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Best High Schools in Stanislaus County, CA

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At a glance

Schools

32,501

Students

Districts

Top rankedJames C. Enochs High613^th of 2,162 California high schools

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Biggest riser

Ceres High up 238 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Teel 9.6 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

West Side Valley High (Continuation)

SchoolDigger ratings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)		CSA Spanish Listening (2025)		CSA Spanish Writing (2025)		CSA Spanish Reading (2025)		CSA Spanish Speaking (2025)	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	CSA Spanish Overall 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CSA Spanish Speaking 9th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 10th 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
Hughson High	Public	9-12	7419 East Whitmore Ave.	Hughson	95326	Stanislaus County	Hughson Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 883-0469	859	37	23.5	57.2%	421 (49.0%)	6 (0.7%)	398 (46.3%)	18 (2.1%)	7 (0.8%)	5 (0.6%)	4 (0.5%)	52.9	969^th of 2162 public high schools	55.2%		59.5	780^th of 2159 public high schools	63.9%	189												18.4		18.4			64.3	64.3			24.9	24.9	$18,691	$17,196	$1,495
Dickens (Billy Joe) High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	6937 Fox Rd.	Hughson	95326	Stanislaus County	Hughson Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 883-4182	33			72.7%	6 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (81.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24.1	1612^th of 2162 public high schools	25.4%		16.5	1774^th of 2159 public high schools	17.8%	162												0.0		0.0			7.1	7.1			28.6	28.6	$35,970	$34,390	$1,580
Valley Community Day	Public	7-12	6937 Fox Rd.	Hughson	95326	Stanislaus County	Hughson Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 883-4182	4	1	3.8		1 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$35,970	$34,390	$1,580
Riverbank High	Public	9-12	6200 Claus Rd.	Riverbank	95367	Stanislaus County	Riverbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 869-1891	744	39	18.9	73.1%	87 (11.7%)	5 (0.7%)	617 (82.9%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	23 (3.1%)	34.3	1394^th of 2162 public high schools	35.5%		31.3	1461^st of 2159 public high schools	32.3%	67												20.1		19.8			43.1	43.1			11.4	11.4	$24,750	$22,764	$1,986
Adelante High	Public	10-12	6801 Seventh St.	Riverbank	95367	Stanislaus County	Riverbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 869-2383	40	3	12.6	80.0%	4 (10.0%)	2 (5.0%)	34 (85.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.9	1918^th of 2162 public high schools	11.3%		8.3	2142^nd of 2159 public high schools	0.8%	224												0.0		3.7			25.0	25.0			0.0	0.0	$53,388	$50,028	$3,360
Oakdale High	Public	9-12	739 West G St.	Oakdale	95361	Stanislaus County	Oakdale Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 847-3007	1,563	72	21.6	34.7%	802 (51.3%)	9 (0.6%)	664 (42.5%)	22 (1.4%)	7 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	54 (3.5%)	56	909^th of 2162 public high schools	58.0%		48.7	1033^rd of 2159 public high schools	52.2%	124											23.9	15.4		23.3			59.4	59.4			25.9	25.9	$25,895	$25,274	$621
Oakdale Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	1235 East D St.	Oakdale	95361	Stanislaus County	Oakdale Joint Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 848-4361	56	3	20.7	37.5%	32 (57.1%)	1 (1.8%)	19 (33.9%)	2 (3.6%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	31.2	1465^th of 2162 public high schools	32.2%		42.4	1184^th of 2159 public high schools	45.2%	281														4.8			44.4	43.8			5.6	6.3	$28,344	$28,344	$00
