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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 2162)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
861	Merrill F. West High	Public	9-12	1775 West Lowell Ave.	Tracy	95376	San Joaquin County	Tracy Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 830-3370	1,920	90	21.4	75.8%	219 (11.4%)	89 (4.6%)	1,113 (58.0%)	391 (20.4%)	8 (0.4%)	27 (1.4%)	68 (3.5%)	$15,976			$1,366			$14,610	58.5	51.8	964	103		060004707371
862	Animo Jackie Robinson High	Public, Charter	9-12	3500 South Hill St.	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	Animo Jackie Robinson High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 846-5800	607	31	19.3	95.6%	4 (0.7%)	44 (7.2%)	550 (90.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	$26,860			$4,594			$22,266	58.5	49.1	1022	160		060165711636
863	Live Oak High	Public	9-12	1505 East Main Ave.	Morgan Hill	95037	Santa Clara County	Morgan Hill Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 201-6100	1,101	54	20.4	42.0%	231 (21.0%)	6 (0.5%)	757 (68.8%)	44 (4.0%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (5.1%)	$17,757			$653			$17,104	58.5	50.7	983	120		062583003877
864	Peak Prep Pleasant Valley	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	550 Temple Ave.	Camarillo	93010	Ventura County	Peak Prep Pleasant Valley District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(855) 900-7325	820	37	22.2	75.4%	187 (22.8%)	122 (14.9%)	374 (45.6%)	43 (5.2%)	19 (2.3%)	3 (0.4%)	71 (8.7%)	$17,200			$1,316			$15,884	58.4	42.4	1185	321		060249414413
865	Golden Sierra Junior Senior High	Public	7-12	5101 Garden Valley Rd.	Garden Valley	95633	El Dorado County	Black Oak Mine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 333-8330	436	28	15.5	42.9%	327 (75.0%)	1 (0.2%)	65 (14.9%)	6 (1.4%)	10 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (6.0%)	$16,779			$523			$16,256	58.3	62.6	705	160		060524000495
866	Ednovate - East College Prep	Public, Charter	9-12	3825 North Mission Rd.	Los Angeles	90031	Los Angeles County	Ednovate - East College Prep District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 285-1441	314	17	18.4	81.2%	3 (1.0%)	5 (1.6%)	298 (94.9%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$22,755			$2,440			$20,315	58.3	53.3	922	56		060196813898
867	Phillip J Patino School of Entrepreneurship	Public	9-12	2000 East Cambridge Ave.	Fresno	93703	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 248-7360	282	13	21.3	84.0%	23 (8.2%)	22 (7.8%)	212 (75.2%)	10 (3.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.6%)	$22,091			$1,688			$20,403	58.3	59.4	784	83		061455013893
868	Lake View Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3101 Zinfandel Dr. Ste. 350	Rancho Cordova	95670	Glenn County	Lake View Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(916) 957-5877	969	28	34.6	56.2%	706 (72.9%)	12 (1.2%)	140 (14.4%)	6 (0.6%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	98 (10.1%)	$14,368			$481			$13,887	58.3	28.6	1527	659		060252014428
869	Washington High	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	900 East C St.	Colton	92324	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(909) 580-5011	126	17	7.4	90.5%	10 (7.9%)	9 (7.1%)	106 (84.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$40,701			$5,330			$35,371	58.3	39	1267	398		060939008126
870	CATCH Prep Charter High Inc.	Public, Charter	9-12	4120 11th Ave.	Los Angeles	90008	Los Angeles County	CATCH Prep Charter High Inc. District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 293-3917	125	8	15.4	97.6%	0 (0.0%)	67 (53.6%)	55 (44.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$19,998			$17,822			$2,176	58.3	59.7	771	99		060226511312

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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 9, 2025, 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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