Best Schools in California
Explore top-rated public schools by city or county, ranked by our composite scoring methodology using official CDE data.
By County
Alameda County
402 schools
Alpine County
5 schools
Amador County
16 schools
Butte County
96 schools
Calaveras County
22 schools
Colusa County
20 schools
Contra Costa County
287 schools
Del Norte County
15 schools
El Dorado County
70 schools
Fresno County
377 schools
Glenn County
32 schools
Humboldt County
91 schools
Imperial County
77 schools
Inyo County
27 schools
Kern County
283 schools
Kings County
72 schools
Lake County
44 schools
Lassen County
29 schools
Los Angeles County
2240 schools
Madera County
86 schools
Marin County
76 schools
Mariposa County
16 schools
Mendocino County
70 schools
Merced County
117 schools
Modoc County
15 schools
Mono County
15 schools
Monterey County
152 schools
Napa County
44 schools
Nevada County
39 schools
Orange County
650 schools
Placer County
132 schools
Plumas County
15 schools
Riverside County
554 schools
Sacramento County
400 schools
San Benito County
30 schools
San Bernardino County
601 schools
San Diego County
778 schools
San Francisco County
132 schools
San Joaquin County
255 schools
San Luis Obispo County
86 schools
San Mateo County
179 schools
Santa Barbara County
130 schools
Santa Clara County
406 schools
Santa Cruz County
83 schools
Shasta County
98 schools
Sierra County
9 schools
Siskiyou County
53 schools
Solano County
103 schools
Sonoma County
177 schools
Stanislaus County
194 schools
Sutter County
47 schools
Tehama County
41 schools
Trinity County
23 schools
Tulare County
207 schools
Tuolumne County
30 schools
Ventura County
228 schools
Yolo County
68 schools
Yuba County
42 schools
By City
Acampo
3 schools
Acton
5 schools
Adelanto
12 schools
Agoura
6 schools
Alameda
20 schools
Alamo
4 schools
Albany
6 schools
Alhambra
11 schools
Aliso Viejo
9 schools
Alpaugh
3 schools
Alpine
6 schools
Alta Loma
13 schools
Altadena
5 schools
Alturas
8 schools
American Canyon
5 schools
Anaheim
71 schools
Anderson
16 schools
Angels Camp
5 schools
Antelope
11 schools
Antioch
29 schools
Apple Valley
17 schools
Aptos
6 schools
Arbuckle
4 schools
Arcadia
12 schools
Arcata
13 schools
Arleta
6 schools
Arroyo Grande
9 schools
Artesia
5 schools
Arvin
6 schools
Atascadero
9 schools
Atherton
5 schools
Atwater
14 schools
Auburn
11 schools
Avenal
8 schools
Azusa
11 schools
Baker
4 schools
Bakersfield
153 schools
Baldwin Park
16 schools
Banning
14 schools
Barstow
15 schools
Bay Point
4 schools
Beaumont
16 schools
Bell
9 schools
Bell Gardens
9 schools
Bellflower
12 schools
Belmont
6 schools
Benicia
7 schools
Berkeley
19 schools
Beverly Hills
6 schools
Bieber
3 schools
Big Bear City
3 schools
Big Pine
4 schools
Big Sur
3 schools
Bishop
11 schools
Bloomington
10 schools
Blythe
7 schools
Bonita
3 schools
Bonsall
3 schools
Boonville
3 schools
Boron
3 schools
Borrego Springs
3 schools
Brawley
11 schools
Brea
10 schools
Brentwood
18 schools
Buellton
