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
1821	Desert Oasis High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1302 South Third St.	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	Central Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 336-4555	138	10	13.9	94.2%	3 (2.2%)	3 (2.2%)	131 (94.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								14.4	14.8	1824	3		060801000772
1822	Mt. Olive Innovation and Technology High	Public	9-12	1400 Mt. Olive Dr.	Duarte	91010	Los Angeles County	Duarte Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 599-5900	54	5	11.7	87.0%	2 (3.7%)	2 (3.7%)	48 (88.9%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$37,834			$6,118			$31,716	14.4	16.6	1773	49		061152001286
1823	Tri-C Community Day	Public	7-12	716 East 14th St. Second Fl.	Los Angeles	90021	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 745-1901	231	17	13.9	96.1%	3 (1.3%)	18 (7.8%)	206 (89.2%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$24,629			$3,381			$21,248	14.4	14.1	1848	25		062271007115
1824	Carter G. Woodson Public Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	3333 North Bond Ave.	Fresno	93726	Fresno County	Carter G. Woodson Public Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 229-3529	364	22	16.3	93.7%	39 (10.7%)	64 (17.6%)	234 (64.3%)	13 (3.6%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (2.2%)	$20,393			$876			$19,517	14.4	16.6	1772	52		060238308697
1825	EPIC de Cesar Chavez	Public, Charter	9-12	122 East Tehachapi Blvd. Ste.	Tehachapi	93561	Kern County	EPIC de Cesar Chavez District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 822-4381	614	28	22.1	33.4%	9 (1.5%)	5 (0.8%)	592 (96.4%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$10,919			$115			$10,804	14.4	21.8	1660	165		060176213819
1826	San Antonio Continuation	Public	9-12	2911 Belgrave Ave.	Huntington Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 826-2420	82	6	13.7	95.1%	2 (2.4%)	2 (2.4%)	78 (95.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,751			$4,421			$19,330	14.4	11	2004	178		062271003322
1827	Evergreen Continuation	Public	9-12	13101 Dronfield Ave.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 367-5989	67	4	16.8	89.6%	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (94.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	$29,575			$6,921			$22,654	14.3	10	2073	246		062271002995
1828	North Area Community	Public	7-12	4000 Pinell St.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Sacramento County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 228-2073	280	14	20	63.6%	63 (22.5%)	64 (22.9%)	116 (41.4%)	7 (2.5%)	3 (1.1%)	5 (1.8%)	22 (7.9%)	$37,216			$6,097			$31,119	14.3			(n/a)		069102711053
1829	Albert Powell Continuation	Public	10-12	1875 Clark Ave.	Yuba City	95991	Sutter County	Yuba City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-5210	132	10	12.7	79.5%	27 (20.5%)	4 (3.0%)	85 (64.4%)	4 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.6%)								14.3	16.3	1780	49		064347007028
1830	New Horizon High	Public	9-12	1151 West Wilson St.	Banning	92220	Riverside County	Banning Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 922-0250	68	6	10.7	88.2%	3 (4.4%)	8 (11.8%)	48 (70.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	$28,858			$1,998			$26,860	14.3	12.8	1901	71		060384000352

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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.