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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 2122)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
060303000239	641	McKinleyville High	Public	9-12	1300 Murray Rd.	McKinleyville	95519	Humboldt County	Northern Humboldt Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 839-6400	538	32	16.6	45.7%	320 (59.5%)	2 (0.4%)	59 (11.0%)	5 (0.9%)	47 (8.7%)	2 (0.4%)	102 (19.0%)	$13,174							63.6	34.9	840	199
060169012342	642	Alliance Leichtman-Levine Family Foundation Env Sci High	Public, Charter	9-12	2930 Fletcher Dr.	Los Angeles	90065	Los Angeles County	Alliance Leichtman-Levine FAM Foundation Env Sci High Distr	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(323) 739-0560	374	20	18.6	81.3%	6 (1.6%)	3 (0.8%)	322 (86.1%)	31 (8.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.7%)								63.5			(n/a)
063468005842	643	San Leandro High	Public	9-12	2200 Bancroft Ave.	San Leandro	94577	Alameda County	San Leandro Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 618-4600	2,716	120	22.5	69.1%	210 (7.7%)	403 (14.8%)	1,303 (48.0%)	606 (22.3%)	10 (0.4%)	45 (1.7%)	136 (5.0%)	$6,518							63.5			(n/a)
060170503964	644	Guajome Park Academy Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2000 N. Santa Fe Ave.	Vista	92083	San Diego County	Guajome Park Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 631-8500	1,347	75	18	55.7%	275 (20.4%)	16 (1.2%)	906 (67.3%)	35 (2.6%)	10 (0.7%)	2 (0.1%)	102 (7.6%)								63.5			(n/a)
062308003516	645	Arroyo Grande High	Public	9-12	495 Valley Rd.	Arroyo Grande	93420	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 474-3200	2,077	100	20.7	44.8%	1,055 (50.8%)	20 (1.0%)	824 (39.7%)	76 (3.7%)	9 (0.4%)	3 (0.1%)	84 (4.0%)	$5,281							63.3			(n/a)
060187603939	646	Charter School of San Diego	Public, Charter	6-12	10170 Huennekens St.	San Diego	92121	San Diego County	Charter School of San Diego District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(858) 678-2020	1,414	46	30.4	69.7%	249 (17.6%)	101 (7.1%)	846 (59.8%)	54 (3.8%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.4%)	151 (10.7%)								63.3			(n/a)
061207001342	647	El Dorado High	Public	9-12	561 Canal St.	Placerville	95667	El Dorado County	El Dorado Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 622-3634	1,214	52	23.1	30.6%	768 (63.3%)	5 (0.4%)	303 (25.0%)	28 (2.3%)	35 (2.9%)	3 (0.2%)	68 (5.6%)	$13,116							63.2	69.3	363	284
060140900491	648	Bishop Union High	Public	9-12	301 N. Fowler St.	Bishop	93514	Inyo County	Bishop Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 873-4275	625	32	19.7	60.8%	244 (39.0%)	9 (1.4%)	250 (40.0%)	3 (0.5%)	79 (12.6%)	2 (0.3%)	38 (6.1%)	$7,562							63.2	54.7	538	110
063680500401	649	Sierra High	Public	9-12	33326 Lodge Rd.	Tollhouse	93667	Fresno County	Sierra Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 855-8311	378	21	18.4	31.5%	244 (64.6%)	2 (0.5%)	68 (18.0%)	5 (1.3%)	41 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.8%)	$9,506							63.2	56.9	500	149
060985009532	650	Centennial High	Public	9-12	1820 Rimpau Ave.	Corona	92881	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(951) 739-5670	3,137	128	24.5	71.5%	483 (15.4%)	269 (8.6%)	1,893 (60.3%)	382 (12.2%)	12 (0.4%)	19 (0.6%)	79 (2.5%)	$8,198							63			(n/a)

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About our rankings:

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 24, 2022, 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.