Walnut Creek High School Ranked In 2019 Niche List

WALNUT CREEK, CA — Local high schools received their latest report card last week, as Niche.com released its 2019 rankings of the best public high schools in California. Las Lomas High School ranked 85 in the state. A total of 919 schools were ranked across the state.

Acalanes Union High School District was well represented in the Top 100 rankings. Miramonte High School in Orinda is ranked Number 5, Campolindo High School in Moraga is 16, and Acalanes High School in Lafayette is 52.

Canyon Crest Academy in San Diego is California's best public high school, according to the rankings. Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, Troy High School in Fullerton, Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto and Miramonte closed out the top five spots in the state.

See the full list of the best public high schools in California here.

According to Niche, the best public high school in the country is Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois.

To compile the rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. (Read more about the methodology here.)

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