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 9, 2025.

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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
501	California Preparatory Academy	Public, Virtual	9-12	32972 Calle Perfecto	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(949) 234-5317	198	9	22.9	22.7%	139 (70.2%)	2 (1.0%)	25 (12.6%)	6 (3.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	23 (11.6%)	$19,916			$979			$18,937	74.4	90.9	201	300		060744012894
502	Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep	Public, Charter	9-12	414 South Atlantic Blvd.	Los Angeles	90022	Los Angeles County	Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 459-0325	517	21	24.7	80.1%	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	509 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$19,995			$1,977			$18,018	74.2	67.4	604	102		060200414117
503	El Camino Real Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	5440 Valley Cir. Blvd.	Woodland Hills	91367	Los Angeles County	El Camino Real Charter High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 595-7500	3,046	117	26.1	36.8%	998 (32.8%)	145 (4.8%)	1,025 (33.7%)	452 (14.8%)	2 (0.1%)	8 (0.3%)	399 (13.1%)	$16,941			$1,267			$15,674	74.2	77	458	45		060190202977
504	Environmental Charter High - Gardena	Public, Charter	9-12	2818 Manhattan Beach Blvd.	Gardena	90249	Los Angeles County	Environmental Charter High - Gardena District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(424) 295-9898	454	28	16.4	87.2%	0 (0.0%)	75 (16.5%)	347 (76.4%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	22 (4.8%)	$20,749			$803			$19,946	74.2	62.3	713	209		060255714580
505	Blue Ridge Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	955 Stanislaus St.	Maricopa	93252	Kern County	Blue Ridge Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(661) 412-9363	7,657	271	28.2	39.0%	2,924 (38.2%)	356 (4.6%)	2,958 (38.6%)	529 (6.9%)	14 (0.2%)	24 (0.3%)	845 (11.0%)	$13,596			$158			$13,438	74.2	74.4	484	21		060206214020
506	School of Engineering & Sciences	Public	7-12	7345 Gloria Dr.	Sacramento	95831	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5040	542	20	26.7	61.4%	58 (10.7%)	43 (7.9%)	285 (52.6%)	97 (17.9%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (1.8%)	46 (8.5%)	$21,430			$3,392			$18,038	74.2	73.9	509	3		063384012139
507	MethodSchools	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	38750 Sky Canyon Dr.	Murrieta	92563	Riverside County	MethodSchools District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(951) 461-4620	428	16	27.5	41.1%	179 (41.8%)	33 (7.7%)	172 (40.2%)	13 (3.0%)	5 (1.2%)	6 (1.4%)	15 (3.5%)	$18,309			$663			$17,646	74.1	63.3	688	181		060168213762
508	Alta Loma High	Public	9-12	8880 Baseline Rd.	Alta Loma	91701	San Bernardino County	Chaffey Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 989-5511	2,386	96	24.8	60.3%	551 (23.1%)	136 (5.7%)	1,437 (60.2%)	130 (5.4%)	11 (0.5%)	7 (0.3%)	111 (4.7%)	$17,837			$922			$16,915	74.1	86	309	199		060816000790
509	Paso Robles High	Public	9-12	801 Niblick Rd.	Paso Robles	93446	San Luis Obispo County	Paso Robles Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 769-1500	1,986	92	21.6	65.0%	729 (36.7%)	23 (1.2%)	1,137 (57.3%)	25 (1.3%)	5 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	62 (3.1%)	$16,032			$1,521			$14,511	74	51.6	967	458		060004807404
510	William S. Hart High	Public	9-12	24825 North Newhall Ave.	Newhall	91321	Los Angeles County	William S. Hart Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 259-7575	1,941	81	23.8	39.1%	559 (28.8%)	27 (1.4%)	1,205 (62.1%)	87 (4.5%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.3%)	57 (2.9%)	$16,559			$671			$15,888	74	85.2	322	188		064251006959

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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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.