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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in California · page 2

Ranks 51–100 of the highest-performing public schools in reading in California. Back to page 1.

BEST IN READING · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
51	Leland High	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	High	1,471	84.7%
52	Scripps Ranch High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,890	84.6%
53	Pacific Law Academy	Stockton, CA	Stockton Unified	High	199	84.6%
54	Cupertino High	Cupertino, CA	Fremont Union High	High	1,800	84.5%
55	San Marino High	San Marino, CA	San Marino Unified	High	886	84.5%
56	Del Norte High	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	High	2,557	84.4%
57	Dougherty Valley High	San Ramon, CA	San Ramon Valley Unified	High	3,039	84.4%
58	Henry M. Gunn High	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	High	1,643	84.3%
59	Valencia High	Valencia, CA	William S. Hart Union High	High	2,286	84.1%
60	Anderson W. Clark Magnet High	La Crescenta, CA	Glendale Unified	High	1,136	83.7%
61	Monta Vista High	Cupertino, CA	Fremont Union High	High	1,630	83.3%
62	Pacific Grove High	Pacific Grove, CA	Pacific Grove Unified	High	552	83.3%
63	Santa Monica High	Santa Monica, CA	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	High	2,588	83.3%
64	Clovis West High	Fresno, CA	Clovis Unified	High	2,184	83.3%
65	Foothill High	Pleasanton, CA	Pleasanton Unified	High	2,169	83.2%
66	Albany High	Albany, CA	Albany City Unified	High	1,122	83.0%
67	Ernest S. McBride Sr. High	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	High	682	82.9%
68	Irvington High	Fremont, CA	Fremont Unified	High	2,157	82.7%
69	Riverside STEM Academy	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	High	665	82.7%
70	Arnold O. Beckman High	Irvine, CA	Tustin Unified	High	2,776	82.6%
71	Burlingame High	Burlingame, CA	San Mateo Union High	High	1,583	82.6%
72	Acalanes High	Lafayette, CA	Acalanes Union High	High	1,256	82.5%
73	El Segundo High	El Segundo, CA	El Segundo Unified	High	1,232	82.4%
74	Buchanan High	Clovis, CA	Clovis Unified	High	2,551	82.3%
75	Eastlake High	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	2,557	82.3%
76	Hawthorne Math and Science Academy	Hawthorne, CA	Hawthorne	High	567	82.2%
77	Los Gatos High	Los Gatos, CA	Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High	High	1,914	82.1%
78	San Ramon Valley High	Danville, CA	San Ramon Valley Unified	High	2,036	82.1%
79	Coronado High	Coronado, CA	Coronado Unified	High	999	82.0%
80	Saugus High	Saugus, CA	William S. Hart Union High	High	2,317	81.9%
81	Mills High	Millbrae, CA	San Mateo Union High	High	1,115	81.8%
82	Kearny College Connections	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	339	81.8%
83	Carmel High	Carmel, CA	Carmel Unified	High	780	81.7%
84	Aragon High	San Mateo, CA	San Mateo Union High	High	1,658	81.7%
85	Dublin High	Dublin, CA	Dublin Unified	High	2,771	81.6%
86	Great Oak High	Temecula, CA	Temecula Valley Unified	High	2,946	81.3%
87	Evergreen Valley High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	2,703	81.2%
88	Mira Costa High	Manhattan Beach, CA	Manhattan Beach Unified	High	2,473	81.2%
89	Etiwanda High	Etiwanda, CA	Chaffey Joint Union High	High	3,446	81.0%
90	Mountain House High	Mountain House, CA	Lammersville Joint Unified	High	2,428	80.8%
91	Santa Susana High	Simi Valley, CA	Simi Valley Unified	High	1,033	80.8%
92	Alameda High	Alameda, CA	Alameda Unified	High	1,868	80.7%
93	Fountain Valley High	Fountain Valley, CA	Huntington Beach Union High	High	3,171	80.6%
94	Washington Middle College High	West Sacramento, CA	Washington Unified	High	171	80.6%
95	Sunny Hills High	Fullerton, CA	Fullerton Joint Union High	High	2,337	80.5%
96	Mission Bay High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,240	80.5%
97	Branham High	San Jose, CA	Campbell Union High	High	1,820	80.4%
98	Crescenta Valley High	La Crescenta, CA	Glendale Unified	High	2,624	80.3%
99	Redwood High	Visalia, CA	Visalia Unified	High	2,490	80.1%
100	Mountain View High	Mountain View, CA	Mountain View-Los Altos Union High	High	2,187	80.1%

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