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There are nearly 24,000 public high schools in the U.S., according to the National Center for Education Statistics. And some of the best schools in the state happen to be right here in San Diego.
Stacker compiled a list of the best public high schools in California by using rankings from the review website, Niche. The San Diego public high schools to make the list were: Canyon Crest Academy (No. 2), Torrey Pines (No. 9), Mt Everest Academy (No. 20), and Westview High School (No. 22).
And here is the full list of best public high schools in California, according to Stacker:
- Henry M. Gunn High School - Palo Alto Unified School District
- Canyon Crest Academy - San Dieguito Union High School District
- Saratoga High School - Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District
- California Academy of Mathematics & Science - Long Beach Unified School District
- Palo Alto High School - Palo Alto Unified School District
- Troy High School - Fullerton Joint Union High School District
- Orange County School of the Arts - Santa Ana
- Palo Verdes Peninsula High School - Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District
- Torrey Pines High School - San Dieguito Union High School District
- University High School - Irvine Unified School District
- La Canada High School - La Canada Unified School District
- Lynbrook High School - Fremont Union High School District
- Northwood High School - Irvine Unified School District
- Los Altos High School - Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District
- Whitney High School - Abc Unified School District
- Academy of the Canyons - William S. Hart Union High School District
- Lowell High School - San Francisco Unified School District
- Carmel High School - Carmel Unified School District
- Mountain View High School - Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District
- Mt. Everest Academy - San Diego Unified School District
- Campolindo High School - Acalanes Union High School District
- Westview High School - Poway Unified School District
- University High School - Fresno