2010 School Rankings - California High Schools

The school 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. The tests and subjects used 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 School's Ranking:
Rank School Name Percentile Changed From 2009
501San Rafael High School
San Rafael, CA 94901 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 921
San Rafael City High School District
54.40 19
502City Honors High School
Inglewood, CA 90301 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 456
Inglewood Unified School District
54.39 20
503Ferndale High School
Ferndale, CA 95536 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 172
Ferndale Unified School District
54.39 16
504Santa Clara High School
Santa Clara, CA 95051 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,844
Santa Clara Unified School District
54.38 133
505Central High School
El Centro, CA 92243 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,765
Central Union High School District
54.38 121
506Ca Academy for Liberal Studies Early College High
Los Angeles, CA 90017 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 295
Los Angeles Unified School District
54.31 188
507Henry High School
San Diego, CA 92120 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,466
San Diego Unified School District
54.31 47
508San Mateo High School
San Mateo, CA 94401 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,349
San Mateo Union High School District
54.25 12
509Whittier High School
Whittier, CA 90601 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,466
Whittier Union High School District
54.21 16
510Woodside High School
Woodside, CA 94062 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,835
Sequoia Union High School District
54.12 38
511Ann Sobrato High School
Morgan Hill, CA 95037 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,571
Morgan Hill Unified School District
54.11 86
512Guajome Park Academy Charter
Vista, CA 92083 | Grades: 6-12 | Enrollment: 1,563
Vista Unified School District
54.11 301
513Downey High School
Downey, CA 90241 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 4,016
Downey Unified School District
54.49 91
514Exeter High School
Exeter, CA 93221 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,032
Exeter Union High School District
54.00 84
515Merced Scholars Charter School
Merced, CA 95340 | Grades: 6-12 | Enrollment: 108
Merced County Office of Education School District
53.97 98
516Mammoth High School
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 309
Mammoth Unified School District
53.95 144
517Laguna Creek High School
Elk Grove, CA 95758 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,877
Elk Grove Unified School District
53.92 15
518Serra High School
San Diego, CA 92124 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,087
San Diego Unified School District
53.90 132
519Rancho Buena Vista High School
Vista, CA 92081 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 3,061
Vista Unified School District
53.87 11
520Lawndale High School
Lawndale, CA 90260 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,556
Centinela Valley Union High School District
53.86 58
521Windsor High School
Windsor, CA 95492 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,673
Windsor Unified School District
53.83 152
522Marysville High School
Marysville, CA 95901 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 951
Marysville Joint Unified School District
53.83 167
523Valley High School
Sacramento, CA 95823 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,631
Elk Grove Unified School District
53.80 121
524Tracy High School
Tracy, CA 95376 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,339
Tracy Joint Unified School District
53.74 122
525Vintage High School
Napa, CA 94558 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,468
Napa Valley Unified School District
53.72 180
526Heritage High School
Brentwood, CA 94513 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,114
Liberty Union High School District
53.58 50
527Chaffey High School
Ontario, CA 91762 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 3,645
Chaffey Joint Union High School District
53.55 52
528Golden Valley High School
Merced, CA 95344 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,316
Merced Union High School District
53.54 169
529Burney Junior-High School
Burney, CA 96013 | Grades: 7-12 | Enrollment: 260
Fall River Joint Unified School District
53.51 76
530Silver Valley High School
Yermo, CA 92398 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 543
Silver Valley Unified School District
53.50 85
531Gilroy High School
Gilroy, CA 95020 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,212
Gilroy Unified School District
53.50 60
532Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA 90813 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 4,899
Long Beach Unified School District
53.50 181
533Calipatria High School
Calipatria, CA 92233 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 374
Calipatria Unified School District
53.49 212
534Redwood High School
Visalia, CA 93291 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,958
Visalia Unified School District
53.48 87
535Santa Barbara High School
Santa Barbara, CA 93103 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,285
Santa Barbara High School District
53.44 69
536Vista High School
Vista, CA 92084 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,852
Vista Unified School District
53.38 114
537Downtown Business High School
Los Angeles, CA 90012 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 962
Los Angeles Unified School District
53.35 46
538Temescal Canyon High School
Lake Elsinore, CA 92532 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,009
Lake Elsinore Unified School District
53.24 20
539Golden Valley High School
Santa Clarita, CA 91321 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,181
William S. Hart Union High School District
53.24 29
540Middle College High School
Los Angeles, CA 90047 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 379
Los Angeles Unified School District
53.20 41
541Reseda High School
Reseda, CA 91335 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,152
Los Angeles Unified School District
53.66 7
542Santiago High School
Corona, CA 92881 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 3,303
Corona-Norco Unified School District
53.49 2
543Schurr High School
Montebello, CA 90640 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 3,548
Montebello Unified School District
53.09 20
544Fallbrook High School
Fallbrook, CA 92028 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,790
Fallbrook Union High School District
52.92 9
545Loyalton High School
Loyalton, CA 96118 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 132
Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified School District
52.92 175
546Etna Union High School
Etna, CA 96027 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 203
Scott Valley Unified School District
52.88 86
547River Valley High School
Yuba City, CA 95993 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,869
Yuba City Unified School District
52.88 49
548Porterville High School
Porterville, CA 93257 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,783
Porterville Unified School District
52.87 133
549Antelope View Charter School
Antelope, CA 95843 | Grades: 6-12 | Enrollment: 162
Center Joint Unified School District
52.68 25
