2010 City Rankings - California High Schools
The city rankings were calculated by taking the standardized tests used by California to determine the proficiency level across varying grades and subjects for high schools in the state. These school percentile ranks were then averaged for all high schools in each city and ordered from highest to lowest. The tests and subjects used to determine the percentile ranks can be found below. Learn more about how rankings are determined.
CST Exams Used To Determine Rankings
- CST Algebra I
- CST Algebra II
- CST Biology
- CST Chemistry
- CST Earth Science
- CST English-Language Arts
- CST General Mathematics
- CST Geometry
- CST Integrated Math 1
- CST Integrated/Coordinated Science
- CST Physics
- CST Science
- CST Summative High School Math
- CST U.S. History
- CST World History
Find a City's Ranking:
| Rank | City Name | Percentile | Changed From 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 899 | Le Grand, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 512 | 50.49 |  506 | |
| 1047 | Hemet, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 4,331 | 50.34 | 712 | |
| 409 | Hawthorne, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 2,911 | 50.24 | 333 | |
| 895 | Shasta Lake, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 875 | 50.14 | 483 | |
| 626 | Marysville, California High Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 1,939 | 50.12 | 453 | |
| 905 | Duarte, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,173 | 50.04 | 475 | |
| 805 | El Centro, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,922 | 49.97 | 420 | |
| 989 | Lake Elsinore, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 4,192 | 49.87 | 660 | |
| 920 | Sonoma, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,314 | 49.85 | 595 | |
| 906 | Los Banos, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,367 | 49.83 | 524 | |
| 1051 | Atwater, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,773 | 49.69 | 706 | |
| 910 | Tujunga, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,115 | 49.65 | 506 | |
| 911 | Bishop, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 646 | 49.59 | 546 | |
| 545 | San Jose, California High Schools: 25 | Total Enrollment: 41,000 Two high schools have won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" |  | 49.56 | 543 |
| 913 | Lake Arrowhead, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,402 | 49.52 | 632 | |
| 914 | Quartz Hill, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 3,118 | 49.49 | 619 | |
| 915 | Fowler, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 701 | 49.47 | 515 | |
| 922 | Willows, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 490 | 49.43 | 499 | |
| 963 | Ontario, California High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 8,873 | 49.38 | 600 | |
| 1111 | Oceanside, California High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 6,077 | 49.31 | 799 | |
| 918 | Kingsburg, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,131 | 49.23 | 575 | |
| 709 | Monrovia, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,870 | 49.23 | 378 | |
| 928 | Kerman, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,201 | 49.00 | 517 | |
| 931 | Norco, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,159 | 48.88 | 548 | |
| 933 | Fortuna, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 862 | 48.87 | 549 | |
| 1192 | Spring Valley, California High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 6,206 | 48.84 | 954 | |
| 936 | Carpinteria, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 721 | 48.71 | 568 | |
| 938 | Lennox, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 535 | 48.66 | 528 | |
| 941 | Corning, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 364 | 48.52 | 474 | |
| 942 | Groveland, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 105 | 48.51 | 462 | |
| 636 | Lompoc, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 2,944 | 48.45 | 404 | |
| 955 | Tustin, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,132 | 48.40 | 547 | |
| 944 | Greenville, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 111 | 48.37 | 629 | |
| 947 | Dixon, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,249 | 48.24 | 594 | |
| 959 | Hollister, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,918 | 47.95 | 586 | |
| 960 | Lake Isabella, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 602 | 47.89 | 543 | |
| 961 | Mira Loma, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,034 | 47.73 | 527 | |
| 964 | Berkeley, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 3,349 | 47.57 | 585 | |
| 966 | Galt, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,492 | 47.51 | 659 | |
| 537 | Quincy, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 501 | 47.46 | 426 | |
| 860 | Manteca, California High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 4,688 | 47.44 | 445 | |
| 971 | King City, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 996 | 47.44 | 489 | |
| 967 | Crockett, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 524 | 47.41 | 538 | |
| 972 | Cloverdale, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 468 | 47.40 | 728 | |
| 973 | San Bruno, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,161 | 47.32 | 527 | |
| 968 | Maxwell, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 126 | 47.31 | 631 | |
