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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
601	Alliance Morgan McKinzie High	Public, Charter	9-12	110 South Townsend Ave.	Los Angeles	90063	Los Angeles County	Alliance Morgan McKinzie High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 526-8198	450	24	18.8	95.8%	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	444 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$20,165			$1,987			$18,178	70	66.2	630	29		060240712259
602	Kearny Digital Media & Design	Public	9-12	1954 Komet Way	San Diego	92111	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 496-8370	349	14	25.4	73.6%	40 (11.5%)	29 (8.3%)	208 (59.6%)	39 (11.2%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	29 (8.3%)	$21,350			$3,999			$17,351	69.9	67.9	597	5		063432011145
603	South Hills High	Public	9-12	645 South Barranca St.	West Covina	91791	Los Angeles County	Covina-Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 974-6220	1,568	71	22	62.3%	90 (5.7%)	40 (2.6%)	1,256 (80.1%)	149 (9.5%)	8 (0.5%)	3 (0.2%)	21 (1.3%)	$21,150			$1,903			$19,247	69.9	59.4	782	179		061005001105
604	Thousand Oaks High	Public	9-12	2323 North Moorpark Rd.	Thousand Oaks	91360	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 495-7491	1,703	80	21.1	23.8%	765 (44.9%)	19 (1.1%)	680 (39.9%)	118 (6.9%)	9 (0.5%)	4 (0.2%)	101 (5.9%)	$16,950			$1,081			$15,869	69.8	77.1	454	150		060964001024
605	Bitney Prep High	Public, Charter	9-12	135 Joerschke Dr.	Grass Valley	95945	Nevada County	Nevada County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 477-1235	91	7	13	57.1%	47 (51.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (29.7%)	$16,780			$949			$15,831	69.8	70	566	39		069102311975
606	Redwood Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	1059 North State St.	Ukiah	95482	Mendocino County	Redwood Collegiate Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 467-0500	122	7	16.7	59.8%	54 (44.3%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (37.7%)	2 (1.6%)	3 (2.5%)	1 (0.8%)	15 (12.3%)	$12,567			$337			$12,230	69.7			(n/a)		060161008520
607	Polytechnic High	Public	9-12	5450 Victoria Ave.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7203	2,484	104	23.7	70.4%	546 (22.0%)	127 (5.1%)	1,665 (67.0%)	59 (2.4%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	68 (2.7%)	$16,687			$1,018			$15,669	69.7	70	567	40		063315005156
608	Rancho Alamitos High	Public	9-12	11351 Dale St.	Garden Grove	92841	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6415	1,439	74	19.5	86.6%	53 (3.7%)	8 (0.6%)	905 (62.9%)	437 (30.4%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (0.6%)	23 (1.6%)	$21,177			$2,557			$18,620	69.6	71.7	541	67		061488001874
609	Capuchino High	Public	9-12	1501 Magnolia Ave.	San Bruno	94066	San Mateo County	San Mateo Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 558-2799	1,061	57	18.6	34.2%	174 (16.4%)	8 (0.8%)	584 (55.0%)	183 (17.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (4.1%)	67 (6.3%)	$19,054			$705			$18,349	69.6	69.2	574	35		063498005921
610	Paseo Grande Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5248 Rose St.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Paseo Grande Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(833) 980-1356	152	7	23.1	77.6%	41 (27.0%)	19 (12.5%)	65 (42.8%)	4 (2.6%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	19 (12.5%)	$36,034			$78			$35,956	69.6	29.6	1501	891		060218813882

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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.