550Estancia High School
Costa Mesa, CA 92627 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,385
Newport-Mesa Unified School District
52.66 134
551South Hills High School
West Covina, CA 91723 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,067
Covina-Valley Unified School District
52.60 21
552Will C. Wood High School
Vacaville, CA 95687 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,852
Vacaville Unified School District
52.52 52
553Avalon K-12 School
Santa Catalina, CA 90704 | Grades: KG-12 | Enrollment: 645
Long Beach Unified School District
52.48 117
554Hilmar High School
Hilmar, CA 95324 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 699
Hilmar Unified School District
52.45 49
555Middletown High School
Middletown, CA 95461 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 486
Middletown Unified School District
52.37 3
556Animo Inglewood Charter High School
Inglewood, CA 90305 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 545
SBE - Edison Charter Academy
52.27 179
557San Marcos High School
Santa Barbara, CA 93110 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,828
Santa Barbara High School District
52.24 4
558Santa Teresa High School
San Jose, CA 95123 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,426
East Side Union High School District
52.23 150
559Jesse M. Bethel High School
Vallejo, CA 94591 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,494
Vallejo City Unified School District
52.92 73
560Manteca High School
Manteca, CA 95336 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,648
Manteca Unified School District
52.40 160
561Independence High School
San Jose, CA 95133 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 3,644
East Side Union High School District
52.09 77
562Liberty High School
Brentwood, CA 94513 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,122
Liberty Union High School District
51.99 40
563Santa Paula High School
Santa Paula, CA 93060 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,524
Santa Paula Union High School District
51.94 70
564Centennial High School
Corona, CA 92881 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 3,053
Corona-Norco Unified School District
51.91 30
565North Tahoe High School
Tahoe City, CA 96145 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 354
Tahoe-Truckee Joint Unified School District
51.77 154
566Thomas Downey High School
Modesto, CA 95355 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,040
Modesto City High School District
51.74 50
567Pasadena High School
Pasadena, CA 91107 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,188
Pasadena Unified School District
51.72 60
568Loara High School
Anaheim, CA 92804 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,686
Anaheim Union High School District
51.63 85
569Durham High School
Durham, CA 95938 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 369
Durham Unified School District
51.62 266
570Rancho Alamitos High School
Garden Grove, CA 92841 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,997
Garden Grove Unified School District
51.58 47
571Fillmore High School
Fillmore, CA 93015 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,137
Fillmore Unified School District
51.55 141
572Ocean Grove Charter School
Placerville, CA 95667 | Grades: KG-12 | Enrollment: 1,156
San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District
51.53 177
573Opportunities for Learning School
Dana Point, CA 92629 | Grades: KG-12 | Enrollment: 103
Capistrano Unified School District
51.50 133
574Anzar High School
San Juan Bautista, CA 95045 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 422
Aromas-San Juan Unified School District
51.48 18
575Washington Middle School
Pasadena, CA 91103 | Grades: 6-8 | Enrollment: 537
Pasadena Unified School District
51.37 110
576Elk Creek Junior-High School
Elk Creek, CA 95939 | Grades: 7-12 | Enrollment: 40
Stony Creek Joint Unified School District
51.37 453
577Environmental Charter High School
Lawndale, CA 90260 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 471
Lawndale Elementary School District
51.22 10
578Orestimba High School
Newman, CA 95360 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 738
Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District
51.18 162
579Sutter High School
Sutter, CA 95982 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 707
Sutter Union High School District
51.17 82
580Oceanside High School
Oceanside, CA 92054 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,524
Oceanside Unified School District
51.14 63
581Gunderson High School
San Jose, CA 95136 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,073
San Jose Unified School District
51.39 26
582Lemoore High School
Lemoore, CA 93245 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,960
Lemoore Union High School District
51.09 152
583Oakland School for the Arts
Oakland, CA 94612 | Grades: 1-12 | Enrollment: 503
Oakland Unified School District
51.07 122
584Live Oak High School
Morgan Hill, CA 95037 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,270
Morgan Hill Unified School District
50.95 92
585Modoc High School
Alturas, CA 96101 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 285
Modoc Joint Unified School District
50.76 57
586Monterey Trail High School
Elk Grove, CA 95624 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,224
Elk Grove Unified School District
50.74 145
587Placer High School
Auburn, CA 95603 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,364
Placer Union High School District
50.72 61
588Animo Venice Charter High School
Venice, CA 90045 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 530
Los Angeles Unified School District
50.69 43
589Escondido High School
Escondido, CA 92026 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,844
Escondido Union High School District
50.58 86
590Monterey High School
Monterey, CA 93940 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,372
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
50.55 75
591Julian Charter School
Julian, CA 92036 | Grades: KG-12 | Enrollment: 2,113
Julian Union Elementary School District
50.44 52
592Point Loma High School
San Diego, CA 92106 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,115
San Diego Unified School District
50.42 71
593Dehesa Charter School
Escondido, CA 92026 | Grades: KG-12 | Enrollment: 955
Dehesa Elementary School District
50.28 276
594Del Campo High School
Fair Oaks, CA 95628 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 1,897
San Juan Unified School District
50.18 237
595Central Valley High School
Shasta Lake, CA 96019 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 875
Gateway Unified School District
50.14 85
596Corona High School
Corona, CA 92882 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 3,248
Corona-Norco Unified School District
50.13 123
597Van Nuys High School
Van Nuys, CA 91411 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 3,055
Los Angeles Unified School District
50.58 105
598West Covina High School
West Covina, CA 91791 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 2,914
West Covina Unified School District
50.49 5
599Le Grand High School
Le Grand, CA 95333 | Grades: 9-12 | Enrollment: 512
Le Grand Union High School District
50.49 50
600Marshall Fundamental School
Pasadena, CA 91104 | Grades: 6-12 | Enrollment: 1,804
Pasadena Unified School District
50.35 98
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