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Best High Schools in California (2025-26)
Ranked high schools
1051
Listed, not ranked
1499
Every ranked high school in California, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
California rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools
California high schools ranked, 1001 to 1051 of 1051
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| Rank | Grade | School | City | District | Actual | Projected | Impact | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1001 | D- | Esparto High | Esparto | Esparto Unified | 16% | 22% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 273 |
| #1002 | D- | Geyserville New Tech Academy | Geyserville | Geyserville Unified | 16% | 33% | Underperforms Expectations | 106 |
| #1003 | D- | Lower Lake High | Lower Lake | Konocti Unified | 16% | 22% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,057 |
| #1004 | D- | North County Trade Tech High (Charter) | Vista | North County Trade Tech High District | 16% | 37% | Underperforms Expectations | 173 |
| #1005 | D- | Opportunity Youth Academy (Charter) | San Jose | Santa Clara County Office of Education | 16% | 38% | Underperforms Expectations | 337 |
| #1006 | D- | Orange County Workforce Innovation High (Charter) | Anaheim | Orange County Workforce Innovation High District | 16% | 33% | Underperforms Expectations | 159 |
| #1007 | D- | Pivot Charter School North Valley Ii (Charter) | Chico | Pivot Charter School North Valley II District | 16% | 31% | Underperforms Expectations | 87 |
| #1008 | D- | Russell Westbrook Why Not High (Charter) | Los Angeles | Russell Westbrook Why Not? High District | 16% | 20% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 224 |
| #1009 | D- | Assurance Learning Academy (Charter) | Lancaster | Assurance Learning Academy District | 15% | 34% | Underperforms Expectations | 2,915 |
| #1010 | D- | Downtown College Preparatory (Charter) | San Jose | Downtown College Preparatory District | 15% | 35% | Underperforms Expectations | 495 |
| #1011 | D- | Manual Arts Senior High | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | 15% | 29% | Underperforms Expectations | 1,026 |
| #1012 | D- | Pacific High | San Bernardino | San Bernardino City Unified | 15% | 27% | Underperforms Expectations | 1,166 |
| #1013 | D- | Trona High | Trona | Trona Joint Unified | 15% | 20% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 116 |
| #1014 | D- | Butte Valley High | Dorris | Butte Valley Unified | 14% | 20% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 78 |
| #1015 | D- | Inglewood High | Inglewood | Inglewood Unified | 14% | 19% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 827 |
| #1016 | D- | New Designs Charter School Watts (Charter) | Los Angeles | New Designs Charter School-Watts District | 14% | 20% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 255 |
| #1017 | D- | Princeton Junior Senior High | Princeton | Princeton Joint Unified | 14% | 22% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 62 |
| #1018 | D- | Alta Vista Innovation High (Charter) | Hesperia | Alta Vista Innovation High District | 13% | 28% | Underperforms Expectations | 2,023 |
| #1019 | D- | Contreras Lrng Center Los Angeles Sch Of Global Studies | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | 13% | 31% | Underperforms Expectations | 327 |
| #1020 | D- | Dr Maya Angelou Community High | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | 13% | 28% | Underperforms Expectations | 1,092 |
| #1021 | D- | Latitude 378 High (Charter) | Oakland | Latitude 37.8 High District | 13% | 31% | Underperforms Expectations | 282 |
| #1022 | D- | Los Angeles Academy Of Arts And Enterprise (Charter) | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise District | 13% | 26% | Underperforms Expectations | 265 |
| #1023 | D- | Mervyn M Dymally High | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | 13% | 23% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 751 |
| #1024 | D- | West Shores High | Salton City | Coachella Valley Unified | 13% | 16% | Meets Expectations | 520 |