3 schools
Buena Park
14 schools
Burbank
21 schools
Burlingame
10 schools
Burney
8 schools
Calabasas
9 schools
Calexico
13 schools
California City
4 schools
Calipatria
3 schools
Calistoga
3 schools
Camarillo
24 schools
Cambria
4 schools
Campbell
6 schools
Canoga Park
13 schools
Canyon Country
11 schools
Carlsbad
24 schools
Carmel
6 schools
Carmichael
16 schools
Carpinteria
5 schools
Carson
24 schools
Caruthers
5 schools
Castaic
7 schools
Castro Valley
17 schools
Castroville
4 schools
Cathedral City
9 schools
Ceres
23 schools
Cerritos
18 schools
Chatsworth
10 schools
Chester
3 schools
Chico
33 schools
Chino
19 schools
Chino Hills
16 schools
Chowchilla
9 schools
Chula Vista
71 schools
Citrus Heights
13 schools
City Of Commerce
3 schools
Claremont
12 schools
Clarksburg
3 schools
Clearlake
7 schools
Cloverdale
6 schools
Clovis
33 schools
Coachella
11 schools
Coalinga
8 schools
Coarsegold
3 schools
Coleville
3 schools
Colton
16 schools
Colusa
5 schools
Compton
41 schools
Concord
28 schools
Corcoran
9 schools
Corning
12 schools
Corona
41 schools
Coronado
5 schools
Costa Mesa
29 schools
Cottonwood
10 schools
Courtland
3 schools
Covelo
4 schools
Covina
20 schools
Crescent City
12 schools
Crockett
3 schools
Cudahy
5 schools
Culver City
13 schools
Cupertino
13 schools
Cutler
6 schools
Cypress
9 schools
Daggett
3 schools
Daly City
21 schools
Dana Point
3 schools
Danville
14 schools
Davis
18 schools
Delano
19 schools
Delhi
5 schools
Denair
7 schools
Desert Hot Springs
8 schools
Diamond Bar
10 schools
Dinuba
13 schools
Discovery Bay
3 schools
Dixon
8 schools
Dorris
5 schools
Dos Palos
5 schools
Downey
24 schools
Duarte
8 schools
Dublin
17 schools
Dunsmuir
4 schools
Durham
3 schools
Earlimart
3 schools
East Palo Alto
7 schools
Eastvale
8 schools
Edwards
3 schools
El Cajon
46 schools
El Centro
26 schools
El Cerrito
8 schools
El Dorado
4 schools
El Dorado Hills
15 schools
El Monte
27 schools
El Segundo
9 schools
El Sobrante
4 schools
Elk Creek
3 schools
Elk Grove
39 schools
Emeryville
3 schools
Encinitas
11 schools
Encino
5 schools
Escalon
6 schools
Escondido
39 schools
Esparto
3 schools
Etiwanda
10 schools
Etna
5 schools
Eureka
25 schools
Exeter
7 schools
Fair Oaks
10 schools
Fairfax
3 schools
Fairfield
35 schools
Fallbrook
12 schools
Farmersville
8 schools
Felton
4 schools
Fillmore
9 schools
Firebaugh
7 schools
Folsom
17 schools
Fontana
58 schools
Foresthill
3 schools
Forestville
4 schools
Fort Bragg
9 schools
Fort Irwin
3 schools
Fortuna
9 schools
Foster City
6 schools
Fountain Valley
16 schools
Fowler
8 schools
Fremont
48 schools
Fresno
193 schools
Fullerton
26 schools
Galt
11 schools
Garden Grove
53 schools
Gardena
15 schools
Georgetown
4 schools
Geyserville
3 schools
Gilroy
18 schools
Glendale
24 schools
Glendora
17 schools
Goleta
8 schools
Gonzales
4 schools
Granada Hills
14 schools
Grand Terrace
4 schools
Granite Bay
6 schools
Grass Valley
25 schools
Greenfield
6 schools
Gridley
6 schools
Groveland
3 schools
Grover Beach
