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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
2001	Columbus (Christopher) High	Public	9-12	12330 Woodruff Ave.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3552	368	23	16.2	89.9%	16 (4.3%)	9 (2.4%)	335 (91.0%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	$21,048			$5,991			$15,057	10.4	11.9	1955	46		061146001262
2002	Dr. John H. Milor High Continuation	Public	9-12	266 West Randall	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-8110	190	19	10	81.1%	5 (2.6%)	15 (7.9%)	165 (86.8%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	$31,034			$2,906			$28,128	10.4	10.5	2041	39		063237007338
2003	Del Valle Continuation High	Public	7-12	2253 Fifth St.	Livermore	94550	Alameda County	Livermore Valley Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 606-4709	87	10	8.9	42.5%	20 (23.0%)	5 (5.7%)	52 (59.8%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (9.2%)	$31,624			$266			$31,358	10.4	12.7	1906	97		062211002621
2004	Citrus High	Public	9-12	261 East Mulberry Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7130	155	10	15.2	98.1%	20 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	126 (81.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.9%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.3%)	$28,976			$2,634			$26,342	10.4	14.5	1835	169		060006404878
2005	New Valley Continuation High	Public	9-12	1875 Lawrence Rd.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2300	151	14	10.5	44.4%	13 (8.6%)	2 (1.3%)	124 (82.1%)	5 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.6%)	$42,137			$650			$41,487	10.3	12	1950	55		063543006053
2006	Estrellita Continuation High	Public	9-12	12935 Marengo Rd.	Galt	95632	Sacramento County	Galt Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 744-5318	76	4	19	75.0%	17 (22.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (67.1%)	2 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.6%)	4 (5.3%)	$20,249			$2,210			$18,039	10.3	12.1	1941	65		061482001820
2007	Kinney High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	2710 Kilgore Rd.	Rancho Cordova	95670	Sacramento County	Folsom-Cordova Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 294-9060	112	9	12.4	75.9%	19 (17.0%)	20 (17.9%)	58 (51.8%)	3 (2.7%)	1 (0.9%)	2 (1.8%)	9 (8.0%)	$44,597			$3,346			$41,251	10.2	9.2	2116	109		061389001573
2008	Kings Lake Education Center	Public	10-12	1128 South Dairy Ave.	Corcoran	93212	Kings County	Corcoran Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 992-8885	16	2	8.1	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$29,593			$8,251			$21,342	10.2			(n/a)		060969011284
2009	Ridgway High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	325 Ridgway Ave.	Santa Rosa	95401	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3770	252	21	11.7	56.7%	36 (14.3%)	8 (3.2%)	183 (72.6%)	5 (2.0%)	5 (2.0%)	3 (1.2%)	10 (4.0%)	$24,385			$2,362			$22,023	10.2	10.2	2060	51		063583006130
2010	Cesar E. Chavez High	Public	9-12	2128 South Cypress	Santa Ana	92707	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 430-5700	350	21	16.4	97.1%	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	346 (98.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$26,750			$929			$25,821	10.2	9.5	2099	89		063531004767

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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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Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.