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
361	Century Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	33 Greta St.	Thousand Oaks	91360	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 496-0286	237	17	13.9	21.9%	156 (65.8%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (19.8%)	12 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	19 (8.0%)	$21,105			$976			$20,129	83	52.4	936	575		060964012664
362	Natomas Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2920 Advantage Way	Sacramento	95834	Sacramento County	Natomas Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 419-3788	1,850	79	23.4	39.8%	358 (19.4%)	196 (10.6%)	541 (29.2%)	441 (23.8%)	3 (0.2%)	12 (0.6%)	299 (16.2%)	$13,714			$344			$13,370	82.9	92.5	172	190		060200307250
363	Redwood High	Public	9-12	1001 West Main St.	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7367	2,490	103	24	47.5%	558 (22.4%)	31 (1.2%)	1,605 (64.5%)	152 (6.1%)	10 (0.4%)	3 (0.1%)	130 (5.2%)	$18,972			$2,513			$16,459	82.9	71.7	542	179		064116006803
364	Sage Oak Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1473 Ford St.	Redlands	92373	San Bernardino County	Sage Oak Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(888) 435-4445	3,879	177	21.8	44.1%	1,264 (32.6%)	94 (2.4%)	2,018 (52.0%)	227 (5.9%)	9 (0.2%)	10 (0.3%)	253 (6.5%)	$12,032			$730			$11,302	82.9	78.9	425	61		060162914107
365	Lennox Mathematics Science and Technology Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	11036 Hawthorne Blvd.	Lennox	90304	Los Angeles County	Lennox Mathematics Science and Technology Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5600	588	29	20.2	85.7%	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	583 (99.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$16,694			$286			$16,408	82.8	77.8	442	77		060161711328
366	Silver Creek High	Public	9-12	3434 Silver Creek Rd.	San Jose	95121	Santa Clara County	East Side Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 347-5600	2,139	90	23.6	44.6%	73 (3.4%)	22 (1.0%)	671 (31.4%)	1,294 (60.5%)	7 (0.3%)	7 (0.3%)	61 (2.9%)	$16,130			$996			$15,134	82.8	85.4	320	46		061182001309
367	Plumas Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1425 East Main St.	Quincy	95971	Plumas County	Plumas Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 283-3851	349	16	21.7	56.2%	248 (71.1%)	2 (0.6%)	39 (11.2%)	4 (1.1%)	10 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (13.2%)								82.7	79.7	419	52		060177307601
368	Valencia High	Public	9-12	500 North Bradford Ave.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 996-4970	2,411	110	21.9	67.3%	202 (8.4%)	27 (1.1%)	1,592 (66.0%)	526 (21.8%)	4 (0.2%)	5 (0.2%)	51 (2.1%)	$17,959			$965			$16,994	82.7	86.7	287	81		063066004773
369	Clovis High	Public	9-12	1055 Fowler Ave.	Clovis	93611	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-1000	2,779	141	19.6	49.5%	858 (30.9%)	76 (2.7%)	1,342 (48.3%)	359 (12.9%)	20 (0.7%)	7 (0.3%)	114 (4.1%)	$12,592			$507			$12,085	82.6	85.9	310	59		060903000904
370	Bear River High	Public	9-12	11130 Magnolia Rd.	Grass Valley	95949	Nevada County	Nevada Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 268-3700	664	27	24.1	25.2%	486 (73.2%)	1 (0.2%)	114 (17.2%)	14 (2.1%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (5.7%)	$21,616			$1,048			$20,568	82.4	75.8	473	103		062688008918

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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.