Best High Schools in California

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the CAST and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 9, 2025.

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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
1751	Yuba City Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	256 Wilbur Ave.	Yuba City	95991	Sutter County	Yuba City Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-9667	256	20	12.7	84.4%	44 (17.2%)	2 (0.8%)	184 (71.9%)	13 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.7%)								16.6	20.4	1695	56		060199608658
1752	Hanford Online Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	905 Campus Dr.	Hanford	93230	Kings County	Hanford Joint Union High	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 583-5901	137	9	15.7	86.1%	29 (21.2%)	5 (3.6%)	87 (63.5%)	8 (5.8%)	3 (2.2%)	1 (0.7%)	4 (2.9%)	$19,386			$334			$19,052	16.6	21.5	1671	81		061650014320
1753	Dewey Academy High	Public	9-12	1111 2nd Ave.	Oakland	94606	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-8310	125	8	15.9	96.8%	6 (4.8%)	49 (39.2%)	43 (34.4%)	12 (9.6%)	2 (1.6%)	5 (4.0%)	8 (6.4%)	$44,119			$9,319			$34,800	16.6			(n/a)		062805004255
1754	Park West High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1460 West Holt Ave. Ste. 100	Pomona	91768	Los Angeles County	Pomona Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 397-4900	225	15	15	90.7%	4 (1.8%)	7 (3.1%)	211 (93.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$32,059			$6,001			$26,058	16.6	15.4	1809	55		063132004856
1755	Cal Burke High	Public	9-12	14630 Lanark St.	Panorama City	91402	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 781-7665	127	8	16	97.6%	6 (4.7%)	2 (1.6%)	118 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$29,166			$5,807			$23,359	16.6	14	1852	97		062271011627
1756	Capistrano Union High	Public	9-12	31422 Camino Capistrano	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 489-7216	103	12	8.6	84.5%	22 (21.4%)	3 (2.9%)	75 (72.8%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	$36,441			$2,943			$33,498	16.5	13	1888	132		060744000703
1757	Heartland High (Continuation)	Public	7-12	2269 Sylvia St.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6670	105	7	15.2	95.2%	2 (1.9%)	1 (1.0%)	99 (94.3%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)								16.4	9.5	2101	344		063627006184
1758	Santana High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	341 South La Seda Rd.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 965-5971	89	9	10.3	91.0%	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	86 (96.6%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$48,734			$3,802			$44,932	16.4	23	1630	128		063375005212
1759	Phoenix High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	870 J St.	Lincoln	95648	Placer County	Western Placer Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 645-6395	105	5	20	81.0%	35 (33.3%)	2 (1.9%)	56 (53.3%)	2 (1.9%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (8.6%)	$19,229			$2,725			$16,504	16.4	26.5	1564	195		064214006898
1760	Entrepreneur High Fontana	Public, Charter	9-12	7775 Sierra Ave.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Entrepreneur High Fontana District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 200-7148	501	24	21.1	74.3%	18 (3.6%)	65 (13.0%)	392 (78.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.4%)	$19,017			$840			$18,177	16.4	23.7	1608	152		060255814586

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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.