Best High Schools in California for Hispanic 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, Hispanic 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 10, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Hispanic vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 2125)	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 (Hispanic)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Hispanic)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Science Academy STEM Magnet	Public	6-12	5525 Vineland Ave.	North Hollywood	91601	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 753-4470	513	21	24.2	33.7%	190 (37.0%)	9 (1.8%)	39 (7.6%)	234 (45.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.0%)	$14,640			$2,128			$12,512	100.0%	99.9%	0.08%			062271013971
2	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	1,018	40	25.6	32.5%	37 (3.6%)	22 (2.2%)	126 (12.4%)	790 (77.6%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	38 (3.7%)	$14,390			$1,203			$13,187	99.9%	100.0%	0.05%			060162000029
3	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	667	25	26.2	35.5%	27 (4.0%)	37 (5.5%)	252 (37.8%)	321 (48.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	28 (4.2%)	$15,310			$1,390			$13,920	99.9%	99.8%	0.07%			062250009901
4	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)	No	(n/a)	(310) 834-3932	447	19	24	63.5%	11 (2.5%)	55 (12.3%)	235 (52.6%)	123 (27.5%)	3 (0.7%)	5 (1.1%)	15 (3.4%)	$15,413			$3,617			$11,796	99.8%	99.7%	0.11%			062271010844
5	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	290	12	25.1	42.1%	36 (12.4%)	5 (1.7%)	146 (50.3%)	72 (24.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (10.3%)	$15,140			$695			$14,445	99.8%	99.7%	0.11%			061518012174
6	Oxford Academy	Public	7-12	5172 Orange Ave.	Cypress	90630	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 220-3055	1,293	51	25.3	42.0%	70 (5.4%)	12 (0.9%)	232 (17.9%)	928 (71.8%)	16 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (2.6%)	$14,346			$1,149			$13,197	99.7%	99.8%	0.11%			060263007580
7	Anderson W. Clark Magnet High	Public	9-12	4747 New York Ave.	La Crescenta	91214	Los Angeles County	Glendale Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 248-8324	1,139	44	25.9	52.4%	960 (84.3%)	4 (0.4%)	58 (5.1%)	98 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (1.6%)	$17,581			$1,131			$16,450	99.7%	99.2%	0.49%			061524007518
8	University High	Public, Charter	9-12	2611 East Matoian M/S UH134	Fresno	93740	Fresno County	University High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 278-8263	484	20	24.1	21.3%	128 (26.4%)	12 (2.5%)	144 (29.8%)	157 (32.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.9%)	$12,501			$766			$11,735	99.6%	99.6%	0.01%			060183411911
9	Pacific Grove High	Public	9-12	615 Sunset Dr.	Pacific Grove	93950	Monterey County	Pacific Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 646-6590	520	35	14.9	16.3%	304 (58.5%)	9 (1.7%)	98 (18.8%)	67 (12.9%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	32 (6.2%)	$25,202			$1,035			$24,167	99.6%	98.7%	0.91%			062937004530
10	Piedmont High	Public	9-12	800 Magnolia Ave.	Piedmont	94611	Alameda County	Piedmont City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 594-2626	730	45	16.3	3.4%	407 (55.8%)	11 (1.5%)	71 (9.7%)	102 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	138 (18.9%)	$22,516			$931			$21,585	99.5%	99.4%	0.13%			063033004731

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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 10, 2024, 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.