| #1025 | D- | Denair Charter Academy (Charter, K-12) | Denair | Denair Unified | 12% | 31% | Underperforms Expectations | 167 |
| #1026 | D- | Options For Youth San Juan (Charter) | Carmichael | Options for Youth-San Juan District | 12% | 34% | Underperforms Expectations | 796 |
| #1027 | D- | Communication And Tech At Diego Rivera Lrng Complex | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | 11% | 27% | Underperforms Expectations | 510 |
| #1028 | D- | Crescent View South Ii (Charter, K-12) | Fresno | Crescent View South II District | 11% | 29% | Underperforms Expectations | 1,203 |
| #1029 | D- | La Sierra High (Charter) | Visalia | Tulare County Office of Education | 11% | 30% | Underperforms Expectations | 254 |
| #1030 | D- | Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter (Charter, K-12) | Marysville | Yuba County Office of Education | 11% | 31% | Underperforms Expectations | 212 |
| #1031 | D- | Taylion High Desert Academyadelanto (Charter, K-12) | Adelanto | Taylion High Desert Academy/Adelanto District | 10% | 23% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 471 |
| #1032 | D- | Butterfield Charter (Charter, K-12) | Porterville | Porterville Unified | 9% | 30% | Underperforms Expectations | 384 |
| #1033 | D- | Elite Public (Charter, K-12) | Vallejo | Elite Public District | 9% | 20% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 671 |
| #1034 | F | Youthbuild Charter School Of California (Charter) | Los Angeles | YouthBuild Charter School of California District | 11% | 26% | Underperforms Expectations | 667 |
| #1035 | F | Boron Junior Senior High | Boron | Muroc Joint Unified | 10% | 24% | Underperforms Expectations | 250 |
| #1036 | F | Come Back Charter (Charter) | Merced | Merced County Office of Education | 10% | 30% | Underperforms Expectations | 102 |
| #1037 | F | Ingenuity Charter (Charter) | San Diego | Ingenuity Charter District | 10% | 29% | Underperforms Expectations | 154 |
| #1038 | F | Maricopa High | Maricopa | Maricopa Unified | 10% | 29% | Underperforms Expectations | 84 |
| #1039 | F | Accelerated Charter High (Charter) | Tulare | Tulare Joint Union High | 9% | 27% | Underperforms Expectations | 172 |
| #1040 | F | Big Valley JR SR High | Bieber | Big Valley Joint Unified | 9% | 19% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 60 |
| #1041 | F | Needles High | Needles | Needles Unified | 9% | 20% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 293 |
| #1042 | F | Carter G Woodson Public Charter (Charter) | Fresno | Carter G. Woodson Public Charter District | 8% | 30% | Underperforms Expectations | 322 |
| #1043 | F | City Heights Preparatory Charter (Charter) | San Diego | City Heights Preparatory Charter District | 8% | 23% | Underperforms Expectations | 141 |
| #1044 | F | College Bridge Academy (Charter) | Long Beach | College Bridge Academy District | 8% | 26% | Underperforms Expectations | 230 |
| #1045 | F | Encina Preparatory High | Sacramento | San Juan Unified | 8% | 34% | Underperforms Expectations | 663 |
| #1046 | F | Horace Mann Ucla Community | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | 8% | 17% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 516 |
| #1047 | F | Delta Keys Charter (Charter, K-12) | Tracy | New Jerusalem Elementary | 7% | 35% | Underperforms Expectations | 123 |
| #1048 | F | Grizzly Challenge Charter (Charter, K-12) | San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo County Office of Education | 7% | 37% | Underperforms Expectations | 212 |
| #1049 | F | Big Picture Educational Academy (Charter, K-12) | Fresno | Big Picture Educational Academy District | 6% | 24% | Underperforms Expectations | 494 |
| #1050 | F | Web Dubois Public Charter (Charter, K-12) | Fresno | W.E.B. DuBois Public Charter District | 6% | 17% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 319 |
| #1051 | F | Lifeline Education Charter (Charter, K-12) | Compton | Lifeline Education Charter District | 5% | 23% | Underperforms Expectations | 704 |
About this ranking
- Scope: every public high school in California.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works