California High School Rankings

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The list is updated annually upon the release of test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on 10/24/2022.

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)
060816000793	661	Montclair High	Public	9-12	4725 Benito St.	Montclair	91763	San Bernardino County	Chaffey Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 621-6781	2,817	118	23.9	73.8%	105 (3.7%)	58 (2.1%)	2,479 (88.0%)	113 (4.0%)	21 (0.7%)	4 (0.1%)	36 (1.3%)	$9,137							62.6	56.4	506	155
060173408436	662	CORE Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	321 16th St.	Marysville	95901	Yuba County	CORE Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 742-2786	470	21	22.1	44.0%	282 (60.0%)	18 (3.8%)	104 (22.1%)	7 (1.5%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (10.9%)								62.5	63.3	430	232
061476001810	663	Fullerton Union High	Public	9-12	201 E. Chapman Ave.	Fullerton	92832	Orange County	Fullerton Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 626-3801	1,944	76	25.6	62.7%	363 (18.7%)	25 (1.3%)	1,265 (65.1%)	122 (6.3%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	154 (7.9%)	$7,882							62.4	79.3	258	405
062169002579	664	Lincoln High	Public	9-12	6844 Alexandria Pl.	Stockton	95207	San Joaquin County	Lincoln Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 953-8920	2,970	131	22.7	48.2%	558 (18.8%)	338 (11.4%)	1,479 (49.8%)	399 (13.4%)	14 (0.5%)	31 (1.0%)	148 (5.0%)	$4,807							62.4	66.5	391	273
063525005978	665	Sanger High	Public	9-12	1045 Bethel Ave.	Sanger	93657	Fresno County	Sanger Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 524-7121	3,579	152	23.5	65.8%	390 (10.9%)	43 (1.2%)	2,606 (72.8%)	421 (11.8%)	8 (0.2%)	4 (0.1%)	107 (3.0%)	$12,275							62.4	59.4	472	193
061821002243	666	Imperial High	Public	9-12	517 W. Barioni Blvd.	Imperial	92251	Imperial County	Imperial Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 355-3220	1,337	58	23.2	51.8%	137 (10.2%)	13 (1.0%)	1,143 (85.5%)	27 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.2%)								62.2	51.6	583	83
063432011147	667	Kearny College Connections	Public	9-12	1954 Komet Way	San Diego	92111	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(858) 221-5300	352	13	28	62.2%	32 (9.1%)	50 (14.2%)	172 (48.9%)	62 (17.6%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	31 (8.8%)	$8,237							62.1			(n/a)
063462005769	668	Del Campo High	Public	9-12	4925 Dewey Dr.	Fair Oaks	95628	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(916) 971-5664	1,664	76	22	44.3%	852 (51.2%)	123 (7.4%)	420 (25.2%)	90 (5.4%)	15 (0.9%)	13 (0.8%)	141 (8.5%)	$7,597							62	69.7	355	313
063021004992	669	Paloma Valley High	Public	9-12	31375 Bradley Rd.	Menifee	92584	Riverside County	Perris Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(951) 672-6030	2,919	114	25.6	41.2%	777 (26.6%)	171 (5.9%)	1,532 (52.5%)	204 (7.0%)	10 (0.3%)	11 (0.4%)	214 (7.3%)	$12,192							62	76	287	382
063560007869	670	Ark Independent Studies	Public	6-12	840 N. Branciforte Ave.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz City High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 429-3898	86	3	34.4	39.5%	35 (40.7%)	4 (4.7%)	38 (44.2%)	1 (1.2%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.0%)								62			(n/a)

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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 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.
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