6 Southern California Public Schools Top State High School Rankings

Ranked first is Whitney High School in Cerritos.

A statue of Fullerton College's former longtime Coach Hal Sherbeck on campus in Fullerton, Calif. Courtesy of Fullerton College

Six Southern California high schools top U.S. News’s new ranking of the state’s best public schools across over 2,500 that qualified.

Ranked first is Whitney High School in Cerritos, which also ranked 16th nationally and seventh for STEM schools.