3 schools
Guadalupe
4 schools
Guerneville
3 schools
Gustine
5 schools
Hacienda Heights
17 schools
Half Moon Bay
6 schools
Hamilton City
5 schools
Hanford
32 schools
Harbor City
6 schools
Hawaiian Gardens
3 schools
Hawthorne
22 schools
Hayfork
4 schools
Hayward
45 schools
Healdsburg
6 schools
Helendale
4 schools
Hemet
23 schools
Hercules
5 schools
Herlong
5 schools
Hermosa Beach
3 schools
Hesperia
30 schools
Hickman
3 schools
Highland
15 schools
Hillsborough
4 schools
Hilmar
5 schools
Hollister
22 schools
Hollywood
3 schools
Holtville
7 schools
Hoopa
5 schools
Hughson
7 schools
Huntington Beach
31 schools
Huntington Park
25 schools
Huron
3 schools
Imperial
6 schools
Imperial Beach
7 schools
Indio
21 schools
Inglewood
24 schools
Irvine
54 schools
Jackson
6 schools
Jamul
3 schools
Julian
5 schools
Jurupa Valley
27 schools
Kelseyville
8 schools
Kerman
9 schools
King City
10 schools
Kingsburg
12 schools
La Canada
4 schools
La Crescenta
10 schools
La Habra
14 schools
La Jolla
6 schools
La Mesa
16 schools
La Mirada
10 schools
La Palma
5 schools
La Puente
28 schools
La Quinta
9 schools
La Verne
6 schools
Ladera Ranch
4 schools
Lafayette
7 schools
Laguna Beach
5 schools
Laguna Hills
4 schools
Laguna Niguel
9 schools
Lake Arrowhead
6 schools
Lake Balboa
11 schools
Lake Elsinore
21 schools
Lake Forest
9 schools
Lake Isabella
3 schools
Lake View Terrace
4 schools
Lakeport
7 schools
Lakeside
13 schools
Lakewood
21 schools
Lamont
4 schools
Lancaster
47 schools
Larkspur
5 schools
Lathrop
8 schools
Laton
4 schools
Lawndale
14 schools
Laytonville
3 schools
Le Grand
3 schools
Leggett
4 schools
Lemon Grove
7 schools
Lemoore
15 schools
Lennox
7 schools
Lincoln
16 schools
Linden
4 schools
Lindsay
12 schools
Littlerock
4 schools
Live Oak
8 schools
Livermore
20 schools
Livingston
7 schools
Lodi
26 schools
Lomita
3 schools
Lompoc
17 schools
Lone Pine
3 schools
Long Beach
77 schools
Loomis
6 schools
Los Alamitos
8 schools
Los Altos
11 schools
Los Angeles
569 schools
Los Banos
18 schools
Los Gatos
11 schools
Los Molinos
3 schools
Los Osos
3 schools
Lost Hills
3 schools
Lower Lake
5 schools
Loyalton
6 schools
Lucerne Valley
7 schools
Lynwood
19 schools
Mad River
4 schools
Madera
50 schools
Malibu
5 schools
Mammoth Lakes
7 schools
Manhattan Beach
8 schools
Manteca
20 schools
Maricopa
5 schools
Marina
7 schools
Mariposa
9 schools
Markleeville
3 schools
Martinez
12 schools
Marysville
19 schools
Mather
3 schools
Maxwell
3 schools
Maywood
6 schools
McArthur
3 schools
McClellan
3 schools
McFarland
7 schools
McKinleyville
7 schools
Mecca
3 schools
Mendota
7 schools
Menifee
20 schools
Menlo Park
8 schools
Merced
38 schools
Middletown
7 schools
Mill Valley
7 schools
Millbrae
5 schools
Milpitas
16 schools
Miranda
3 schools
Mission Viejo
24 schools
Modesto
78 schools
Mojave
4 schools
Monrovia
12 schools
Montague
6 schools
Montclair
11 schools
Montebello
15 schools
Monterey
6 schools
Monterey Park
9 schools
Moorpark
12 schools
Moraga
5 schools
Moreno Valley