East Stanislaus High	Public	9-12	250 Hinkley Ave.	Oakdale	95361	Stanislaus County	Oakdale Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 847-1735	83	5	16.4	61.4%	30 (36.1%)	1 (1.2%)	51 (61.4%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16.2	1767^th of 2162 public high schools	18.3%		17.8	1741^st of 2159 public high schools	19.4%	26												2.9		6.7			30.2	30.2			1.9	1.9	$25,865	$25,470	$395
Waterford High	Public	9-12	121 South Reinway	Waterford	95386	Stanislaus County	Waterford Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 874-9060	582	30	19.1	85.9%	143 (24.6%)	8 (1.4%)	402 (69.1%)	14 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.1%)	47.2	1091^st of 2162 public high schools	49.5%		60.1	761^st of 2159 public high schools	64.8%	330												25.2		24.3			47.0	47.0			23.0	23.0	$5,875	$3,784	$2,091
Sentinel High	Public	9-12	121 South Reinway Ave.	Waterford	95386	Stanislaus County	Waterford Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 874-9017	14	3	5.4	78.6%	7 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (42.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.1%)								(n/a)																							$30,262	$1,758	$28,504
Yosemite Regional Occupational Program	Public	11-12	1100 H St.	Modesto	95354	Stanislaus County	Yosemite Regional Occupational Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 238-1500	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
John H. Pitman High	Public	9-12	2525 West Christoffersen Pkwy.	Turlock	95382	Stanislaus County	Turlock Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 656-1592	1,986	90	22.1	65.9%	549 (27.6%)	41 (2.1%)	1,117 (56.2%)	189 (9.5%)	9 (0.5%)	14 (0.7%)	66 (3.3%)	47.7	1078^th of 2162 public high schools	50.1%		61.5	729^th of 2159 public high schools	66.2%	349												17.0	35.3	22.2			49.7	49.7			21.7	21.7	$20,504	$19,890	$614
Roselawn High	Public	9-12	350 North Kilroy	Turlock	95380	Stanislaus County	Turlock Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 634-9311	181	10	18.6	78.5%	27 (14.9%)	5 (2.8%)	133 (73.5%)	7 (3.9%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.9%)	15.5	1792^nd of 2162 public high schools	17.1%		13	1889^th of 2159 public high schools	12.5%	97												7.7	3.0	4.4			14.5	14.5			8.4	8.4	$29,713	$28,684	$1,029
Turlock High	Public	9-12	1600 East Canal Dr.	Turlock	95380	Stanislaus County	Turlock Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(350) 206-6400	2,479	119	20.8	58.8%	682 (27.5%)	38 (1.5%)	1,593 (64.3%)	74 (3.0%)	11 (0.4%)	11 (0.4%)	65 (2.6%)	51.9	993^rd of 2162 public high schools	54.1%		48.6	1037^th of 2159 public high schools	52.0%	44												25.9	10.7	25.1			53.7	53.7			24.5	24.5	$18,840	$18,152	$688
Fusion Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	441 West Linwood Ave.	Turlock	95381	Stanislaus County	Fusion Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 667-9047	142	4	35.7	84.5%	29 (20.4%)	4 (2.8%)	101 (71.1%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.5%)	15.6	1787^th of 2162 public high schools	17.3%		11.5	1977^th of 2159 public high schools	8.4%	190										7.1			0.0	2.7		0.0	9.5	6.6		0.0	11.1	7.9
Stanislaus Alternative Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	1325 H St.	Modesto	95354	Stanislaus County	Stanislaus Alternative Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 238-8650	651	25	26.4	64.8%	134 (20.6%)	36 (5.5%)	433 (66.5%)	16 (2.5%)	7 (1.1%)	7 (1.1%)	15 (2.3%)								(n/a)													0.0	0.0
Argus High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	2555 Lawrence St.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1800	189	10	18.5	93.1%	13 (6.9%)	1 (0.5%)	167 (88.4%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7.7	2129^th of 2162 public high schools	1.5%		9.8	2085^th of 2159 public high schools	3.4%	44												1.8		3.3			1.8	1.8			0.0	0.0	$33,901	$31,362	$2,539
