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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
1301	Esparto High	Public	9-12	17121 Yolo Ave.	Esparto	95627	Yolo County	Esparto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 787-3405	287	15	19.1	80.8%	48 (16.7%)	5 (1.7%)	225 (78.4%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	$23,515			$1,876			$21,639	38.5	37.6	1307	6		061293001470
1302	Buena Park High	Public	9-12	8833 Academy Dr.	Buena Park	90621	Orange County	Fullerton Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 992-8601	1,682	73	22.9	90.6%	61 (3.6%)	37 (2.2%)	1,421 (84.5%)	112 (6.7%)	3 (0.2%)	11 (0.7%)	30 (1.8%)	$17,411			$1,144			$16,267	38.4	49.6	1005	297		061476001809
1303	Watsonville High	Public	9-12	250 East Beach St.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-6390	2,215	94	23.5	91.1%	52 (2.3%)	5 (0.2%)	2,136 (96.4%)	16 (0.7%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.1%)								38.4	31.2	1464	161		062949004555
1304	Jurupa Valley High	Public	9-12	10551 Bellegrave Ave.	Jurupa Valley	91752	Riverside County	Jurupa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 360-2600	1,693	71	23.7	81.6%	90 (5.3%)	19 (1.1%)	1,518 (89.7%)	34 (2.0%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	28 (1.7%)	$21,337			$1,911			$19,426	38.3	36	1340	36		061926009556
1305	Biggs High	Public	9-12	3046 Second St.	Biggs	95917	Butte County	Biggs Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 868-5825	161	13	12.3	64.0%	89 (55.3%)	5 (3.1%)	64 (39.8%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$26,726			$3,069			$23,657	38.2	45.1	1122	183		060504000486
1306	Canyon Springs High	Public	9-12	23100 Cougar Canyon Dr.	Moreno Valley	92557	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4760	2,251	103	21.9	83.3%	155 (6.9%)	307 (13.6%)	1,611 (71.6%)	59 (2.6%)	5 (0.2%)	12 (0.5%)	101 (4.5%)	$19,689			$2,737			$16,952	38.2	43.6	1157	149		062580008906
1307	Latino College Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	14271 Story Rd.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Latino College Preparatory Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 729-2281	421	20	21.5	83.1%	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	417 (99.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$20,871			$2,740			$18,131	38.2	36.2	1335	28		060193210402
1308	Los Banos High	Public	9-12	1966 11th St.	Los Banos	93635	Merced County	Los Banos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 826-6033	1,543	73	21.2	78.5%	184 (11.9%)	11 (0.7%)	1,303 (84.4%)	24 (1.6%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	13 (0.8%)	$17,419			$1,361			$16,058	38.1	38.4	1285	23		062274003481
1309	Alliance Renee and Meyer Luskin Academy High	Public, Charter	9-12	2941 West 70th St.	Los Angeles	90043	Los Angeles County	Alliance Renee and Meyer Luskin Academy High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 905-1210	525	29	17.8	94.1%	1 (0.2%)	94 (17.9%)	424 (80.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	$18,917			$2,945			$15,972	38	48.4	1046	263		060227912848
1310	Jesse M. Bethel High	Public	9-12	1800 Ascot Pkwy.	Vallejo	94591	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-5700	1,418	68	21	77.4%	76 (5.4%)	308 (21.7%)	636 (44.9%)	303 (21.4%)	5 (0.4%)	21 (1.5%)	68 (4.8%)	$26,822			$5,533			$21,289	37.9	28.4	1533	223		064074007861

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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.