U.S. News 2022 Rankings Of Lamorinda High Schools

LAMORINDA, CA — All three Lamorinda high schools are ranked among the top 100 best public high schools in California, according to a new report by U.S. News and World Report.

Campolindo came out on top, ranked No. 27 in the state and 221 nationally. Next was Miramonte at No. 39 in the state and 311 nationally. Both were down slightly from last year. Acalanes came in at No. 90 in the state and 675 nationally. The state ranking is an improvement over last year's rank of No. 97.

More than 1600 California high schools are included in this year's ranking and more than 17,800 schools were evaluated nationwide.

U.S News noted, "Campolindo High School is ranked 27th within California. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement coursework and exams. The AP participation rate at Campolindo High School is 82%. The total minority enrollment is 37%, and 4% of students are economically disadvantaged."

The 2022 ranking of best high schools was released Tuesday.

This year’s schools were ranked on six measures: college readiness, college curriculum breadth, state assessment performance, state assessment proficiency, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance and graduation rates.

The data used in this year’s ranking is from the 2019-20 academic school year. U.S. News adjusted its calculation of these measures to account for the impact COVID-19 had on schools in the 2019-20 school year.

Since most states closed schools for in-person instruction starting in March 2020 — typically just before most states conduct assessments — the U.S. Department of Education granted waivers allowing all states to forgo state testing for the 2019-20 school year.

To account for this, U.S. News relied on past assessment data from the three prior ranking years. Researchers also incorporated state science assessment data from the 2018-19 school year.

Read more about the Best High Schools methodology.

In addition to the national rankings, U.S. News also published rankings at the state, metro area and school district levels. Only metro areas and school districts with three or more high schools were included in these subrankings.