Best High Schools in California for African American Students

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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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 522)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
062271010844	1	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							99.8%	99.4%	0.42%
060903011855	2	Clovis North High	Public	9-12	2770 E. International Ave.	Fresno	93730	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 327-5000	2,442	113	21.5	26.6%	1,084 (44.4%)	89 (3.6%)	654 (26.8%)	505 (20.7%)	13 (0.5%)	3 (0.1%)	93 (3.8%)	$5,572							99.6%	97.6%	2.07%
062271013968	3	Girls Academic Leadership Academy Dr. Michelle King School STEM	Public	6-12	1067 W. Blvd.	Los Angeles	90019	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(323) 900-4533	689	34	20.5	39.2%	250 (36.3%)	98 (14.2%)	178 (25.8%)	100 (14.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	61 (8.9%)	$9,662							99.4%	91.7%	7.76%
060263000177	4	John F. Kennedy High	Public	9-12	8281 Walker St.	La Palma	90623	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 220-4101	2,162	91	23.6	56.1%	321 (14.8%)	75 (3.5%)	949 (43.9%)	704 (32.6%)	3 (0.1%)	12 (0.6%)	98 (4.5%)	$11,180							99.2%	86.9%	12.38%
060282011610	5	SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise)	Public	9-12	3041 W. Ave. K	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Antelope Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 722-6509	464	14	32.7	52.8%	49 (10.6%)	61 (13.1%)	280 (60.3%)	37 (8.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.8%)	$6,095							99.0%	94.8%	4.27%
064015010994	6	Arnold O. Beckman High	Public	9-12	3588 Bryan Ave.	Irvine	92602	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 734-2900	2,811	106	26.5	21.1%	692 (24.6%)	72 (2.6%)	629 (22.4%)	1,253 (44.6%)	5 (0.2%)	8 (0.3%)	148 (5.3%)	$10,175							98.9%	94.7%	4.17%
061668011295	7	Hawthorne Math and Science Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	4467 W. BRd.way	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Hawthorne	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 973-8184	557	24	22.9	62.8%	25 (4.5%)	75 (13.5%)	387 (69.5%)	63 (11.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.5%)	$11,557							98.7%	92.0%	6.67%
061062001176	8	Davis Senior High	Public	10-12	315 W. 14th St.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 757-5400	1,810	80	22.6	16.1%	828 (45.7%)	51 (2.8%)	434 (24.0%)	335 (18.5%)	8 (0.4%)	9 (0.5%)	131 (7.2%)								98.5%	95.2%	3.22%
060150513832	9	Da Vinci Communications	Public, Charter	9-12	201 N. Douglas	El Segundo	90245	Los Angeles County	Da Vinci Communications District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 725-5800	527	28	18.8	46.7%	54 (10.2%)	124 (23.5%)	291 (55.2%)	21 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.0%)								98.3%	85.4%	12.83%
060185010864	10	Port of Los Angeles High	Public, Charter	9-12	250 W. Fifth St.	San Pedro	90731	Los Angeles County	Port of Los Angeles High District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 832-9201	975	52	18.9	68.4%	44 (4.5%)	31 (3.2%)	831 (85.2%)	35 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (3.3%)								98.1%	78.5%	19.61%

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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.