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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
461	Angelo Rodriguez High	Public	9-12	5000 Red Top Rd.	Fairfield	94534	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 863-7950	2,111	84	25.1	37.9%	454 (21.5%)	270 (12.8%)	552 (26.1%)	538 (25.5%)	7 (0.3%)	24 (1.1%)	257 (12.2%)	$14,462			$1,170			$13,292	77.3	74.1	499	38		061336010429
462	Aspire Ollin University Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	2540 East 58th St.	Huntington Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Aspire Ollin University Preparatory Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 277-2901	554	20	27.2	96.8%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	550 (99.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$19,362			$3,943			$15,419	77.2	54.6	893	431		060185711655
463	Placer High	Public	9-12	275 Orange St.	Auburn	95603	Placer County	Placer Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 885-4581	1,265	57	22.2	29.9%	719 (56.8%)	12 (0.9%)	366 (28.9%)	27 (2.1%)	13 (1.0%)	5 (0.4%)	115 (9.1%)	$27,284			$1,350			$25,934	76.9	72.2	538	75		063075004784
464	Sage Oak Charter School- Keppel	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1473 Ford St.	Redlands	92373	San Bernardino County	Sage Oak Charter School- Keppel District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(888) 345-4445	441	116	3.8	49.0%	144 (32.7%)	19 (4.3%)	220 (49.9%)	31 (7.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.7%)	$12,493			$605			$11,888	76.9	86.4	298	166		060238114092
465	Horizon Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	873 First St.	Lincoln	95648	Placer County	Horizon Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 408-5200	1,757	67	26.3	55.5%	915 (52.1%)	105 (6.0%)	405 (23.1%)	82 (4.7%)	4 (0.2%)	13 (0.7%)	228 (13.0%)	$11,551			$253			$11,298	76.8	66.9	616	151		060173003557
466	Decoto School for Independent Study	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	725 Whipple Rd.	Union City	94587	Alameda County	New Haven Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(510) 476-2696	233	10	23	65.2%	21 (9.0%)	15 (6.4%)	101 (43.3%)	73 (31.3%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.4%)	13 (5.6%)	$23,914			$2,348			$21,566	76.8	42.8	1178	712		062691013202
467	Excel Academy Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1 Technology Dr.	Irvine	92618	Orange County	Excel Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(949) 387-7822	660	66	9.9	50.2%	182 (27.6%)	19 (2.9%)	298 (45.2%)	86 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	70 (10.6%)	$9,791			$562			$9,229	76.7	93.2	153	314		060248714407
468	Hercules High	Public	9-12	1900 Refugio Valley Rd.	Hercules	94547	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1429	767	32	23.7	41.7%	49 (6.4%)	110 (14.3%)	204 (26.6%)	330 (43.0%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.0%)	63 (8.2%)	$6,194			$1,621			$4,573	76.7	75.9	472	4		063255008691
469	Woodside High	Public	9-12	199 Churchill Ave.	Woodside	94062	San Mateo County	Sequoia Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 367-9750	1,660	101	16.3	28.7%	575 (34.6%)	19 (1.1%)	880 (53.0%)	88 (5.3%)	9 (0.5%)	8 (0.5%)	81 (4.9%)	$20,360			$992			$19,368	76.5	81.3	390	79		063639006199
470	Loyalton High	Public	7-12	700 Fourth St.	Loyalton	96118	Sierra County	Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 993-4454	165	12	13.5	27.3%	126 (76.4%)	2 (1.2%)	30 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.0%)								76.5	56.7	842	372		063678006229

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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.