Ceres High	Public	9-12	2320 Central Ave.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1920	1,660	74	22.5	87.0%	186 (11.2%)	23 (1.4%)	1,343 (80.9%)	80 (4.8%)	6 (0.4%)	6 (0.4%)	16 (1.0%)	59.8	828^th of 2162 public high schools	61.7%		47.5	1066^th of 2159 public high schools	50.6%	238												35.2		34.6			60.1	60.1			21.3	21.3	$22,538	$20,518	$2,020
Whitmore Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	3435 Don Pedro Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1617	96	5	19.4	54.2%	32 (33.3%)	1 (1.0%)	49 (51.0%)	6 (6.3%)	1 (1.0%)	2 (2.1%)	5 (5.2%)	52.3	987^th of 2162 public high schools	54.3%		59.6	777^th of 2159 public high schools	64.0%	210												30.8		33.3			53.9	53.9			19.2	19.2	$26,680	$26,670	$10
Central Valley High	Public	9-12	4033 Central Ave.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1900	2,317	99	23.4	87.4%	168 (7.3%)	18 (0.8%)	1,953 (84.3%)	148 (6.4%)	7 (0.3%)	12 (0.5%)	11 (0.5%)	58.7	857^th of 2162 public high schools	60.4%		52.2	948^th of 2159 public high schools	56.1%	91												35.3		35.2			59.6	59.6			19.9	19.9	$20,689	$18,878	$1,811
Denair High	Public	9-12	3431 Lester Rd.	Denair	95316	Stanislaus County	Denair Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 632-9911	306	17	17.9	75.2%	115 (37.6%)	1 (0.3%)	177 (57.8%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)	21.5	1663^rd of 2162 public high schools	23.1%		26.7	1560^th of 2159 public high schools	27.7%	103	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	26.7	26.7	6.7	6.7	93.3			6.4		7.5			29.7	29.7			12.5	12.5	$22,809	$22,692	$117
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	2,029	91	22.3	81.9%	251 (12.4%)	53 (2.6%)	1,474 (72.6%)	69 (3.4%)	4 (0.2%)	14 (0.7%)	164 (8.1%)	35.8	1363^rd of 2162 public high schools	37.0%		45.7	1107^th of 2159 public high schools	48.7%	256											11.1	21.4	6.3	20.5			43.0	43.0			13.1	13.1	$24,410	$22,396	$2,014
Fred C. Beyer High	Public	9-12	1717 Sylvan Ave.	Modesto	95355	Stanislaus County	Modesto City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1647	1,609	74	21.8	62.2%	428 (26.6%)	55 (3.4%)	849 (52.8%)	89 (5.5%)	3 (0.2%)	11 (0.7%)	174 (10.8%)	63.2	734^th of 2162 public high schools	66.0%		64.8	654^th of 2159 public high schools	69.7%	80												28.5		28.7			62.9	62.9			31.4	31.4	$28,550	$26,614	$1,936
Robert Elliott Alternative Education Center	Public	9-12	1440 Sunrise Ave.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Modesto City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1701	479	33	14.4	87.9%	66 (13.8%)	19 (4.0%)	346 (72.2%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	34 (7.1%)	8.5	2095^th of 2162 public high schools	3.1%		11.6	1969^th of 2159 public high schools	8.8%	126												2.0		2.5			4.8	4.8			1.4	1.4	$37,437	$35,284	$2,153
Grace M. Davis High	Public	9-12	1200 West Rumble Rd.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Modesto City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1668	2,083	95	21.9	80.2%	319 (15.3%)	63 (3.0%)	1,304 (62.6%)	170 (8.2%)	11 (0.5%)	18 (0.9%)	198 (9.5%)	32.5	1436^th of 2162 public high schools	33.6%		39.3	1256^th of 2159 public high schools	41.8%	180											7.6	21.9	5.3	18.4			39.8	39.8			12.2	12.2	$23,241	$21,060	$2,181
Modesto High	Public	9-12	18 H St.	Modesto	95351	Stanislaus County	Modesto City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1776	2,292	104	22.0	83.7%	146 (6.4%)	46 (2.0%)	1,767 (77.1%)	168 (7.3%)	5 (0.2%)	10 (0.4%)	150 (6.5%)	43.5	1179^th of 2162 public high schools	45.5%		35.1	1367^th of 2159 public high schools	36.7%	188											8.4	28.9		22.7			45.3	45.3			19.9	19.9	$26,578	$24,374	$2,204
Thomas Downey High	Public	9-12	1000 Coffee Rd.	Modesto	95355	Stanislaus County	Modesto City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1685	2,192	92	23.8	76.0%	396 (18.1%)	36 (1.6%)	1,514 (69.1%)	46 (2.1%)	7 (0.3%)	8 (0.4%)	185 (8.4%)	46.1	1113^th of 2162 public high schools	48.5%		38.8	1272^nd of 2159 public high schools	41.1%	159											7.4	28.8	13.3	24.2			47.9	47.9			20.5	20.5	$23,476	$21,580	$1,896
