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The fastest-growing public high schools in California

This ranking covers the fastest-growing public high schools in California, drawn from 327 qualifying public high schools. Portola High leads the list at 212%, against a median of 7.5% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

327

California

Top Enrollment growth

212%

Median Enrollment growth

7.5%

FASTEST GROWING · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Portola High	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	863	2,693	212%
2	Science Academy STEM Magnet	North Hollywood, CA	Los Angeles Unified	204	536	163%
3	San Jacinto Leadership Academy - Magnet	San Jacinto, CA	San Jacinto Unified	285	748	163%
4	Compton Early College High	Compton, CA	Compton Unified	237	556	135%
5	Girls Academic Leadership Acad Dr. Michelle King Sch STEM	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	319	720	126%
6	Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	241	517	115%
7	Augustus Hawkins High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	531	1,122	111%
8	San Diego High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	758	1,602	111%
9	Mountain House High	Mountain House, CA	Lammersville Joint Unified	1,208	2,428	101%
10	Coliseum College Prep Academy	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	475	861	81.3%
11	Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	306	552	80.4%
12	SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise)	Lancaster, CA	Antelope Valley Union High	419	670	59.9%
13	Hamilton	Anza, CA	Hemet Unified	284	450	58.5%
14	Jordan High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	518	797	53.9%
15	Orange Vista High	Perris, CA	Val Verde Unified	1,652	2,396	45.0%
16	Ortega High	Lake Elsinore, CA	Lake Elsinore Unified	321	463	44.2%
17	Fremont High	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	827	1,166	41.0%
18	Academies of the Antelope Valley	Quartz Hill, CA	Antelope Valley Union High	481	677	40.7%
19	Sierra Pacific High	Hanford, CA	Hanford Joint Union High	846	1,183	39.8%
20	Susan H. Nelson	Temecula, CA	Temecula Valley Unified	221	306	38.5%
21	Liberty High	Madera, CA	Golden Valley Unified	541	748	38.3%
22	Middle College High	Stockton, CA	Lodi Unified	248	343	38.3%
23	Wheatland Union High	Wheatland, CA	Wheatland Union High	782	1,063	35.9%
24	John Muir High	Pasadena, CA	Pasadena Unified	892	1,206	35.2%
25	Theodore Roosevelt Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,267	1,678	32.4%
26	Marina High	Marina, CA	Monterey Peninsula Unified	557	721	29.4%
27	Azusa High	Azusa, CA	Azusa Unified	1,245	1,609	29.2%
28	Middle College High	Santa Ana, CA	Santa Ana Unified	348	448	28.7%
29	Analy High	Sebastopol, CA	West Sonoma County Union High	1,145	1,473	28.6%
30	Mount Miguel High	Spring Valley, CA	Grossmont Union High	1,205	1,539	27.7%
31	Opportunity Youth Academy	San Jose, CA	Santa Clara County Office of Education	222	283	27.5%
32	Vista West Continuation High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	297	375	26.3%
33	Columbus (Christopher) High	Downey, CA	Downey Unified	293	368	25.6%
34	Hesperia High	Hesperia, CA	Hesperia Unified	1,923	2,405	25.1%
35	Clovis East High	Clovis, CA	Clovis Unified	2,492	3,113	24.9%
36	Argonaut High	Jackson, CA	Amador County Unified	475	593	24.8%
37	Tahoe Truckee High	Truckee, CA	Tahoe-Truckee Unified	728	907	24.6%
38	North High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	1,720	2,135	24.1%
39	Foothill High	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	1,143	1,417	24.0%
40	Hughson High	Hughson, CA	Hughson Unified	696	859	23.4%
41	Granite Hills High	Apple Valley, CA	Apple Valley Unified	1,453	1,791	23.3%
42	Victor Valley High	Victorville, CA	Victor Valley Union High	1,839	2,255	22.6%
43	Beaumont Senior High	Beaumont, CA	Beaumont Unified	2,827	3,460	22.4%
44	Orangewood High (Continuation)	Redlands, CA	Redlands Unified	213	260	22.1%
45	Adelanto High	Adelanto, CA	Victor Valley Union High	1,847	2,247	21.7%
46	School for the Visual Arts and Humanities	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	421	512	21.6%
47	Avenal High	Avenal, CA	Reef-Sunset Unified	628	762	21.3%
48	Mendota High	Mendota, CA	Mendota Unified	885	1,065	20.3%
49	Santa Maria High	Santa Maria, CA	Santa Maria Joint Union High	2,618	3,143	20.1%
50	Folsom High	Folsom, CA	Folsom-Cordova Unified	2,426	2,901	19.6%

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