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The most racially diverse public high schools in California

1,351 public high schools in California appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public high schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Alameda Community Learning Center leads the list at 79.8%, against a median of 50.1% 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

1,351

California

Top Diversity index

79.8%

Median Diversity index

50.1%

MOST DIVERSE · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Alameda Community Learning Center	Alameda, CA	362	79.8%	19.3%(70)	15.5%(56)	20.2%(73)	26.5%(96)
2	Vanden High	Fairfield, CA	1,631	79.7%	18.9%(309)	16.7%(273)	27.4%(446)	19.3%(314)
3	Angelo Rodriguez High	Fairfield, CA	2,111	78.7%	21.5%(454)	12.8%(270)	26.1%(552)	25.5%(538)
4	Inderkum High	Sacramento, CA	2,194	78.5%	12.5%(274)	21.4%(469)	28.3%(621)	24.3%(534)
5	Encinal Junior/Senior High	Alameda, CA	1,280	78.4%	26.6%(341)	10.7%(137)	19.3%(247)	26.7%(342)
6	Oakland Technical High	Oakland, CA	1,812	78.1%	17.7%(321)	31.4%(568)	20.4%(369)	16.1%(292)
7	Laguna Creek High	Elk Grove, CA	2,142	78.0%	15.7%(337)	13.5%(289)	28.7%(614)	28.6%(612)
8	Independence High	San Francisco, CA	235	77.9%	22.1%(52)	17.0%(40)	31.9%(75)	9.8%(23)
9	Oakland School for the Arts	Oakland, CA	828	77.4%	25.7%(213)	25.4%(210)	20.9%(173)	5.4%(45)
10	Girls Academic Leadership Acad Dr. Michelle King Sch STEM	Los Angeles, CA	720	76.9%	30.7%(221)	12.9%(93)	28.5%(205)	13.3%(96)
11	El Cerrito High	El Cerrito, CA	1,460	76.5%	27.9%(407)	14.4%(211)	31.8%(464)	15.7%(229)
12	Heritage High	Brentwood, CA	2,566	76.4%	29.6%(759)	10.9%(279)	26.4%(678)	24.5%(629)
13	Encina High	Sacramento, CA	766	75.9%	18.9%(145)	14.1%(108)	26.6%(204)	33.5%(257)
14	Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High	San Francisco, CA	522	75.8%	15.3%(80)	11.5%(60)	25.9%(135)	35.3%(184)
15	Rosemont High	Sacramento, CA	1,485	75.5%	25.5%(379)	16.3%(242)	36.6%(544)	9.3%(138)
16	Elk Grove Charter	Elk Grove, CA	262	75.5%	23.7%(62)	13.4%(35)	37.8%(99)	11.4%(30)
17	Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies	Los Angeles, CA	1,357	75.4%	26.8%(364)	16.1%(218)	34.9%(473)	14.7%(199)
18	Antelope High	Antelope, CA	1,821	75.3%	36.6%(666)	7.1%(130)	25.9%(471)	15.3%(279)
19	Elk Grove High	Elk Grove, CA	1,684	75.2%	34.3%(578)	7.0%(118)	29.6%(499)	16.4%(276)
20	Center High	Antelope, CA	1,312	75.1%	33.8%(444)	11.8%(155)	30.3%(398)	14.4%(189)
21	John F. Kennedy High	Sacramento, CA	1,652	75.0%	9.2%(152)	18.8%(310)	37.4%(617)	24.5%(405)
22	L.A. County High School for the Arts	Los Angeles, CA	551	75.0%	31.8%(175)	8.3%(46)	29.9%(165)	11.3%(62)
