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The highest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in Los Angeles County, California

228 public high schools in Los Angeles County, California appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools by test proficiency, ranked by composite state-assessment proficiency. Whitney (Gretchen) High leads the list at 98.9%, against a median of 40.2% 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

228

Los Angeles County, California

Top % Proficient

98.9%

Median % Proficient

40.2%

HIGHEST PROFICIENCY · LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Whitney (Gretchen) High	Cerritos, CA	ABC Unified	High	31.0%	1,024	98.9%
2	California Academy of Mathematics and Science	Carson, CA	Long Beach Unified	High	37.4%	673	96.2%
3	Dr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy	Wilmington, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	65.5%	452	91.3%
4	La Canada High	La Canada, CA	La Canada Unified	High	4.7%	1,989	86.3%
5	San Marino High	San Marino, CA	San Marino Unified	High	11.5%	886	86.0%
6	Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	High	26.8%	552	85.5%
7	Palos Verdes Peninsula High	Rolling Hills Estates, CA	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	High	11.8%	2,075	81.0%
8	Anderson W. Clark Magnet High	La Crescenta, CA	Glendale Unified	High	46.7%	1,136	80.2%
9	Academy of the Canyons	Santa Clarita, CA	William S. Hart Union High	High	15.3%	385	79.5%
10	Girls Academic Leadership Acad Dr. Michelle King Sch STEM	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	56.7%	720	76.3%
11	South Pasadena Senior High	South Pasadena, CA	South Pasadena Unified	High	15.0%	1,536	76.0%
12	Bonita High	La Verne, CA	Bonita Unified	High	25.6%	1,911	75.5%
13	Middle College High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	88.6%	361	75.2%
14	El Segundo High	El Segundo, CA	El Segundo Unified	High	12.7%	1,232	72.5%
15	West Ranch High	Valencia, CA	William S. Hart Union High	High	12.5%	1,777	72.4%
16	Diamond Bar High	Diamond Bar, CA	Walnut Valley Unified	High	22.6%	2,563	72.3%
17	Palos Verdes High	Palos Verdes Estates, CA	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	High	8.4%	1,484	70.8%
18	Walnut High	Walnut, CA	Walnut Valley Unified	High	23.6%	2,148	70.7%
19	Cerritos High	Cerritos, CA	ABC Unified	High	43.1%	1,996	70.4%
20	Santa Monica High	Santa Monica, CA	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	High	35.4%	2,588	70.1%
21	South High	Torrance, CA	Torrance Unified	High	22.4%	1,734	69.1%
22	Glen A. Wilson High	Hacienda Heights, CA	Hacienda la Puente Unified	High	65.2%	1,456	69.1%
23	Valencia High	Valencia, CA	William S. Hart Union High	High	12.7%	2,286	68.9%
24	Hawthorne Math and Science Academy	Hawthorne, CA	Hawthorne	High	83.1%	567	68.6%
25	Crescenta Valley High	La Crescenta, CA	Glendale Unified	High	33.0%	2,624	68.4%
26	Mira Costa High	Manhattan Beach, CA	Manhattan Beach Unified	High	7.0%	2,473	68.4%
27	Compton Early College High	Compton, CA	Compton Unified	High	85.4%	556	68.3%
28	Temple City High	Temple City, CA	Temple City Unified	High	35.9%	1,779	68.3%
29	North High	Torrance, CA	Torrance Unified	High	44.6%	1,812	68.0%
30	West High	Torrance, CA	Torrance Unified	High	24.7%	1,775	66.2%
31	Redondo Union High	Redondo Beach, CA	Redondo Beach Unified	High	18.4%	2,921	65.9%
32	Torrance High	Torrance, CA	Torrance Unified	High	36.4%	1,879	65.6%
33	Mark Keppel High	Alhambra, CA	Alhambra Unified	High	40.9%	2,201	65.3%
34	Saugus High	Saugus, CA	William S. Hart Union High	High	17.6%	2,317	65.2%
35	Arcadia High	Arcadia, CA	Arcadia Unified	High	25.5%	2,939	64.5%
36	Ernest S. McBride Sr. High	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	High	40.3%	682	62.9%
37	Claremont High	Claremont, CA	Claremont Unified	High	34.5%	2,065	62.8%
38	San Dimas High	San Dimas, CA	Bonita Unified	High	37.6%	1,235	61.9%
39	Glendora High	Glendora, CA	Glendora Unified	High	21.2%	2,069	60.5%
40	Malibu High	Malibu, CA	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	High	20.9%	387	58.7%
41	Rosemead High	Rosemead, CA	El Monte Union High	High	85.8%	1,691	58.6%
42	Burroughs High	Burbank, CA	Burbank Unified	High	26.6%	2,283	58.0%
43	Gabrielino High	San Gabriel, CA	San Gabriel Unified	High	70.0%	1,438	57.8%
44	La Serna High	Whittier, CA	Whittier Union High	High	58.4%	2,372	57.6%
45	Beverly Hills High	Beverly Hills, CA	Beverly Hills Unified	High	30.6%	1,173	57.3%
46	Culver City High	Culver City, CA	Culver City Unified	High	25.2%	2,012	57.1%
47	Eagle Rock High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	51.6%	2,031	56.9%
48	John A. Rowland High	Rowland Heights, CA	Rowland Unified	High	68.1%	2,016	56.8%
49	North Hollywood Senior High	North Hollywood, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	72.0%	2,444	56.2%
50	Abraham Lincoln Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	89.4%	913	56.2%

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