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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)
061488001874	741	Rancho Alamitos High	Public	9-12	11351 Dale St.	Garden Grove	92841	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 663-6415	1,680	78	21.4	77.1%	81 (4.8%)	19 (1.1%)	999 (59.5%)	535 (31.8%)	3 (0.2%)	11 (0.7%)	30 (1.8%)	$13,038							58.8	63.8	421	320
061353001545	742	Fallbrook High	Public	9-12	2400 S. Stage Coach Ln.	Fallbrook	92028	San Diego County	Fallbrook Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 723-6300	1,959	93	21	71.4%	463 (23.6%)	25 (1.3%)	1,350 (68.9%)	32 (1.6%)	7 (0.4%)	5 (0.3%)	75 (3.8%)	$10,399							58.8	64.7	413	329
063531010990	743	Segerstrom High	Public	9-12	2301 W. MacArthur Blvd.	Santa Ana	92704	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 241-5000	2,523	96	26.1	43.5%	29 (1.1%)	12 (0.5%)	2,300 (91.2%)	154 (6.1%)	4 (0.2%)	7 (0.3%)	17 (0.7%)	$7,180							58.8	57.3	496	247
064158006857	744	River City High	Public	9-12	1 Raider Ln.	West Sacramento	95691	Yolo County	Washington Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(916) 375-7800	2,186	98	22.2	65.1%	643 (29.4%)	112 (5.1%)	998 (45.7%)	293 (13.4%)	13 (0.6%)	34 (1.6%)	89 (4.1%)	$7,104							58.7	62.4	437	307
060756000727	745	Carpinteria Senior High	Public	9-12	4810 Foothill Rd.	Carpinteria	93013	Santa Barbara County	Carpinteria Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 684-4107	678	37	18.3	68.0%	151 (22.3%)	1 (0.1%)	502 (74.0%)	11 (1.6%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.3%)	$8,649							58.6	38.7	783	38
063462008192	746	El Sereno Alternative Education	Public	9-12	10700 Fair Oaks Blvd.	Fair Oaks	95628	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(916) 971-5060	231	12	19.7	49.4%	114 (49.4%)	21 (9.1%)	51 (22.1%)	12 (5.2%)	2 (0.9%)	4 (1.7%)	25 (10.8%)	$8,115							58.6	70.8	339	407
060141412435	747	Alta Vista Alternative High	Public	9-12	215 E. Ortega St.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 966-0883	126	11	11.2	68.3%	37 (29.4%)	1 (0.8%)	78 (61.9%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.3%)	$17,768							58.6			(n/a)
060231611478	748	California Virtual Academy @ Sonoma	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	50 Morland Rd.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	California Virtual Academy @ Sonoma District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 581-0202	861	25	34.6	59.8%	337 (39.1%)	119 (13.8%)	254 (29.5%)	92 (10.7%)	12 (1.4%)	11 (1.3%)	36 (4.2%)								58.6	53.7	554	194
060154914363	749	Pivot Charter School North Valley II	Public, Charter	6-12	1350 E. Ninth St. Ste. 150	Chico	95928	Butte County	Pivot Charter School North Valley II District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 636-4479	91	6	15.8	52.7%	55 (60.4%)	1 (1.1%)	21 (23.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (15.4%)								58.4			(n/a)
064356007048	750	Yucaipa High	Public	9-12	33000 Yucaipa Blvd.	Yucaipa	92399	San Bernardino County	Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 797-0106	2,865	124	23.1	54.8%	1,377 (48.1%)	36 (1.3%)	1,315 (45.9%)	55 (1.9%)	13 (0.5%)	7 (0.2%)	58 (2.0%)	$6,512							58.4	58.8	483	267

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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.