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The highest-poverty public high schools in California

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public high schools in California, drawn from 1,576 qualifying public high schools. City Heights Preparatory Charter leads the list at 100%, against a median of 73.5% 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

1,576

California

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

73.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	City Heights Preparatory Charter	San Diego, CA	City Heights Preparatory Charter District	High	160	100%
2	Harris Newmark Continuation	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	130	100%
3	Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter	San Diego, CA	Mono County Office of Education	High	198	100%
4	Rudsdale Continuation High	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	High	333	99.4%
5	Oakland International High	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	High	270	99.3%
6	School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	392	99.2%
7	Vista Meridian Global Academy	Santa Ana, CA	Vista Meridian Global Academy District	High	260	99.2%
8	Nava College Preparatory Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	598	99.2%
9	Fremont High	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	High	1,166	99.1%
10	The SEED School of Los Angeles County	Los Angeles, CA	The SEED School of Los Angeles County District	High	206	99.0%
11	Castlemont High	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	High	719	99.0%
12	Thomas Jefferson Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	564	98.9%
13	Sherman Indian High School	Riverside, CA	Sherman Indian High School	High	276	98.9%
14	Public Service Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	457	98.9%
15	Camino Nuevo High #2	Los Angeles, CA	Camino Nuevo High #2 District	High	512	98.8%
16	Public Safety Academy	San Bernardino, CA	Public Safety Academy District	High	396	98.7%
17	Coliseum College Prep Academy	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	High	861	98.7%
18	Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall	Downey, CA	Los Angeles County Office of Education	High	225	98.7%
19	Will Rogers Continuation	Van Nuys, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	136	98.5%
20	Augustus Hawkins High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,122	98.5%
21	La Familia Continuation High	Thermal, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	High	254	98.4%
22	Tranquillity High	Tranquillity, CA	Golden Plains Unified	High	370	98.4%
23	Madison Park Academy 6-12	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	High	676	98.4%
24	Tierra Del Sol Continuation High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	241	98.3%
25	Mervyn M. Dymally High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	654	98.3%
26	LIFE Academy	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	High	436	98.2%
27	Citrus High	Porterville, CA	Porterville Unified	High	155	98.1%
28	Aspire Pacific Academy	Huntington Park, CA	Aspire Pacific Academy District	High	562	98.0%
29	Jordan High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	797	97.9%
30	Performing Arts Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	494	97.8%
31	Engr and Tech Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #3	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	263	97.7%
32	Ambassador-Global Leadership	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	472	97.7%
33	West Adams Preparatory High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	942	97.7%
34	Panorama High	Panorama City, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,316	97.6%
35	Cal Burke High	Panorama City, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	127	97.6%
36	Fernando R. Ledesma Continuation High	El Monte, CA	El Monte Union High	High	293	97.6%
37	CATCH Prep Charter High Inc.	Los Angeles, CA	CATCH Prep Charter High Inc. District	High	125	97.6%
38	Alliance Ted K. Tajima High	Los Angeles, CA	Alliance Ted K. Tajima High District	High	484	97.5%
39	University Pathways Public Service Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	121	97.5%
40	Manual Arts Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,001	97.5%
41	STEM Academy at Bernstein High	Hollywood, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	599	97.5%
42	Mendota High	Mendota, CA	Mendota Unified	High	1,065	97.5%
43	John C. Fremont Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,889	97.5%
44	Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	853	97.4%
45	Desert Mirage High	Thermal, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	High	1,875	97.3%
46	University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	110	97.3%
47	Dr. Maya Angelou Community High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	971	97.2%
48	Alliance Patti And Peter Neuwirth Leadership Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Alliance Patti And Peter Neuwirth Leadership Acad DIST	High	603	97.2%
49	Synergy Quantum Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Synergy Quantum Academy District	High	564	97.2%
50	Collegiate Charter High School of Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	Collegiate Charter High School of Los Angeles District	High	141	97.2%

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