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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
271	La Serna High	Public	9-12	15301 Youngwood Dr.	Whittier	90605	Los Angeles County	Whittier Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 698-8121	2,372	92	25.9	58.4%	236 (9.9%)	25 (1.1%)	1,970 (83.1%)	99 (4.2%)	14 (0.6%)	1 (0.0%)	24 (1.0%)	$19,981			$529			$19,452	86.6	88.4	256	15		064248006952
272	Reedley Middle College High	Public, Charter	9-12	1535 North Reed Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7050	255	8	31.8	71.0%	40 (15.7%)	2 (0.8%)	205 (80.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$20,579			$2,524			$18,055	86.6	98	41	231		061970013141
273	Rancho Cucamonga High	Public	9-12	11801 Lark Dr.	Rancho Cucamonga	91701	San Bernardino County	Chaffey Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 989-1600	3,221	128	25.1	57.4%	637 (19.8%)	442 (13.7%)	1,385 (43.0%)	513 (15.9%)	9 (0.3%)	20 (0.6%)	209 (6.5%)	$16,262			$845			$15,417	86.5	82.1	372	99		060816001122
274	Oceana High	Public	9-12	401 Paloma Ave.	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County	Jefferson Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 550-7300	471	28	16.9	18.7%	106 (22.5%)	7 (1.5%)	117 (24.8%)	177 (37.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	52 (11.0%)	$24,405			$2,261			$22,144	86.5	81.2	392	118		061893002294
275	Canyon High	Public	9-12	220 South Imperial Hwy.	Anaheim	92807	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 532-8000	2,183	85	25.7	31.5%	888 (40.7%)	30 (1.4%)	576 (26.4%)	546 (25.0%)	7 (0.3%)	5 (0.2%)	125 (5.7%)	$15,490			$1,195			$14,295	86.3	93	158	117		062865004421
276	Sage Oak Charter School - South	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1473 Ford St.	Redlands	92373	San Bernardino County	Sage Oak Charter School - South District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(888) 435-4445	583	113	5.1	36.4%	236 (40.5%)	29 (5.0%)	246 (42.2%)	17 (2.9%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	49 (8.4%)	$12,242			$722			$11,520	86.2	76.8	459	183		060250514436
277	Career Technical Education Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	1320 North Mariposa St.	Fresno	93703	Fresno County	Career Technical Education Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 443-4872	289	23	12.5	46.7%	55 (19.0%)	17 (5.9%)	174 (60.2%)	16 (5.5%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	23 (8.0%)	$25,324			$1,161			$24,163	86.2	95	111	166		060212414297
278	L.A. County High School for the Arts	Public	9-12	5151 State University Dr.	Los Angeles	90032	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 343-2550	551	47	11.6	18.9%	175 (31.8%)	46 (8.3%)	165 (29.9%)	62 (11.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	80 (14.5%)	$24,263			$3,119			$21,144	86.2	85.7	316	38		069107809663
279	JCS - Pine Hills	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	29141 Vallejo Ave.	Temecula	92592	Riverside County	JCS - Pine Hills District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 765-5500	745	41	18.3	43.4%	330 (44.3%)	32 (4.3%)	260 (34.9%)	19 (2.6%)	13 (1.7%)	3 (0.4%)	88 (11.8%)	$14,830			$339			$14,491	86.2	82.8	360	81		060159214346
280	Santiago High	Public	9-12	1395 Foothill Pkwy.	Corona	92881	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 739-5600	3,577	141	25.3	63.2%	1,166 (32.6%)	179 (5.0%)	1,527 (42.7%)	546 (15.3%)	10 (0.3%)	13 (0.4%)	135 (3.8%)	$15,520			$579			$14,941	86.1	87.3	275	5		060985004959

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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:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.