2016 Top 100 Public High Schools in California

Written by Renee Schiavone and Bea Karnes, Patch Editors

A new report card was released this week for public high schools in California, showing the best schools based on criteria such as academics and outcomes. The list was compiled by Niche. Most areas of the state can claim bragging rights, having landed schools in the Top 10.

Niche looked at thousands of public high schools in the nation to compile these rankings, looking at these key areas:

• Academics
• Administration
• Educational outcomes
• Extracurriculars
• Food
• Health/safety
• Facilities
• Sports
• Student culture
• Teachers

Here is the ranking of the Top 100 Public High Schools in California:

1. Granada Hills Charter High School, Los Angeles, CA
2. Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CA
3. Troy High School, Fullerton, CA
4. Saratoga High School, Saratoga, CA
5. Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA
6. Campolindo High School, Moraga, CA
7. San Marino High School, San Marino, CA
8. Miramonte High School, Orinda, CA
9. Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, CA
10. Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA
11. Redwood High School, Larkspur, CA
12. Oxford Academy, Cypress, CA
13. Northwood High School, Irvine, CA
14. Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, CA
15. Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
16. California Academy of Mathematics & Science, Carson, CA
17. Orange County School of the Arts, Santa Ana, CA
18. Los Altos High School, Los Altos, CA
19. Piedmont High School, Piedmont, CA
20. Carmel High School, Carmel-by-the-Sea Township, CA
21. Westview High School, San Diego, CA
22. Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, CA
23. Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, CA
24. University High School, Irvine, CA
25. Del Norte High School, San Diego, CA
26. Oak Park High School, Oak Park, CA
27. Gretchen Whitney High School, Cerritos, CA
28. Palos Verdes High School, Palos Verdes Estates, CA
29. Mountain View High School, Mountain View, CA
30. Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, CA
31. Foothill High School, Pleasanton, CA
32. Los Gatos High School, Los Gatos, CA
33. Coronado High School, Coronado, CA
34. Lowell High School, San Francisco, CA
35. Arcadia High School, Arcadia, CA
36. Arnold O. Beckman High School, Irvine, CA
37. Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar, CA
38. Corona Del Mar High School, Newport Beach, CA
39. Acalanes High School, Lafayette, CA
40. University High School, Fresno, CA
41. Preuss School Ucsd, San Diego, CA
42. Burlingame High School, Burlingame, CA
43. Foothill Tech High School, San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA
44. Walnut High School, Walnut, CA
45. Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley, CA
46. Los Alamitos High School, Los Alamitos, CA
47. Crescenta Valley High School, La Crescenta, CA
48. San Dieguito High Academy, Encinitas, CA
49. Poway High School, Poway, CA
50. University Preparatory, Redding, CA
51. Davis Senior High School, Davis, CA
52. Laguna Beach High School, Laguna Beach, CA
53. San Mateo High School, San Mateo, CA
54. Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies, Los Angeles, CA
55. Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, CA
56. Woodbridge High School, Irvine, CA
57. Palisades Charter High School, Los Angeles, CA
58. Clovis North High School, Fresno, CA
59. Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA
60. Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, CA
61. Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, CA
62. Westlake High School, Thousand Oaks, CA
63. Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach, CA
64. Academy of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA
65. Cupertino High School, Cupertino, CA
66. Granite Bay High School, Granite Bay, CA
67. Aragon High School, San Mateo, CA
68. South Pasadena Senior High School, South Pasadena, CA
69. Pacific Collegiate Charter School, Santa Cruz, CA
70. High Tech La, Los Angeles, CA
71. Rocklin High School, Rocklin, CA
72. Alliance Dr. Olga Mohan High School, Los Angeles, CA
73. El Camino Real Charter High School, Los Angeles, CA
74. Soar High (Students on Academic Rise), Lancaster, CA
75. Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA
76. Hillsdale High School, San Mateo, CA
77. Homestead High School, Cupertino, CA
78. Rancho Bernardo High School, San Diego, CA
79. Mt. Carmel High School, San Diego, CA
80. Guajome Park Academy Charter School, Vista, CA
81. Monte Vista High School, Danville, CA
82. Fountain Valley High School, Fountain Valley, CA
83. Mills High School, Millbrae, CA
84. Great Oak High School, Temecula, CA
85. La Costa Canyon High School, Carlsbad, CA
86. Santa Susana High School, Simi Valley, CA
87. Del Oro High School, Loomis, CA
88. Irvine High School, Irvine, CA
89. Franklin High School, Elk Grove, CA
90. San Ramon Valley High School, Danville, CA
91. Olympian High School, Chula Vista, CA
92. L.A. County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
93. Sir Francis Drake High School, San Anselmo, CA
94. Tamiscal High (Alternative), Larkspur, CA
95. Folsom High School, Folsom, CA
96. Newbury Park High School, Thousand Oaks, CA
97. El Segundo High School, El Segundo, CA
98. Polytechnic High School, Long Beach, CA
99. Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA
100. Carlmont High School, Belmont, CA

See full national list on Niche: 2016 Best Public High Schools in America

Read more about the methodology used to calculate results here.

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