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)
061152001286	1742	Mt. Olive Innovation and Technology High	Public	9-12	1238 Brycedale Ave.	Duarte	91010	Los Angeles County	Duarte Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 599-5900	86	5	17.9	58.1%	2 (2.3%)	7 (8.1%)	74 (86.0%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	$19,666							16.9			(n/a)
060006910646	1743	Valley Center Prep	Public, Alternative	K-12	28751-U Cole Grade Rd.	Valley Center	92082	San Diego County	Valley Center-Pauma Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 751-0455	118	4	29.5	44.9%	31 (26.3%)	1 (0.8%)	56 (47.5%)	2 (1.7%)	17 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (9.3%)	$12,966							16.8			(n/a)
063459006645	1744	Liberty (Alternative)	Public, Alternative	K-12	4849 Pearl Ave.	San Jose	95136	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 535-6539	531	19	27.2	48.0%	87 (16.4%)	16 (3.0%)	337 (63.5%)	61 (11.5%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	26 (4.9%)	$17,620							16.8	12.1	1126	618
069104508660	1745	La Sierra High	Public, Charter	7-12	1735 E. Houston Ave.	Visalia	93292	Tulare County	Tulare County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 733-6963	223	15	14.8	83.0%	37 (16.6%)	0 (0.0%)	173 (77.6%)	3 (1.3%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.1%)								16.7	12.7	1115	630
063432011939	1746	Lincoln High	Public	9-12	4777 Imperial Ave.	San Diego	92113	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(619) 266-6500	1,408	58	24.2	81.4%	30 (2.1%)	281 (20.0%)	972 (69.0%)	52 (3.7%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (0.9%)	59 (4.2%)	$9,563							16.7			(n/a)
060594000538	1747	Vallecito Continuation High	Public	9-12	364 Murphys Grade Rd.	Altaville	95222	Calaveras County	Bret Harte Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 736-2507	42	2	22.5	45.2%	23 (54.8%)	1 (2.4%)	10 (23.8%)	1 (2.4%)	2 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (11.9%)	$10,157							16.6			(n/a)
060190111431	1748	East Palo Alto Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	1050 Myrtle St.	East Palo Alto	94303	San Mateo County	East Palo Alto Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 893-8900	343	26	12.9	59.2%	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.5%)	301 (87.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.4%)	1 (0.3%)								16.6			(n/a)
063372005195	1749	Round Valley High	Public	9-12	Howard and High Sts.	Covelo	95428	Mendocino County	Round Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 983-6174	121			96.7%	13 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (27.3%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (61.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$16,585							16.6			(n/a)
063684006245	1750	Apollo High	Public	9-12	3150 Sch St.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 520-6150	105	10	10.4	67.6%	21 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (75.2%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	3 (2.9%)	$20,254							16.5	10.5	1165	585
062271012787	1751	Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet	Public	9-12	4211 Dozier St.	Los Angeles	90063	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(323) 265-6725	380	22	17.4	94.5%	3 (0.8%)	6 (1.6%)	367 (96.6%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$16,185							16.4	16.2	1064	687

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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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Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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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.