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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
1621	La Puente High	Public	9-12	15615 East Nelson Ave.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 934-6700	813	39	21	87.0%	8 (1.0%)	6 (0.7%)	754 (92.7%)	35 (4.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.7%)	$21,894			$1,495			$20,399	23.8	35	1370	251		061632502049
1622	Architecture Construction & Engineering Charter High (ACE)	Public, Charter	9-12	570 Airport Way	Camarillo	93010	Ventura County	Architecture Construction & Engr Charter High (ACE) District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 437-1410	266	9	29.8	36.1%	47 (17.7%)	6 (2.3%)	185 (69.5%)	7 (2.6%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (5.3%)	$13,453			$832			$12,621	23.8	37.2	1309	313		060227712465
1623	Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1933 Cliff Dr.	Santa Barbara	93109	Santa Barbara County	Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 623-1111	74	5	15.9	58.1%	17 (23.0%)	1 (1.4%)	52 (70.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	1 (1.4%)	$15,974			$425			$15,549	23.7	41.5	1205	418		060248014229
1624	Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice	Public	9-12	322 South Lucas Ave.	Los Angeles	90017	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 240-3896	326	18	17.9	96.6%	7 (2.1%)	7 (2.1%)	308 (94.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$23,539			$4,847			$18,692	23.7	29.2	1508	116		062271013271
1625	Farber School of Independent Studies and Online	Public, Alternative	K-12	720 S 10th St.	Fresno	93702	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 253-5390	976	47	20.6	92.2%	89 (9.1%)	64 (6.6%)	686 (70.3%)	86 (8.8%)	12 (1.2%)	9 (0.9%)	29 (3.0%)	$23,748			$1,782			$21,966	23.6	22.8	1635	10		061455005749
1626	Educational Partnership High	Public	9-12	1794 Cedar Ave.	Long Beach	90813	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 218-0493	331	18	18.4	71.9%	15 (4.5%)	58 (17.5%)	228 (68.9%)	13 (3.9%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.1%)	8 (2.4%)	$20,523			$2,459			$18,064	23.6	21.6	1662	36		062250010239
1627	George Washington Preparatory High	Public	9-12	10860 South Denker Ave.	Los Angeles	90047	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 418-4000	738	48	15.5	97.2%	10 (1.4%)	254 (34.4%)	441 (59.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (4.1%)	$27,751			$6,035			$21,716	23.6	17.6	1747	120		062271003444
1628	Saddleback High	Public	7-12	2801 South Flower	Santa Ana	92707	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 513-2900	1,451	78	18.5	94.0%	12 (0.8%)	6 (0.4%)	1,390 (95.8%)	32 (2.2%)	4 (0.3%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	$24,932			$1,090			$23,842	23.3	27.1	1550	78		063531006004
1629	El Cajon Valley High	Public	9-12	1035 East Madison Ave.	El Cajon	92021	San Diego County	Grossmont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 407-4711	1,701	82	20.7	88.8%	633 (37.2%)	157 (9.2%)	692 (40.7%)	120 (7.1%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.4%)	90 (5.3%)	$22,383			$3,791			$18,592	23.2	25.9	1573	56		061623002018
1630	Victor Valley High	Public	9-12	16500 Mojave Dr.	Victorville	92395	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 955-3300	2,255	95	23.7	91.0%	128 (5.7%)	345 (15.3%)	1,619 (71.8%)	38 (1.7%)	8 (0.4%)	8 (0.4%)	104 (4.6%)								23	28.5	1530	100		063697206782

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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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Educational resources:

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Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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