51 schools
Morgan Hill
13 schools
Mount Shasta
5 schools
Mountain House
8 schools
Mountain View
16 schools
Murrieta
25 schools
Napa
29 schools
National City
17 schools
Needles
6 schools
Nevada City
9 schools
New Cuyama
4 schools
Newark
11 schools
Newbury Park
8 schools
Newcastle
4 schools
Newhall
7 schools
Newman
8 schools
Newport Beach
10 schools
Nipomo
5 schools
Norco
9 schools
North Highlands
12 schools
North Hills
16 schools
North Hollywood
27 schools
Northridge
15 schools
Norwalk
23 schools
Novato
17 schools
Nuevo
4 schools
O'Neals
6 schools
Oak Park
8 schools
Oakdale
11 schools
Oakhurst
10 schools
Oakland
125 schools
Oakley
11 schools
Oceanside
38 schools
Ojai
10 schools
Olivehurst
8 schools
Ontario
41 schools
Orange
29 schools
Orange Cove
5 schools
Orangevale
12 schools
Orinda
6 schools
Orland
11 schools
Orosi
4 schools
Oroville
30 schools
Oxnard
54 schools
Pacific Grove
7 schools
Pacific Palisades
3 schools
Pacifica
9 schools
Pacoima
12 schools
Paicines
3 schools
Palermo
3 schools
Palm Desert
7 schools
Palm Springs
8 schools
Palmdale
45 schools
Palo Alto
18 schools
Palo Cedro
4 schools
Palos Verdes Estates
5 schools
Panorama City
11 schools
Paradise
13 schools
Paramount
15 schools
Parlier
9 schools
Pasadena
25 schools
Paso Robles
14 schools
Patterson
10 schools
Penn Valley
4 schools
Perris
33 schools
Petaluma
40 schools
Phelan
11 schools
Pico Rivera
16 schools
Piedmont
8 schools
Pine Valley
7 schools
Pinole
7 schools
Pittsburg
16 schools
Placentia
18 schools
Placerville
16 schools
Pleasant Hill
14 schools
Pleasanton
18 schools
Plumas Lake
3 schools
Point Arena
4 schools
Pomona
37 schools
Port Hueneme
4 schools
Porterville
35 schools
Portola
3 schools
Potter Valley
4 schools
Poway
14 schools
Princeton
3 schools
Quartz Hill
3 schools
Quincy
8 schools
Ramona
12 schools
Rancho Cordova
23 schools
Rancho Cucamonga
13 schools
Rancho Palos Verdes
10 schools
Rancho Santa Fe
3 schools
Rancho Santa Margarita
8 schools
Red Bluff
17 schools
Redding
43 schools
Redlands
26 schools
Redondo Beach
14 schools
Redwood City
21 schools
Reedley
16 schools
Rescue
3 schools
Reseda
21 schools
Rialto
28 schools
Richmond
35 schools
Ridgecrest
14 schools
Rio Linda
7 schools
Rio Vista
5 schools
Ripon
8 schools
Riverbank
6 schools
Riverdale
6 schools
Riverside
87 schools
Rocklin
22 schools
Rohnert Park
14 schools
Rolling Hills
3 schools
Rolling Hills Estates
3 schools
Romoland
3 schools
Rosamond
6 schools
Rosemead
14 schools
Roseville
40 schools
Rowland Heights
10 schools
Sacramento
207 schools
Salida
4 schools
Salinas
68 schools
San Andreas
8 schools
San Anselmo
4 schools
San Bernardino
84 schools
San Bruno
8 schools
San Carlos
10 schools
San Clemente
11 schools
San Diego
284 schools
San Dimas
11 schools
San Fernando
15 schools
San Francisco
132 schools
San Gabriel
13 schools
San Jacinto
19 schools
San Jose
223 schools
San Juan Capistrano
16 schools
San Leandro
19 schools
San Lorenzo
12 schools
San Luis Obispo
17 schools
San Marcos
