Best High Schools in California

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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
1061	Washington High	Public	9-12	6041 South Elm Ave.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Washington Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 485-8805	1,096	55	20.1	87.1%	55 (5.0%)	53 (4.8%)	905 (82.6%)	71 (6.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (0.8%)	$19,773			$2,962			$16,811	49	60.6	754	307		060141506864
1062	Highland High	Public	9-12	2900 Royal Scots Way	Bakersfield	93306	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 872-2777	2,530	106	23.9	87.4%	382 (15.1%)	126 (5.0%)	1,881 (74.3%)	79 (3.1%)	20 (0.8%)	1 (0.0%)	38 (1.5%)	$17,339			$1,986			$15,353	48.9	49.2	1019	43		061954002345
1063	Independence High (Alternative)	Public, Virtual	9-12	125 Berry St.	Roseville	95678	Placer County	Roseville Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(916) 786-0793	258	14	18.8	48.8%	141 (54.7%)	9 (3.5%)	49 (19.0%)	27 (10.5%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.2%)	21 (8.1%)	$21,113			$1,805			$19,308	48.9	44.2	1146	83		063363010036
1064	Alliance Tennenbaum Family Technology High	Public, Charter	9-12	2050 North San Fernando Rd.	Los Angeles	90065	Los Angeles County	Alliance Tennenbaum Family Technology High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 276-5545	174	14	12	83.9%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	162 (93.1%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.6%)	$22,641			$1,991			$20,650	48.7	50.1	995	69		060228912572
1065	Compton High	Public	9-12	1200 East Alondra Blvd.	Compton	90221	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 635-3881	1,438	56	25.8	91.9%	2 (0.1%)	214 (14.9%)	1,202 (83.6%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (0.7%)	7 (0.5%)	$22,951			$3,287			$19,664	48.6	39.4	1254	189		060962000976
1066	Westbrook Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	2340 Firestone Blvd.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Westbrook Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 745-4928	409	24	17	83.4%	0 (0.0%)	66 (16.1%)	340 (83.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$27,242			$1,756			$25,486	48.5	51.8	960	106		060161214144
1067	Diego Rivera Learning Complex Green Design STEAM Academy	Public	9-12	6100 South Central Ave.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 846-2108	493	24	20.1	96.3%	5 (1.0%)	15 (3.0%)	472 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$19,316			$3,249			$16,067	48.5	20.7	1689	622		062271012937
1068	Artesia High	Public	9-12	12108 East Del Amo Blvd.	Lakewood	90715	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7700	1,384	75	18.4	86.3%	26 (1.9%)	73 (5.3%)	1,069 (77.2%)	149 (10.8%)	4 (0.3%)	10 (0.7%)	53 (3.8%)	$19,786			$2,131			$17,655	48.5	44.5	1137	69		060162000002
1069	Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	400 105th Ave.	Oakland	94603	Alameda County	Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 635-7737	392	15	26	86.7%	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.4%)	365 (93.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	$22,769			$4,055			$18,714	48.4	54.6	887	182		060221210459
1070	Altus Schools South Bay	Public, Charter	7-12	3252 Bonita Rd.	Chula Vista	91910	San Diego County	Altus Schools South Bay District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 678-2020	372	11	33.9	76.1%	21 (5.6%)	29 (7.8%)	294 (79.0%)	12 (3.2%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	10 (2.7%)	$16,105			$1,604			$14,501	48.3	48.1	1055	15		060150914089

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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.