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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
1871	Valley Oak Continuation High	Public	9-12	2207 Pennington Rd.	Live Oak	95953	Sutter County	Live Oak Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 695-5430	19	2	11	84.2%	10 (52.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (47.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,196			$995			$17,201	13.3	23.4	1617	254		062205009390
1872	Liberty High (Continuation)	Public	10-12	810 Niblick Rd.	Paso Robles	93446	San Luis Obispo County	Paso Robles Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 769-1600	171	10	17	76.6%	30 (17.5%)	3 (1.8%)	134 (78.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.3%)	$15,251			$1,174			$14,077	13.3	12.5	1912	40		060004807405
1873	Palomar High	Public	7-12	480 Palomar St.	Chula Vista	91911	San Diego County	Sweetwater Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 407-4800	269	20	13.3	80.3%	34 (12.6%)	11 (4.1%)	208 (77.3%)	4 (1.5%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	8 (3.0%)								13.2	11.1	1998	125		063864006490
1874	Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2151 West Main St.	Barstow	92311	San Bernardino County	Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 245-3222	677	27	25.1	84.9%	193 (28.5%)	68 (10.0%)	342 (50.5%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (8.7%)	$10,359			$1,429			$8,930	13.2	21.2	1676	198		060157714245
1875	John F. Kennedy High	Public	9-12	4300 Cutting Blvd.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1433	740	38	19.2	59.9%	8 (1.1%)	108 (14.6%)	557 (75.3%)	35 (4.7%)	7 (0.9%)	11 (1.5%)	11 (1.5%)	$6,942			$2,144			$4,798	13.2	16.2	1783	92		063255005037
1876	Pacific View Charter 2.0	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	115 Henderson St.	Eureka	95501	Humboldt County	Pacific View Charter 2.0 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 269-9490	152	10	14.8	78.3%	67 (44.1%)	1 (0.7%)	33 (21.7%)	1 (0.7%)	10 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (23.0%)	$18,614			$2,167			$16,447	13.1	23.5	1614	262		060163208486
1877	Calla High	Public	9-12	130 South Austin Rd.	Manteca	95336	San Joaquin County	Manteca Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 858-7230	140	12	11.9	73.6%	22 (15.7%)	10 (7.1%)	91 (65.0%)	9 (6.4%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	6 (4.3%)	$24,778			$2,320			$22,458	13.1	18	1736	141		062361007775
1878	Coronado High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1500 East Francisquito Ave.	West Covina	91791	Los Angeles County	West Covina Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 931-1810	120	12	9.6	90.0%	3 (2.5%)	2 (1.7%)	107 (89.2%)	7 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$40,347			$3,298			$37,049	13.1	9.8	2087	209		064200006876
1879	Endeavor Alternative	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	2555 Lawrence St.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(209) 556-1805	98	5	19.6	95.9%	11 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (87.8%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,476			$1,310			$18,166	13.1	11.8	1960	81		060813005472
1880	Marie L. Hare High	Public	7-12	12012 Magnolia St.	Garden Grove	92841	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6508	218	16	13.8	91.7%	11 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	180 (82.6%)	21 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.4%)	$19,382			$1,333			$18,049	13	11.5	1973	93		061488007724

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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.