Tiger Way	Roseville	95678	Placer County	Roseville Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 782-3753	1,443	61	23.7	50.6%	669 (46.4%)	48 (3.3%)	449 (31.1%)	161 (11.2%)	11 (0.8%)	14 (1.0%)	83 (5.8%)	64.2	705^th of 2162 public high schools	67.4%		62.3	712^th of 2159 public high schools	67.0%	7		30.2		30.2			61.9	61.9			31.6	31.6	$24,276	$22,642	$1,634
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	2,036	86	23.8	25.0%	1,081 (53.1%)	37 (1.8%)	274 (13.5%)	405 (19.9%)	15 (0.7%)	12 (0.6%)	207 (10.2%)	92.8	152^nd of 2162 public high schools	93.0%		93.9	137^th of 2159 public high schools	93.7%	15		55.0		54.8			77.4	77.4			61.9	61.9	$24,080	$22,786	$1,294
Independence High (Alternative)	Public, Virtual	9-12	125 Berry St.	Roseville	95678	Placer County	Roseville Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(916) 786-0793	258	14	18.8	48.8%	141 (54.7%)	9 (3.5%)	49 (19.0%)	27 (10.5%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.2%)	21 (8.1%)	48.9	1063^rd of 2162 public high schools	50.8%		44.2	1146^th of 2159 public high schools	46.9%	83		31.9		31.3			48.4	48.4			17.4	17.4	$28,799	$27,706	$1,093
West Park High	Public	9-12	2401 Panther Pl.	Roseville	95747	Placer County	Roseville Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 786-2970	2,079	82	25.4	30.1%	789 (38.0%)	86 (4.1%)	326 (15.7%)	630 (30.3%)	19 (0.9%)	10 (0.5%)	204 (9.8%)	86	284^th of 2162 public high schools	86.9%		87.4	274^th of 2159 public high schools	87.3%	10		50.5		50.1			70.6	70.6			46.1	46.1	$22,910	$21,664	$1,246
North Tahoe High	Public	9-12	2945 Polaris Rd.	Tahoe City	96145	Placer County	Tahoe-Truckee Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 581-7000	468	27	17.1	36.1%	257 (54.9%)	0 (0.0%)	187 (40.0%)	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.4%)	70	599^th of 2162 public high schools	72.3%		82	377^th of 2159 public high schools	82.5%	222		34.4		33.9			63.7	63.7			35.2	35.2	$30,266	$29,716	$550
Lincoln High	Public	9-12	790 J St.	Lincoln	95648	Placer County	Western Placer Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 645-6360	1,184	57	20.8	42.1%	527 (44.5%)	14 (1.2%)	508 (42.9%)	61 (5.2%)	8 (0.7%)	4 (0.3%)	62 (5.2%)	59.5	835^th of 2162 public high schools	61.4%		50.8	982^nd of 2159 public high schools	54.5%	147		32.3	21.4	31.8			54.1	54.1			28.3	28.3	$21,825	$19,936	$1,889
Phoenix High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	870 J St.	Lincoln	95648	Placer County	Western Placer Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 645-6395	105	5	20.0	81.0%	35 (33.3%)	2 (1.9%)	56 (53.3%)	2 (1.9%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (8.6%)	16.4	1759^th of 2162 public high schools	18.6%		26.5	1564^th of 2159 public high schools	27.6%	195		8.7		7.7			29.2	29.2			0.0	0.0	$29,944	$26,934	$3,010
Twelve Bridges High	Public	9-12	2360 Fieldstone Dr.	Lincoln	95648	Placer County	Western Placer Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 409-2631	1,317	59	22.2	20.3%	752 (57.1%)	24 (1.8%)	267 (20.3%)	132 (10.0%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (0.6%)	133 (10.1%)	75.5	486^th of 2162 public high schools	77.5%		65.7	637^th of 2159 public high schools	70.5%	151			23.8	24.1			61.9	61.9			40.2	40.2	$18,848	$17,226	$1,622
Maidu Virtual Charter Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	275 Orange St.	Auburn	95603	Placer County	Maidu Virtual Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(530) 745-5763	114	8	14.8	43.9%	78 (68.4%)	1 (0.9%)	19 (16.7%)	2 (1.8%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (9.6%)								(n/a)													$30,658	$30,372	$286

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