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
2148	Phoenix	Public, Alternative	4-12	500 Airport Way	Camarillo	93010	Ventura County	Ventura County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 437-1400	76	11	6.6	63.2%	18 (23.7%)	4 (5.3%)	50 (65.8%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	$72,031			$00			$72,031	7			(n/a)		069104714073
2148	Providence	Public, Alternative	K-12	4333 Vineyard Ave.	Oxnard	93036	Ventura County	Ventura County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 981-5800	35	6	5.4	91.4%	1 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (97.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$48,790			$7,929			$40,861	7	8.9	2124	24		069104709258
2148	Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High	Public	9-12	1240 18th St.	Oakland	94607	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2309	58	7	8.3	100.0%	3 (5.2%)	23 (39.7%)	26 (44.8%)	3 (5.2%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)	$37,441			$7,918			$29,523	7			(n/a)		062805012325
2148	Simon Rodia Continuation	Public	9-12	2701 Sequoia Dr.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 569-7140	89	7	13.6	97.8%	1 (1.1%)	5 (5.6%)	83 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$33,218			$7,554			$25,664	7	15.5	1806	342		062271003313
2148	Sunrise Continuation High	Public	9-12	209 North Park Ave.	Avenal	93204	Kings County	Reef-Sunset Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 386-4162	14	3	4.6	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$38,638			$1,760			$36,878	7			(n/a)		063227007337
2156	West Side Valley High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	908 Main St.	Newman	95360	Stanislaus County	Newman-Crows Landing Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 862-2309	41	2	20.5	78.0%	4 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (85.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.9%)	$22,706			$876			$21,830	7			(n/a)		062720007798
2157	Boys Republic High	Public	9-12	3493 Grand Ave.	Chino Hills	91709	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 902-6690	47	8	5.9	91.5%	6 (12.8%)	12 (25.5%)	29 (61.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								6.9	9.3	2105	52		060846000832
2158	Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs	Public, Alternative	K-12	5340 Skylane Blvd.	Santa Rosa	95403	Sonoma County	Sonoma County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 524-2876	55	4	13.7	63.6%	8 (14.5%)	1 (1.8%)	41 (74.5%)	1 (1.8%)	2 (3.6%)	1 (1.8%)	1 (1.8%)	$20,817			$7,319			$13,498	6.9	8.2	2151	7		069104010682
2158	William Tell Aggeler Opportunity High	Public	7-12	21050 Plummer St.	Chatsworth	91311	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 341-1232	61	6	10	95.1%	2 (3.3%)	2 (3.3%)	54 (88.5%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.3%)	$45,205			$4,591			$40,614	6.9	8.2	2151	7		062271002802
2160	El Centro Junior/Senior High	Public	5-12	9601 Kiefer Blvd.	Sacramento	95827	Sacramento County	Sacramento County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 228-2525	76	5	15.1	96.1%	5 (6.6%)	35 (46.1%)	26 (34.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (11.8%)	$47,317			$10,252			$37,065	6.8	9.9	2077	83		069102711055

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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.