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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
321	Chico High	Public	9-12	901 Esplanade	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3026	1,804	81	22.3	56.8%	881 (48.8%)	45 (2.5%)	594 (32.9%)	87 (4.8%)	17 (0.9%)	12 (0.7%)	160 (8.9%)	$14,263			$1,101			$13,162	84.4	77.9	439	118		060837000815
322	Castaic High	Public	9-12	31575 Valley Creek Rd.	Castaic	91384	Los Angeles County	William S. Hart Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 888-6288	1,159	49	23.6	22.4%	401 (34.6%)	56 (4.8%)	557 (48.1%)	93 (8.0%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	47 (4.1%)	$17,006			$500			$16,506	84.4	81.8	379	57		064251014393
323	Adrian Wilcox High	Public	9-12	3250 Monroe St.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2400	1,614	87	18.5	26.0%	242 (15.0%)	25 (1.5%)	638 (39.5%)	610 (37.8%)	6 (0.4%)	11 (0.7%)	78 (4.8%)	$29,092			$1,040			$28,052	84.4	73.9	507	184		063543006055
324	Alliance Patti And Peter Neuwirth Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	4610 South Main St.	Los Angeles	90037	Los Angeles County	Alliance Patti And Peter Neuwirth Leadership Academy Distri	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 342-2874	603	30	19.9	97.2%	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.2%)	588 (97.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	$22,446			$2,128			$20,318	84.4	80.8	400	76		060236211632
325	Lincoln (Abraham) High	Public	9-12	2162 24th Ave.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2700	2,074	93	22.4	54.5%	197 (9.5%)	124 (6.0%)	547 (26.4%)	1,007 (48.6%)	3 (0.1%)	15 (0.7%)	179 (8.6%)	$21,103			$1,824			$19,279	84.4	84	344	19		063441005581
326	California Virtual Academy at Kings	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	50 Moreland Rd.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	California Virtual Academy at Kings District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 581-0202	764	28	27.2	74.1%	174 (22.8%)	20 (2.6%)	487 (63.7%)	36 (4.7%)	6 (0.8%)	7 (0.9%)	34 (4.5%)	$10,622			$407			$10,215	84.3	61.9	721	395		060188411996
327	Alliance Ted K. Tajima High	Public, Charter	9-12	1552 W. Rockwood St.	Los Angeles	90026	Los Angeles County	Alliance Ted K. Tajima High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 241-8533	484	23	20.8	97.5%	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	470 (97.1%)	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$19,450			$2,325			$17,125	84.3	79.9	418	91		060156812766
328	Chino Hills High	Public	9-12	16150 Pomona Rincon Rd.	Chino Hills	91709	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 606-7540	2,748	104	26.4		416 (15.1%)	173 (6.3%)	1,177 (42.8%)	866 (31.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.2%)	106 (3.9%)								84.2	86.1	305	23		060846010360
329	Fremont High	Public	9-12	575 West Fremont Ave.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Fremont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-2400	2,060	97	21.1	23.7%	326 (15.8%)	27 (1.3%)	899 (43.6%)	640 (31.1%)	18 (0.9%)	14 (0.7%)	136 (6.6%)	$23,841			$384			$23,457	84.2	82.8	362	33		061443001696
330	Cobalt Institute of Math and Science	Public	7-12	14045 Topaz Rd.	Victorville	92392	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 955-2530	1,058	44	24	80.0%	90 (8.5%)	60 (5.7%)	823 (77.8%)	39 (3.7%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (3.6%)								84.2	87.4	273	57		063697207281

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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:

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

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.