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
1851	The Education Corps	Public, Charter	9-12	3635 Atlantic Ave.	Long Beach	90807	Los Angeles County	The Education Corps District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 285-1111	278	7	41	91.4%	3 (1.1%)	20 (7.2%)	243 (87.4%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.2%)								13.6	14.5	1832	19		060187313673
1852	Alessandro High	Public	9-12	831 East Devonshire Ave.	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-5182	335	22	15.1	91.6%	39 (11.6%)	27 (8.1%)	246 (73.4%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.5%)	$27,224			$3,965			$23,259	13.6	14.3	1838	14		061692002149
1853	Pioneer Technical Center	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1665 East Olive Ave.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 664-1600	207	11	18.1	92.8%	24 (11.6%)	3 (1.4%)	177 (85.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$15,542			$1,646			$13,896	13.6	15.3	1814	39		069101710539
1854	Apollo High	Public	11-12	1835 Cunningham Ave.	San Jose	95122	Santa Clara County	East Side Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-5400	141	7	19.1	67.4%	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.5%)	120 (85.1%)	10 (7.1%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.4%)	2 (1.4%)	$17,486			$754			$16,732	13.6	16.4	1775	79		061182006643
1855	Silver Springs High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	130 Park Ave.	Grass Valley	95945	Nevada County	Nevada Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 272-2635	80	9	8.4	97.5%	59 (73.8%)	1 (1.3%)	8 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	1 (1.3%)	6 (7.5%)	$28,704			$2,808			$25,896	13.5	15.1	1817	38		062688009953
1856	Valley View High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1801 East Sixth St.	Ontario	91764	San Bernardino County	Chaffey Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 985-0966	370	25	14.8	84.9%	33 (8.9%)	28 (7.6%)	289 (78.1%)	7 (1.9%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.2%)	$29,172			$1,300			$27,872	13.5	13.6	1867	11		060816000797
1857	American Legion High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	3801 Broadway	Sacramento	95817	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5000	163	16	10.3	77.9%	10 (6.1%)	32 (19.6%)	98 (60.1%)	7 (4.3%)	3 (1.8%)	6 (3.7%)	7 (4.3%)	$35,885			$4,026			$31,859	13.5	20.4	1696	161		063384005221
1858	Kingsburg Independent Study High	Public, Virtual	9-12	2311 Sierra St.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Kingsburg Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 897-3880	67	2	32.3	88.1%	11 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (80.6%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,504			$1,586			$10,918	13.5	28.9	1519	339		061983012859
1859	Orangewood High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	515 Texas St.	Redlands	92374	San Bernardino County	Redlands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 307-5380	260	17	15.3	71.5%	24 (9.2%)	23 (8.8%)	194 (74.6%)	6 (2.3%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	10 (3.8%)	$18,926			$2,853			$16,073	13.5	17.7	1743	116		063207004945
1860	Fernando R. Ledesma Continuation High	Public	10-12	12347 Ramona Blvd.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	El Monte Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 442-0481	293	17	17	97.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	287 (98.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$28,798			$5,793			$23,005	13.5	17.4	1753	107		061212001367

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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.