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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)
061970013141	91	Reedley Middle College High	Public, Charter	9-12	995 N. Reed Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 305-7050	244	7	34.3	70.5%	39 (16.0%)	1 (0.4%)	198 (81.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	$11,160							96.1	85.4	182	91
063750006338	92	South Pasadena Senior High	Public	9-12	1401 Fremont Ave.	South Pasadena	91030	Los Angeles County	South Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 441-5820	1,450	59	24.4	13.6%	380 (26.2%)	20 (1.4%)	374 (25.8%)	483 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	189 (13.0%)	$10,830							96.1			(n/a)
060216913485	93	Summit Public School: Denali	Public, Charter	6-12	539 E. Weddell Dr.	Sunnyvale	94089	Santa Clara County	Summit Public School: Denali District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(669) 721-2646	677	37	18.1	24.8%	167 (24.7%)	7 (1.0%)	224 (33.1%)	178 (26.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (13.9%)								96			(n/a)
060226912635	94	Credo High	Public, Charter	9-12	1300 Valley House Dr. Ste. 100	Rohnert Park	94928	Sonoma County	Credo High District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 664-0600	403	30	13.3	30.5%	272 (67.5%)	1 (0.2%)	59 (14.6%)	5 (1.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (14.9%)								96	96.5	38	56
063879006526	95	Tamalpais High	Public	9-12	700 Miller Ave.	Mill Valley	94941	Marin County	Tamalpais Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 380-3510	1,644	81	20.2	10.3%	1,112 (67.6%)	61 (3.7%)	189 (11.5%)	94 (5.7%)	4 (0.2%)	5 (0.3%)	178 (10.8%)	$16,646							95.9	91.5	110	15
062937004530	96	Pacific Grove High	Public	9-12	615 Sunset Dr.	Pacific Grove	93950	Monterey County	Pacific Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 646-6590	570	36	15.7	17.5%	339 (59.5%)	11 (1.9%)	117 (20.5%)	65 (11.4%)	7 (1.2%)	6 (1.1%)	25 (4.4%)	$10,747							95.9			(n/a)
060247312390	97	Western Sierra Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	660 Menlo Dr.	Rocklin	95765	Placer County	Western Sierra Collegiate Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(916) 778-4544	779	38	20.4	11.9%	374 (48.0%)	7 (0.9%)	101 (13.0%)	225 (28.9%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (8.7%)								95.9	88.7	146	49
063570002173	98	Malibu High	Public	9-12	30215 Morning View Dr.	Malibu	90265	Los Angeles County	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 457-6801	412	32	12.7	14.3%	308 (74.8%)	8 (1.9%)	61 (14.8%)	11 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.6%)	$8,658							95.9	92	99	1
061524001923	99	Crescenta Valley High	Public	9-12	2900 Comm Ave.	La Crescenta	91214	Los Angeles County	Glendale Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(818) 249-5871	2,497	109	22.9	19.1%	1,282 (51.3%)	22 (0.9%)	354 (14.2%)	709 (28.4%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	121 (4.8%)	$6,902							95.8	94.8	56	43
064119012341	100	Mission Vista High	Public	9-12	1306 Melrose Dr.	Oceanside	92057	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 758-6800	1,658	73	22.8	37.9%	698 (42.1%)	27 (1.6%)	615 (37.1%)	164 (9.9%)	3 (0.2%)	9 (0.5%)	136 (8.2%)	$6,926							95.8	86.2	175	75

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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.