Best High Schools in California for Homeless Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in California!

Every year, the California Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Homeless students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish California test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the California Department of Education any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the California Department of Education any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (Homeless vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 290)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
063531007197	1	Middle College High	Public	9-12	1530 W. 17th St.	Santa Ana	92706	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 953-3900	364	15	24	51.4%	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	339 (93.1%)	18 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$8,434							99.7%	96.8%	2.86%
063153010004	2	Rancho Bernardo High	Public	9-12	13010 Paseo Lucido	San Diego	92128	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(858) 485-4800	2,334	89	26.1	13.0%	1,011 (43.3%)	53 (2.3%)	453 (19.4%)	528 (22.6%)	1 (0.0%)	7 (0.3%)	280 (12.0%)	$7,357							99.3%	98.4%	0.91%
063432005520	3	Mira Mesa High	Public	9-12	10510 Marauder Way	San Diego	92126	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(858) 566-2262	2,289	89	25.6	52.1%	257 (11.2%)	94 (4.1%)	550 (24.0%)	1,057 (46.2%)	8 (0.3%)	12 (0.5%)	311 (13.6%)	$7,159							99.0%	91.8%	7.21%
060816008807	4	Etiwanda High	Public	9-12	13500 Victoria St.	Etiwanda	91739	San Bernardino County	Chaffey Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 899-2531	3,660	140	26	29.5%	626 (17.1%)	515 (14.1%)	1,872 (51.1%)	462 (12.6%)	8 (0.2%)	19 (0.5%)	155 (4.2%)	$8,465							98.6%	85.2%	13.41%
060221102023	5	Helix High	Public, Charter	9-12	7323 Univ Ave.	La Mesa	91941	San Diego County	Helix High District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(619) 644-1940	2,462	102	24	57.1%	610 (24.8%)	279 (11.3%)	1,086 (44.1%)	166 (6.7%)	4 (0.2%)	22 (0.9%)	289 (11.7%)								98.3%	89.7%	8.59%
063066004758	6	Esperanza High	Public	9-12	1830 N. Kellogg Dr.	Anaheim	92807	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 986-7540	1,445	69	20.8	37.7%	613 (42.4%)	19 (1.3%)	548 (37.9%)	196 (13.6%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (4.3%)	$8,604							97.9%	89.3%	8.62%
061212001364	7	El Monte High	Public	9-12	3048 N. Tyler Ave.	El Monte	91731	Los Angeles County	El Monte Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 444-7701	1,588	72	22	91.1%	5 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	1,371 (86.3%)	203 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.3%)	$12,110							97.6%	66.7%	30.94%
060744002328	8	Aliso Niguel High	Public	9-12	28000 Wolverine Way	Aliso Viejo	92656	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(949) 831-5590	2,773	123	22.5	19.7%	1,442 (52.0%)	38 (1.4%)	595 (21.5%)	451 (16.3%)	5 (0.2%)	8 (0.3%)	230 (8.3%)	$9,737							97.2%	95.8%	1.43%
063207004946	9	Redlands Senior High	Public	9-12	840 E. Citrus Ave.	Redlands	92374	San Bernardino County	Redlands Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 307-5500	2,233	102	21.8	66.3%	553 (24.8%)	160 (7.2%)	940 (42.1%)	466 (20.9%)	4 (0.2%)	7 (0.3%)	102 (4.6%)	$7,186							96.9%	84.2%	12.72%
063375005204	10	John A. Rowland High	Public	9-12	2000 S. Otterbein St.	Rowland Heights	91748	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 965-3448	1,923	82	23.4	59.3%	69 (3.6%)	29 (1.5%)	889 (46.2%)	889 (46.2%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	42 (2.2%)								96.6%	87.6%	8.99%

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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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.