| 1364 | Santa Rosa, California High Schools: 8 | Total Enrollment: 8,904 | 47.31 | 1334 | |
| 1089 | Sacramento, California High Schools: 23 | Total Enrollment: 29,501 Has one high school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 47.20 | 1077 |
| 554 | Sherman Oaks, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 798 | 47.20 | 375 | |
| 988 | Petrolia, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 878 | 47.00 | 527 | |
| 1137 | Hesperia, California High Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 4,956 | 46.87 | 876 | |
| 977 | Caruthers, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 539 | 46.80 | 534 | |
| 980 | South El Monte, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,664 | 46.64 | 533 | |
| 539 | Daly City, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 2,996 | 46.61 | 362 | |
| 981 | Keyes, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 240 | 46.59 | 721 | |
| 983 | Lucerne Valley, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 311 | 46.50 | 623 | |
| 986 | Trona, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 127 | 46.37 | 523 | |
| 1187 | Fairfield, California High Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 7,891 | 46.12 | 1051 | |
| 990 | Escalon, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 972 | 46.00 | 584 | |
| 1207 | Red Bluff, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 2,100 | 45.96 | 918 | |
| 1032 | Bakersfield, California High Schools: 15 | Total Enrollment: 30,593 | 45.96 | 856 | |
| 993 | Yucca Valley, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,603 | 45.90 | 724 | |
| 1335 | Valley Center, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,434 | 45.76 | 1121 | |
| 1409 | San Diego, California High Schools: 41 | Total Enrollment: 52,109 | 45.74 | 1302 | |
| 999 | Jamul, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 384 | 45.47 | 577 | |
| 1002 | Montclair, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 3,221 | 45.45 | 538 | |
| 1004 | Selma, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,681 | 45.40 | 549 | |
| 1007 | Portola, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 270 | 45.19 | 641 | |
| 1362 | Yuba City, California High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 3,721 | 45.02 | 1039 | |
| 1416 | La Quinta, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,366 | 44.95 | 1193 | |
| 707 | Paradise, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,471 | 44.93 | 464 | |
| 1013 | Chatsworth, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 3,129 | 44.86 | 661 | |
| 1016 | Esparto, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 339 | 44.82 | 603 | |
| 1018 | Boron, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 233 | 44.74 | 660 | |
| 1019 | Holtville, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 574 | 44.64 | 645 | |
| 1020 | Laton, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 191 | 44.59 | 525 | |
| 1024 | Dinuba, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,733 | 44.46 | 580 | |
| 1036 | Tulelake, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 235 | 44.46 | 570 | |
| 1026 | Union City, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 4,150 | 44.44 | 606 | |
| 1025 | Wasco, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,659 | 44.44 | 506 | |
| 1037 | Paramount, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 4,758 | 44.42 | 667 | |
| 1029 | Sunnyvale, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,929 | 44.41 | 649 | |
| 705 | San Francisco, California High Schools: 19 | Total Enrollment: 17,173 | 44.37 | 697 | |
| 1034 | Gustine, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 528 | 44.28 | 564 | |
| 909 | Tracy, California High Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 6,068 | 44.23 | 523 | |
| 771 | San Lorenzo, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,322 | 44.10 | 370 | |
| 476 | Stockton, California High Schools: 12 | Total Enrollment: 18,734 | 43.96 | 398 | |
| 1040 | Winters, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 562 | 43.78 | 689 | |
| 929 | Covina, California High Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 6,691 | 43.72 | 638 | |
| 1045 | Corcoran, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 924 | 43.64 | 589 | |
| 1310 | Crescent City, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,501 | 43.58 | 953 | |
| 1212 | Montebello, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 7,039 | 43.49 | 878 | |
| 1048 | Brawley, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,707 | 43.41 | 646 | |
| 1049 | Beaumont, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,305 | 43.36 | 622 | |
| 982 | San Pedro, California High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,999 | 43.31 | 556 | |
| 1053 | Rosamond, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 921 | 43.03 | 608 | |
| 1054 | Rancho Cordova, California High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,975 | 42.98 | 677 | |
| 773 | Visalia, California High Schools: 9 | Total Enrollment: 8,618 | 42.98 | 520 | |
| 1128 | Riverside, California High Schools: 9 | Total Enrollment: 19,971 | 42.90 | 926 | |
| 407 | Santa Ana, California High Schools: 8 | Total Enrollment: 16,529 Has one high school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 42.84 | 351 |
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