24 schools
San Marino
4 schools
San Mateo
24 schools
San Miguel
3 schools
San Pablo
10 schools
San Pedro
18 schools
San Rafael
21 schools
San Ramon
20 schools
San Ysidro
7 schools
Sanger
15 schools
Santa Ana
82 schools
Santa Barbara
35 schools
Santa Clara
25 schools
Santa Clarita
11 schools
Santa Cruz
29 schools
Santa Fe Springs
5 schools
Santa Maria
37 schools
Santa Monica
15 schools
Santa Paula
15 schools
Santa Rosa
62 schools
Santa Ynez
3 schools
Santee
12 schools
Saratoga
10 schools
Saugus
8 schools
Scotts Valley
4 schools
Seaside
12 schools
Sebastopol
14 schools
Selma
13 schools
Shafter
7 schools
Shasta Lake
7 schools
Sherman Oaks
6 schools
Shingle Springs
5 schools
Shoshone
3 schools
Signal Hill
3 schools
Simi Valley
41 schools
Solana Beach
3 schools
Soledad
12 schools
Solvang
4 schools
Somerset
4 schools
Sonoma
8 schools
Sonora
12 schools
Soquel
4 schools
South Dos Palos
3 schools
South El Monte
3 schools
South Gate
27 schools
South Lake Tahoe
10 schools
South Pasadena
5 schools
South San Francisco
15 schools
Spring Valley
16 schools
St. Helena
5 schools
Stevenson Ranch
3 schools
Stockton
128 schools
Strathmore
5 schools
Suisun City
3 schools
Sun Valley
14 schools
Sunland
3 schools
Sunnyvale
20 schools
Susanville
14 schools
Sutter
3 schools
Sutter Creek
6 schools
Sylmar
17 schools
Taft
8 schools
Tahoe City
3 schools
Tarzana
5 schools
Tehachapi
9 schools
Temecula
35 schools
Temple City
10 schools
Templeton
8 schools
Terra Bella
3 schools
Thermal
9 schools
Thousand Oaks
22 schools
Tiburon
3 schools
Tollhouse
6 schools
Torrance
38 schools
Trabuco Canyon
3 schools
Tracy
38 schools
Truckee
8 schools
Tujunga
5 schools
Tulare
32 schools
Tulelake
4 schools
Tuolumne
3 schools
Turlock
19 schools
Tustin
19 schools
Twain Harte
3 schools
Twentynine Palms
7 schools
Ukiah
19 schools
Union City
12 schools
Upland
16 schools
Upper Lake
6 schools
Vacaville
22 schools
Valencia
14 schools
Valinda
3 schools
Vallejo
25 schools
Valley Center
9 schools
Valley Springs
3 schools
Van Nuys
21 schools
Vandenberg Air Force Base
3 schools
Venice
5 schools
Ventura
29 schools
Victorville
42 schools
Villa Park
4 schools
Visalia
53 schools
Vista
27 schools
Walnut
11 schools
Walnut Creek
16 schools
Walnut Park
4 schools
Warner Springs
3 schools
Wasco
10 schools
Waterford
9 schools
Watsonville
28 schools
Weaverville
7 schools
Weed
4 schools
West Covina
25 schools
West Hills
8 schools
West Sacramento
18 schools
Westlake Village
5 schools
Westminster
19 schools
Westwood
3 schools
Wheatland
5 schools
Whitethorn
3 schools
Whittier
45 schools
Wildomar
9 schools
Williams
7 schools
Willits
11 schools
Willows
8 schools
Wilmington
12 schools
Winchester
7 schools
Windsor
7 schools
Winnetka
4 schools
Winterhaven
6 schools
Winters
5 schools
Winton
5 schools
Woodlake
8 schools
Woodland
20 schools
Woodland Hills
14 schools
Woodside
3 schools
Yermo
3 schools
Yorba Linda
12 schools
Yreka
11 schools
Yuba City
27 schools
Yucaipa
15 schools
Yucca Valley
6 schools