Best High Schools in California for Female 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, Female 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.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the CAST and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 9, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Female vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 1906)	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 (Female)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Female)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Whitney (Gretchen) High	Public	7-12	16800 Shoemaker Ave.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7745	1,024	39	25.9	31.0%	31 (3.0%)	22 (2.1%)	133 (13.0%)	790 (77.1%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	42 (4.1%)	$16,454			$1,529			$14,925	99.9%	100.0%	0.01%			060162000029
2	Riverside STEM Academy	Public	5-12	4466 Mt.Vernon Ave.	Riverside	92507	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7308	665	26	25.5	53.5%	153 (23.0%)	24 (3.6%)	296 (44.5%)	144 (21.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	43 (6.5%)	$17,812			$731			$17,081	99.9%	99.9%	0.01%			063315013103
3	William & Marian Ghidotti High	Public	9-12	250 Sierra College Dr.	Grass Valley	95945	Nevada County	Nevada Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 274-5270	155	5	32	21.3%	115 (74.2%)	1 (0.6%)	20 (12.9%)	6 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.5%)	$16,407			$559			$15,848	99.8%	99.9%	0.02%			062688011700
4	Oxford Academy	Public	7-12	5172 Orange Ave.	Cypress	90630	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 220-3055	1,315	53	24.9	50.0%	65 (4.9%)	10 (0.8%)	230 (17.5%)	960 (73.0%)	15 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (2.7%)	$16,129			$701			$15,428	99.8%	99.8%	0.02%			060263007580
5	California Academy of Mathematics and Science	Public	9-12	1000 East Victoria St. Bldg. S	Carson	90747	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 243-2025	673	27	24.8	37.4%	30 (4.5%)	46 (6.8%)	227 (33.7%)	342 (50.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (4.0%)	$19,028			$2,489			$16,539	99.7%	99.8%	0.08%			062250009901
6	University Preparatory	Public	7-12	13853 Seneca Rd.	Victorville	92392	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 243-5940	1,136	44	26.1	74.6%	117 (10.3%)	60 (5.3%)	807 (71.0%)	103 (9.1%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (3.7%)								99.7%	99.4%	0.24%			063697211114
7	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)	No	(n/a)	(408) 846-4909	304	11	27.2	39.8%	34 (11.2%)	7 (2.3%)	147 (48.4%)	85 (28.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.9%)	$12,224			$1,007			$11,217	99.6%	99.7%	0.09%			061518012174
8	Middle College High	Public	9-12	5151 Pacific Ave.	Stockton	95207	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 954-5790	343	11	32.1	53.6%	31 (9.0%)	15 (4.4%)	88 (25.7%)	186 (54.2%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	14 (4.1%)	$15,274			$2,057			$13,217	99.6%	99.5%	0.04%			062223008616
9	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)	No	(n/a)	(661) 362-3056	385	13	29.3	15.3%	104 (27.0%)	12 (3.1%)	85 (22.1%)	168 (43.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.6%)	$14,055			$500			$13,555	99.5%	99.4%	0.18%			064251008517
10	Pacific Collegiate Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	3004 Mission St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz County	Pacific Collegiate Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 479-7785	536	31	17.5	9.7%	331 (61.8%)	2 (0.4%)	86 (16.0%)	37 (6.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	77 (14.4%)								99.5%	99.4%	0.08%			060254208363

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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 9, 2025, 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.