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)
061518012174	11	Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy	Public	9-12	5055 Santa Teresa Blvd. PB17	Gilroy	95020	Santa Clara County	Gilroy Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 846-4909	289	10	28	45.0%	43 (14.9%)	1 (0.3%)	154 (53.3%)	69 (23.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.6%)								99.4			(n/a)
060183411911	12	University High	Public, Charter	9-12	2611 E. Matoian M/S UH134	Fresno	93740	Fresno County	University High District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 278-8263	487	20	23.9	17.9%	141 (29.0%)	11 (2.3%)	144 (29.6%)	151 (31.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (7.8%)								99.4	99	3	9
062271010844	13	Dr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy	Public	9-12	1111 Figueroa Pl.	Wilmington	90744	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 834-3932	443	18	24.6	61.9%	9 (2.0%)	53 (12.0%)	224 (50.6%)	131 (29.6%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.6%)	18 (4.1%)	$8,923							99.4	97.8	16	3
061440001678	14	Mission San Jose High	Public	9-12	41717 Palm Ave.	Fremont	94539	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 657-3600	1,971	82	24.1	7.0%	89 (4.5%)	5 (0.3%)	64 (3.2%)	1,769 (89.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (2.1%)	$8,616							99.3	98	13	1
063801012446	15	Stockton Early College Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	349 E. Vine St.	Stockton	95202	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 933-7370	436	15	29	63.1%	25 (5.7%)	11 (2.5%)	189 (43.3%)	194 (44.5%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	11 (2.5%)	$10,153							99.2	97.5	21	6
060228408546	16	Ocsa	Public, Charter	7-12	1010 N. Main St.	Santa Ana	92701	Orange County	OCSA District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 560-9000	2,217	136	16.3	13.0%	663 (29.9%)	22 (1.0%)	449 (20.3%)	701 (31.6%)	1 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	369 (16.6%)								99	94.3	65	49
062013002408	17	La Canada High	Public	7-12	4463 Oak Grove Dr.	La Canada	91011	Los Angeles County	La Canada Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(818) 952-4205	2,024	85	23.7	5.4%	952 (47.0%)	17 (0.8%)	240 (11.9%)	620 (30.6%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	192 (9.5%)	$11,158							99			(n/a)
061443001699	18	Monta Vista High	Public	9-12	21840 McClellan Rd.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Fremont Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 366-7600	1,839	75	24.5	5.4%	168 (9.1%)	4 (0.2%)	72 (3.9%)	1,441 (78.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	151 (8.2%)								98.9	97.3	24	6
062250013896	19	Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science	Public	9-12	1100 Iroquois Ave.	Long Beach	90815	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 598-7611	465	19	25	28.4%	108 (23.2%)	24 (5.2%)	183 (39.4%)	125 (26.9%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (4.3%)	$10,939							98.9	98.5	9	10
064251008517	20	Academy of the Canyons	Public	9-12	26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd.	Santa Clarita	91355	Los Angeles County	William S. Hart Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 362-3056	395	14	28.2	13.4%	114 (28.9%)	11 (2.8%)	85 (21.5%)	157 (39.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.1%)	$8,387							98.8			(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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