James C. Enochs High	Public	9-12	3201 Sylvan Ave.	Modesto	95355	Stanislaus County	Modesto City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1719	2,304	98	23.5	45.5%	623 (27.0%)	61 (2.6%)	1,055 (45.8%)	255 (11.1%)	5 (0.2%)	18 (0.8%)	284 (12.3%)	69.5	613^th of 2162 public high schools	71.6%		77.9	438^th of 2159 public high schools	79.7%	175												38.4		38.3			60.6	60.6			32.6	32.6	$23,491	$21,666	$1,825
Joseph A. Gregori High	Public	9-12	3701 Pirrone Rd.	Modesto	95356	Stanislaus County	Modesto City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1738	2,346	102	22.9	58.6%	435 (18.5%)	54 (2.3%)	1,356 (57.8%)	187 (8.0%)	6 (0.3%)	22 (0.9%)	284 (12.1%)	49.7	1050^th of 2162 public high schools	51.4%		54.1	904^th of 2159 public high schools	58.1%	146												27.1	28.6	27.1			47.3	47.3			24.2	24.2	$23,497	$21,740	$1,757
Orestimba High	Public	9-12	707 Hardin Rd.	Newman	95360	Stanislaus County	Newman-Crows Landing Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 862-2916	925	46	20.1	60.9%	118 (12.8%)	22 (2.4%)	748 (80.9%)	15 (1.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.2%)	39.1	1289^th of 2162 public high schools	40.4%		35.7	1347^th of 2159 public high schools	37.6%	58												14.4		15.6			53.9	53.9			15.1	15.1	$25,794	$23,558	$2,236
West Side Valley High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	908 Main St.	Newman	95360	Stanislaus County	Newman-Crows Landing Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 862-2309	41	2	20.5	78.0%	4 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (85.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.9%)	7	2156^th of 2162 public high schools	0.3%					(n/a)												0.0		0.0			0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	$43,288	$39,104	$4,184
Patterson High	Public	9-12	200 North Seventh St.	Patterson	95363	Stanislaus County	Patterson Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 892-4750	1,830	88	20.7	73.6%	161 (8.8%)	107 (5.8%)	1,387 (75.8%)	93 (5.1%)	10 (0.5%)	33 (1.8%)	39 (2.1%)	51.2	1017^th of 2162 public high schools	53.0%		45.3	1117^th of 2159 public high schools	48.3%	100											13.7		8.3	13.6			62.5	62.5			26.9	26.9	$19,297	$18,304	$993
Del Puerto High	Public	9-12	640 M St.	Patterson	95363	Stanislaus County	Patterson Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 892-4720	92	7	13.7	83.7%	10 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (84.8%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8.6	2089^th of 2162 public high schools	3.4%		10.8	2019^th of 2159 public high schools	6.5%	70											0.0			0.0			10.0	10.0			0.0	0.0	$36,708	$33,940	$2,768
Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard	Public	6-12	3113 Mitchell Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Stanislaus County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 238-6717	138	8	16.4	86.2%	23 (16.7%)	5 (3.6%)	105 (76.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.4%)	12.3	1899^th of 2162 public high schools	12.2%		10.1	2066^th of 2159 public high schools	4.3%	167										0.0				0.0		4.2	11.1	6.3		0.0	5.6	2.1	$45,810	$39,846	$5,964
Teel	Public	5-12	5255 1st St.	Empire	95319	Stanislaus County	Stanislaus County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 238-6600	125	13	9.6	81.6%	30 (24.0%)	3 (2.4%)	86 (68.8%)	3 (2.4%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8.2	2104^th of 2162 public high schools	2.7%		9.3	2107^th of 2159 public high schools	2.4%	3										0.0				5.3	0.0	0.0	8.0	3.9	9.1	0.0	0.0	2.0	$85,797	$75,536	$10,261
Don Pedro High	Public	9-12	3090 Merced Falls Rd.	La Grange	95329	Stanislaus County	Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 852-2864	31	6	5.0	54.8%	19 (61.3%)	1 (3.2%)	6 (19.4%)	2 (6.5%)	3 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$89,013	$79,478	$9,535

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.