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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
1631	Delta Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	31400 South Koster Rd.	Tracy	95304	San Joaquin County	New Jerusalem Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 830-6363	772	49	15.8	52.3%	227 (29.4%)	36 (4.7%)	402 (52.1%)	28 (3.6%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.2%)	64 (8.3%)	$16,798			$495			$16,303	22.9	38.6	1279	352		062703010391
1632	East Palo Alto Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	1050 Myrtle St.	East Palo Alto	94303	San Mateo County	East Palo Alto Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 893-8900	278	21	12.9	63.3%	2 (0.7%)	7 (2.5%)	251 (90.3%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.4%)	10 (3.6%)	3 (1.1%)	$21,846			$2,547			$19,299	22.8	29.8	1494	138		060190111431
1633	Mojave River Academy - Gold Canyon	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8922 Beech Ave.	Fontana	92335	San Bernardino County	Mojave River Academy - Gold Canyon District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 245-3222	221	10	21.4	89.1%	30 (13.6%)	4 (1.8%)	176 (79.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.2%)	$11,831			$1,097			$10,734	22.8	19.6	1708	75		060160114270
1634	Mira Monte High	Public	9-12	1800 South Fairfax Rd.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 366-1800	2,048	85	24.1	94.7%	59 (2.9%)	69 (3.4%)	1,860 (90.8%)	14 (0.7%)	7 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (1.9%)	$19,887			$2,155			$17,732	22.7	23.4	1620	14		061954012155
1635	Crossroads Charter Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	418 West 8th St.	Hanford	93230	Kings County	Armona Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 583-5060	141	7	19.8	83.0%	14 (9.9%)	4 (2.8%)	120 (85.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)								22.6	42.8	1177	458		060318011283
1636	Alta Vista High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1575 Bonair Dr.	Vista	92084	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 724-3775	90	9	9.6	94.4%	4 (4.4%)	1 (1.1%)	80 (88.9%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	$31,321			$5,159			$26,162	22.6	17.9	1738	102		064119006812
1637	McClellan High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	8725 Watt Ave.	Antelope	95843	Sacramento County	Center Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 338-6440	56	5	11.2	73.2%	18 (32.1%)	7 (12.5%)	25 (44.6%)	2 (3.6%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.4%)	$28,431			$6,844			$21,587	22.6	15.8	1795	158		060790009343
1638	Pacific Coast High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1720 M St.	Arcata	95521	Humboldt County	Northern Humboldt Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 822-2443	24	2	10.9	58.3%	13 (54.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (25.0%)	1 (4.2%)	2 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (8.3%)	$19,007			$3,457			$15,550	22.5			(n/a)		060303007261
1639	Unity Middle College High	Public, Charter	9-12	1937 West Chapman Ave.	Orange	92868	Orange County	Unity Middle College High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 473-0723	57	5	11.2	59.6%	8 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (75.4%)	3 (5.3%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	$29,743			$6,509			$23,234	22.5	21.9	1654	15		060211314191
1640	Vasquez High	Public	9-12	33630 Red Rover Mine Rd.	Acton	93510	Los Angeles County	Acton-Agua Dulce Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 269-0451	394	22	17.8	68.3%	136 (34.5%)	8 (2.0%)	224 (56.9%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.1%)								22.5	36.7	1320	320		060000103278

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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.