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)
060233411178	951	Roseland Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1691 Burbank Ave.	Santa Rosa	95407	Sonoma County	Roseland Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 545-0102	1,364	63	21.7	42.4%	16 (1.2%)	8 (0.6%)	1,303 (95.5%)	14 (1.0%)	8 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.1%)								49.2			(n/a)
060141506864	952	Washington High	Public	9-12	6041 S. Elm Ave.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Washington Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 485-8805	1,252	59	21.1	75.2%	82 (6.5%)	66 (5.3%)	998 (79.7%)	85 (6.8%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (1.3%)	$13,873							49.2	36	825	127
060015811505	953	Turlock High	Public	9-12	1600 E. Canal Dr.	Turlock	95380	Stanislaus County	Turlock Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 667-2055	2,512	120	20.9	52.6%	731 (29.1%)	40 (1.6%)	1,595 (63.5%)	67 (2.7%)	17 (0.7%)	13 (0.5%)	46 (1.8%)	$10,314							49.2	50.7	595	358
062271013831	954	Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet	Public	9-12	13050 Borden Ave.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(818) 833-3723	212	15	14.1	93.4%	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	202 (95.3%)	6 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$13,704							49.2	33.2	854	100
063694006279	955	Mt. Shasta High	Public	9-12	710 Everitt Memorial Hwy.	Mount Shasta	96067	Siskiyou County	Siskiyou Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 926-2614	267	16	16.3	48.3%	184 (68.9%)	1 (0.4%)	38 (14.2%)	4 (1.5%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	33 (12.4%)	$11,367							49.2	49.2	619	336
062994012340	956	CIS Academy	Public, Alternative	2-12	2925 E. Siera Madre Blvd.	Pasadena	91107	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 396-5883	405	17	23.8	69.9%	65 (16.0%)	56 (13.8%)	224 (55.3%)	29 (7.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.9%)	$10,409							49.1			(n/a)
061954003116	957	Ridgeview High	Public	9-12	8501 Stine Rd.	Bakersfield	93313	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 398-3100	2,810	102	27.4	75.6%	291 (10.4%)	227 (8.1%)	1,968 (70.0%)	253 (9.0%)	8 (0.3%)	15 (0.5%)	48 (1.7%)	$7,766							49			(n/a)
060004714472	958	Tracy Independent Study Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1975 W. Lowell Ave.	Tracy	95376	San Joaquin County	Tracy Joint Unified	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 830-3200	279	13	21.4	46.2%	52 (18.6%)	28 (10.0%)	131 (47.0%)	36 (12.9%)	5 (1.8%)	5 (1.8%)	22 (7.9%)								49			(n/a)
060217010698	959	Connecting Waters Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	12420 Bentley St.	Waterford	95386	Stanislaus County	Connecting Waters Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 874-1119	980	73	13.3	47.3%	423 (43.2%)	17 (1.7%)	381 (38.9%)	66 (6.7%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	85 (8.7%)								48.8			(n/a)
062286003497	960	Los Molinos High	Public	9-12	7900 Sherwood Blvd.	Los Molinos	96055	Tehama County	Los Molinos Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 384-7900	207	12	17.1	64.7%	86 (41.5%)	0 (0.0%)	109 (52.7%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.9%)								48.7	21.1	1016	56

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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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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.