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
1911	Del Amigo High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	10540 Albion Rd.	San Ramon	94582	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 479-1200	34	4	8.7	41.2%	15 (44.1%)	4 (11.8%)	8 (23.5%)	6 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	$32,568			$1,026			$31,542	12.1			(n/a)		063513005946
1912	Chaparral High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	121 West Allen Ave.	San Dimas	91773	Los Angeles County	Bonita Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 971-8240	54	11	5	61.1%	5 (9.3%)	1 (1.9%)	47 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	$30,853			$1,128			$29,725	12.1	20.5	1693	219		060561000506
1913	Oasis Continuation High	Public	9-12	2311 Sierra St.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Kingsburg Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 897-3880	59	5	12.9	94.9%	4 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (89.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	$22,434			$4,143			$18,291	12	10	2067	154		061983002384
1914	San Antonio High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	500 Vallejo St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 778-4758	65	8	8.5	84.6%	17 (26.2%)	2 (3.1%)	41 (63.1%)	1 (1.5%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.1%)	$28,848			$4,414			$24,434	12	11	2007	93		063025004725
1915	East High (Continuation)	Public	10-12	392 16th St.	Fortuna	95540	Humboldt County	Fortuna Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 725-4463	66	4	17.3	84.8%	33 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (37.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.6%)	1 (1.5%)	1 (1.5%)	$26,577			$4,130			$22,447	12			(n/a)		061419001619
1916	Summit High (Continuation)	Public	10-12	43-330 Palm Royale Dr.	La Quinta	92253	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 238-9760	195	12	16.4	88.7%	22 (11.3%)	7 (3.6%)	155 (79.5%)	4 (2.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.1%)	$30,814			$3,674			$27,140	12	16.8	1763	153		061111012080
1917	March Mountain High	Public	9-12	24551 Dracaea Ave.	Moreno Valley	92553	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4800	255	25	10.2	83.1%	5 (2.0%)	38 (14.9%)	194 (76.1%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	9 (3.5%)	$35,454			$4,817			$30,637	11.9	14.6	1829	88		062580003868
1918	Adelante High	Public	10-12	6801 Seventh St.	Riverbank	95367	Stanislaus County	Riverbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 869-2383	40	3	12.6	80.0%	4 (10.0%)	2 (5.0%)	34 (85.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$30,248			$3,807			$26,441	11.9	8.3	2142	224		060006111814
1919	Somerset High	Public	7-12	9242 East Laurel St.	Bellflower	90706	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 804-6548	104	12	8.6	87.5%	7 (6.7%)	15 (14.4%)	76 (73.1%)	4 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	$36,734			$2,431			$34,303	11.9	15.5	1804	115		060444000408
1920	Oak Glen High	Public	9-12	14172 West Oak Glen Rd.	Valley Center	92082	San Diego County	Valley Center-Pauma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 751-0455	78	3	31.2	76.9%	4 (5.1%)	1 (1.3%)	55 (70.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (11.5%)	$23,751			$3,551			$20,200	11.9	9.9	2078	158		060006908608

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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.