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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
181	Grove	Public, Charter	7-12	200 Nevada St.	Redlands	92373	San Bernardino County	Grove District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 798-7831	262	19	13.7	22.5%	121 (46.2%)	11 (4.2%)	77 (29.4%)	26 (9.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (9.5%)	$15,102			$150			$14,952	91.1	84.3	339	158		060220108292
182	International Polytechnic High	Public	9-12	3851 West Temple Ave. Bldg. 12	Pomona	91768	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 839-2320	458	22	20.6	26.9%	18 (3.9%)	11 (2.4%)	296 (64.6%)	109 (23.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.6%)	$18,086			$1,594			$16,492	91	84.6	332	150		069107804580
183	Las Lomas High	Public	9-12	1460 South Main St.	Walnut Creek	94596	Contra Costa County	Acalanes Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 280-3920	1,577	81	19.4	15.4%	806 (51.1%)	45 (2.9%)	268 (17.0%)	271 (17.2%)	5 (0.3%)	6 (0.4%)	174 (11.0%)	$18,936			$755			$18,181	90.9	92.1	176	7		060165000035
184	Rancho Bernardo High	Public	9-12	13010 Paseo Lucido	San Diego	92128	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 485-4800	2,210	90	24.4	15.2%	897 (40.6%)	54 (2.4%)	440 (19.9%)	538 (24.3%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	270 (12.2%)	$14,583			$731			$13,852	90.9	95.8	93	91		063153010004
185	Phoenix Charter Academy College View	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	145 Shasta View Dr.	Redding	96003	Shasta County	Phoenix Charter Academy College View District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 222-9280	287	15	18.5	55.4%	207 (72.1%)	1 (0.3%)	45 (15.7%)	8 (2.8%)	9 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (5.6%)	$16,217			$597			$15,620	90.9	87	281	96		060257814625
186	San Dieguito High School Academy	Public	9-12	800 Santa Fe Dr.	Encinitas	92024	San Diego County	San Dieguito Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 753-1121	1,843	75	24.4	24.9%	1,125 (61.0%)	7 (0.4%)	466 (25.3%)	74 (4.0%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	155 (8.4%)	$14,809			$335			$14,474	90.9	92.1	177	9		063438005577
187	Capistrano Valley High	Public	9-12	26301 Via Escolar	Mission Viejo	92692	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 364-6100	1,991	91	21.7	40.5%	894 (44.9%)	27 (1.4%)	621 (31.2%)	204 (10.2%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	233 (11.7%)	$18,586			$1,221			$17,365	90.7	87	280	93		060744000685
188	Beaumont Middle College High	Public	10-12	3144 West Westward Ave.	Banning	92220	Riverside County	Beaumont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 845-1631	68	3	22.5	51.5%	21 (30.9%)	8 (11.8%)	33 (48.5%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.4%)	$36,893			$1,210			$35,683	90.5	81	397	209		060429014610
189	Poway to Palomar Middle College High	Public	11-12	11111 Rancho Bernardo Rd.	San Diego	92127	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 679-2531	88	2	36.5	19.3%	38 (43.2%)	1 (1.1%)	18 (20.5%)	21 (23.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (10.2%)	$19,341			$454			$18,887	90.5	89.7	237	48		063153014646
190	Torrey Pines High	Public	9-12	3710 Del Mar Heights Rd.	San Diego	92130	San Diego County	San Dieguito Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 755-0125	2,536	101	25.1	17.7%	1,333 (52.6%)	32 (1.3%)	426 (16.8%)	459 (18.1%)	1 (0.0%)	3 (0.1%)	278 (11.0%)	$14,220			$313			$13,907	90.4	95	109	81		063438005579

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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:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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