23	Albany High	Albany, CA	1,122	75.0%	28.3%(318)	4.2%(47)	16.5%(185)	32.8%(368)
24	Skyline High	Oakland, CA	1,250	75.0%	13.3%(166)	20.6%(257)	39.8%(497)	12.4%(155)
25	Alameda High	Alameda, CA	1,868	74.9%	27.6%(515)	4.0%(74)	16.5%(308)	33.7%(630)
26	Asawa (Ruth) SF Sch of the Arts A Public School	San Francisco, CA	680	74.7%	36.8%(250)	3.8%(26)	22.6%(154)	17.4%(118)
27	Foothill High	Sacramento, CA	1,417	74.6%	21.7%(307)	12.1%(171)	40.1%(568)	14.8%(209)
28	Cordova High	Rancho Cordova, CA	1,944	74.5%	26.3%(512)	8.4%(164)	38.3%(745)	13.2%(256)
29	Mira Loma High	Sacramento, CA	1,655	74.4%	34.0%(562)	6.4%(106)	22.5%(372)	28.0%(464)
30	Castro Valley High	Castro Valley, CA	2,874	74.4%	20.7%(595)	5.0%(144)	25.5%(732)	36.0%(1,035)
31	Pleasant Grove High	Elk Grove, CA	2,536	74.3%	29.2%(741)	5.1%(130)	17.6%(447)	35.3%(896)
32	West High	Torrance, CA	1,775	74.0%	20.6%(366)	5.4%(96)	25.8%(458)	36.9%(655)
33	Oroville High	Oroville, CA	872	73.9%	40.1%(350)	5.0%(44)	17.7%(154)	24.0%(209)
34	South Pasadena Senior High	South Pasadena, CA	1,536	73.9%	24.4%(374)	0.9%(14)	24.5%(377)	33.9%(520)
35	Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science	Long Beach, CA	552	73.9%	21.9%(121)	6.3%(35)	37.0%(204)	25.4%(140)
36	Canyon Hills High	San Diego, CA	1,183	73.9%	29.1%(344)	7.8%(92)	37.3%(441)	11.0%(130)
37	Culver City High	Culver City, CA	2,012	73.8%	23.4%(470)	14.2%(286)	40.2%(809)	10.6%(214)
38	Mt. Carmel High	San Diego, CA	1,800	73.8%	36.6%(659)	3.1%(55)	20.0%(360)	26.1%(470)
39	Franklin High	Elk Grove, CA	2,650	73.6%	14.4%(382)	10.1%(268)	19.7%(521)	42.4%(1,123)
40	El Camino Real Charter High	Woodland Hills, CA	3,046	73.5%	32.8%(998)	4.8%(145)	33.6%(1,025)	14.8%(452)
41	Aragon High	San Mateo, CA	1,658	73.4%	26.1%(433)	0.6%(10)	27.1%(450)	33.4%(554)
42	California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley	Duarte, CA	974	73.4%	20.9%(204)	1.6%(16)	35.4%(345)	15.2%(148)
43	Public Safety Academy	Fairfield, CA	745	73.2%	16.8%(125)	7.7%(57)	42.1%(314)	21.3%(159)
44	Mountain View High	Mountain View, CA	2,187	73.2%	33.3%(729)	1.4%(31)	21.4%(469)	30.2%(661)
45	Berkeley High	Berkeley, CA	3,218	73.1%	41.5%(1,334)	11.2%(361)	22.8%(733)	8.7%(279)
46	Cosumnes Oaks High	Elk Grove, CA	2,109	73.1%	13.7%(289)	11.7%(246)	19.9%(420)	43.1%(909)
47	Branham High	San Jose, CA	1,820	73.0%	34.6%(629)	1.8%(32)	28.2%(513)	23.9%(435)
48	Los Altos High	Los Altos, CA	2,170	72.9%	29.0%(630)	0.6%(13)	28.0%(607)	30.4%(660)
49	Leroy Greene Academy	Sacramento, CA	755	72.8%	15.4%(116)	13.6%(103)	44.2%(334)	15.6%(118)
50	Summit Public School: Tahoma	San Jose, CA	383	72.7%	22.7%(87)	3.1%(12)	39.2%(150)	20.6%(79)

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