Best High Schools in California

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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
991	Anderson Valley Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	18200 Mountain View Rd.	Boonville	95415	Mendocino County	Anderson Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 895-3496	192	16	12.3	74.0%	26 (13.5%)	2 (1.0%)	164 (85.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,095			$1,839			$20,256	52	46.4	1090	99		060273000199
992	Firebaugh High	Public	9-12	1976 Morris Kyle Dr.	Firebaugh	93622	Fresno County	Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 659-1415	673	36	18.6	84.2%	9 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	660 (98.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	$21,262			$1,837			$19,425	52	54.9	881	111		061384001561
993	Turlock High	Public	9-12	1600 East Canal Dr.	Turlock	95380	Stanislaus County	Turlock Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(350) 206-6400	2,479	119	20.8	58.8%	682 (27.5%)	38 (1.5%)	1,593 (64.3%)	74 (3.0%)	11 (0.4%)	11 (0.4%)	65 (2.6%)	$16,658			$1,003			$15,655	51.9	48.6	1037	44		060015811505
994	Cesar E. Chavez Learning Acads-Arts/Theatre/Entertain Mag	Public	9-12	1001 Arroyo Ave.	San Fernando	91340	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 837-6428	300	20	15.2	86.0%	15 (5.0%)	12 (4.0%)	266 (88.7%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$24,413			$4,477			$19,936	51.9	55.7	859	135		062271012926
995	Baldwin Park High	Public	9-12	3900 North Puente Ave.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 960-5431	1,260	65	19.3	86.9%	7 (0.6%)	15 (1.2%)	1,157 (91.8%)	71 (5.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)	$38,050			$6,989			$31,061	51.8	51.3	975	20		060369000324
996	PUC Early College Academy for Leaders and Scholars (ECALS)	Public, Charter	9-12	2050 San Fernando Rd.	Los Angeles	90065	Los Angeles County	PUC Early College Academy for Leaders and Scholars (ECALS)	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 276-5525	195	13	15.4	93.8%	4 (2.1%)	1 (0.5%)	190 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,917			$2,424			$22,493	51.8	51	981	15		060213512869
997	Northern United - Siskiyou Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	423 South Broadway	Yreka	96097	Siskiyou County	Northern United - Siskiyou Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 842-4509	136	8	16.7	87.5%	80 (58.8%)	1 (0.7%)	17 (12.5%)	1 (0.7%)	7 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (19.1%)	$20,077			$1,055			$19,022	51.8	38.6	1281	284		060160614256
998	Vintage High	Public	9-12	1375 Trower Ave.	Napa	94558	Napa County	Napa Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 253-3601	1,622	70	23.2	57.8%	630 (38.8%)	10 (0.6%)	899 (55.4%)	25 (1.5%)	6 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (3.1%)	$15,840			$1,417			$14,423	51.8	55.7	863	135		062664004037
999	Del Norte High	Public	9-12	1301 El Dorado St.	Crescent City	95531	Del Norte County	Del Norte County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 464-0274	918	48	18.9	58.7%	423 (46.1%)	7 (0.8%)	247 (26.9%)	39 (4.2%)	115 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (9.3%)	$16,307			$1,585			$14,722	51.7	54.4	898	101		061077001193
1000	Pioneer High	Public	9-12	1400 Pioneer Ave.	Woodland	95776	Yolo County	Woodland Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 406-1148	1,582	78	20.2	71.1%	220 (13.9%)	25 (1.6%)	1,080 (68.3%)	172 (10.9%)	11 (0.7%)	10 (0.6%)	58 (3.7%)	$9,127			$2,209			$6,918	51.7	49.4	1014	14		064308011380

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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.