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
31	Oak Park High	Public	9-12	899 Kanan Rd.	Oak Park	91377	Ventura County	Oak Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 735-3300	1,483	61	24.2	12.4%	746 (50.3%)	14 (0.9%)	176 (11.9%)	415 (28.0%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.5%)	119 (8.0%)	$14,903			$426			$14,477	98.4	98.2	36	5		062785007253
32	University Preparatory High	Public, Charter	9-12	915 South Mooney Blvd. Maripos	Visalia	93277	Tulare County	Tulare County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-2529	253	9	29.5	37.5%	98 (38.7%)	3 (1.2%)	119 (47.0%)	18 (7.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.5%)	$114,245			$17,293			$96,952	98.1	96.1	85	53		069104512387
33	Palos Verdes Peninsula High	Public	9-12	27118 Silver Spur Rd.	Rolling Hills Estates	90274	Los Angeles County	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 377-4888	2,075	93	22.2	11.8%	616 (29.7%)	49 (2.4%)	314 (15.1%)	851 (41.0%)	3 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	235 (11.3%)	$16,487			$489			$15,998	98.1	97.9	44	11		062970010246
34	American High	Public	9-12	36300 Fremont Blvd.	Fremont	94536	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 796-1776	2,618	104	25.2	24.9%	175 (6.7%)	40 (1.5%)	285 (10.9%)	2,000 (76.4%)	4 (0.2%)	11 (0.4%)	100 (3.8%)	$14,119			$468			$13,651	98	98.3	32	2		061440001654
35	San Marino High	Public	9-12	2701 Huntington Dr.	San Marino	91108	Los Angeles County	San Marino Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 299-7020	886	43	20.4	11.5%	163 (18.4%)	8 (0.9%)	83 (9.4%)	536 (60.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	94 (10.6%)	$18,705			$599			$18,106	97.9	99.1	15	20		063486005886
36	Troy High	Public	9-12	2200 East Dorothy Ln.	Fullerton	92831	Orange County	Fullerton Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 626-4401	2,504	108	23.1	39.7%	275 (11.0%)	27 (1.1%)	710 (28.4%)	1,301 (52.0%)	5 (0.2%)	11 (0.4%)	167 (6.7%)	$17,384			$974			$16,410	97.9	97.9	45	9		061476001816
37	Clovis North High	Public	9-12	2770 East International Ave.	Fresno	93730	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-5000	2,360	107	22	28.0%	918 (38.9%)	75 (3.2%)	710 (30.1%)	489 (20.7%)	10 (0.4%)	9 (0.4%)	149 (6.3%)	$13,909			$684			$13,225	97.8	98.7	26	11		060903011855
38	Western Sierra Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	660 Menlo Dr.	Rocklin	95765	Placer County	Western Sierra Collegiate Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 778-4544	776	38	20.2	13.5%	282 (36.3%)	4 (0.5%)	111 (14.3%)	294 (37.9%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (10.4%)	$11,848			$219			$11,629	97.8	94.9	113	75		060247312390
39	Dougherty Valley High	Public	9-12	10550 Albion Rd.	San Ramon	94582	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 479-6400	3,039	123	24.7	8.1%	219 (7.2%)	79 (2.6%)	144 (4.7%)	2,426 (79.8%)	8 (0.3%)	9 (0.3%)	153 (5.0%)	$15,024			$312			$14,712	97.7	98.5	27	12		063513011990
40	Design Technical High	Public, Charter	9-12	275 Oracle Pkwy.	Redwood City	94065	San Mateo County	Design Technical High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 231-2701	567	23	24.5	7.2%	232 (40.9%)	7 (1.2%)	82 (14.5%)	140 (24.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	99 (17.5%)	$27,268			$315			$26,953	97.7	97.2	65	25		060232413774

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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.