Silver Medal Winners U.S. News World Report America's Best High Schools 2008 State School City District County Dardanelle School AR Dardanelle High School Dardanelle Yell District Valley View School AR Valley View High School Jonesboro Craighead District Catalina Foothills Unified AZ Catalina Foothills High School Tucson Pima District Tempe Union High AZ Desert Vista High School Phoenix Maricopa School District AZ Mountain View High School Mesa Mesa Unified District Maricopa Glendale Union High AZ Sunnyslope High School Phoenix Maricopa School District Glendale Union High AZ Thunderbird High School Phoenix Maricopa School District CA Acalanes High Lafayette Acalanes Union High Contra Costa CA Alameda High Alameda Alameda City Unified Alameda CA Albany High Albany Albany City Unified Alameda CA Amador Valley High Pleasanton Pleasanton Unified Alameda CA Anderson W. Clark Magnet High La Crescenta Glendale Unified Los Angeles CA Arcadia High Arcadia Arcadia Unified Los Angeles CA Bolsa Grande High Garden Grove Garden Grove Unified Orange CA Brea-Olinda High Brea Brea-Olinda Unified Orange CA Buchanan High Clovis Clovis Unified Fresno San Ramon Valley CA California High San Ramon Contra Costa Unified CA Campolindo High Moraga Acalanes Union High Contra Costa CA City Honors High Inglewood Inglewood Unified Los Angeles CA Clovis West High Fresno Clovis Unified Fresno CA Coast Union High Cambria Coast Unified San Luis Obispo Produced by Standard Poor's School Evaluation Services www.schoolmatters.com Page 1 of 20 Silver Medal Winners U.S. News World Report America's Best High Schools 2008 State School City District County CA Corona Del Mar High Newport Beach Newport-Mesa Unified Orange CA Coronado High Coronado Coronado Unified San Diego CA Crescenta Valley Senior High La Crescenta Glendale Unified Los Angeles CA Cypress High Cypress Anaheim Union High Orange CA Dana Hills High Dana Point Capistrano Unified Orange CA Davis Senior High Davis Davis Joint Unified Yolo CA Diamond Bar High Diamond Bar Walnut Valley Unified Los Angeles CA Diamond Ranch High Pomona Pomona Unified Los Angeles CA Eagle Rock High Los Angeles Los Angeles Unified Los Angeles CA Edison High Fresno Fresno Unified Fresno Placentia-Yorba Linda CA Esperanza High Anaheim Orange Unified CA Evergreen Valley High San Jose East Side Union High Santa Clara CA Folsom High Folsom Folsom-Cordova Unified Sacramento CA Foothill High Pleasanton Pleasanton Unified Alameda CA Foothill High Santa Ana Tustin Unified Orange CA Foothill Technology High Ventura Ventura Unified Ventura Huntington Beach Union CA Fountain Valley High Fountain Valley Orange High CA Gabrielino High San Gabriel San Gabriel Unified Los Angeles CA Garden Grove High Garden Grove Garden Grove Unified Orange CA Golden Valley High Merced Merced Union High Merced CA Granada Hills Charter High Granada Hills Los Angeles Unified Los Angeles Produced by Standard Poor's School Evaluation Services www.schoolmatters.com Page 2 of 20 Silver Medal Winners U.S. News World Report America's Best High Schools 2008 State School City District County CA Grover Cleveland High Reseda Los Angeles Unified Los Angeles CA Helix High La Mesa Grossmont Union High San Diego CA Herbert Hoover Senior High Glendale Glendale Unified Los Angeles CA Homestead High Cupertino Fremont Union High Santa Clara CA Imperial High Imperial Imperial Unified Imperial CA Irvine High Irvine Irvine Unified Orange CA John A. Rowland High Rowland Heights Rowland Unified Los Angeles CA King/Drew Medical Magnet High Los Angeles Los Angeles Unified Los Angeles CA La Jolla Senior High La Jolla San Diego Unified San Diego CA La Quinta High Westminster Garden Grove Unified Orange CA Laton High Laton Laton Joint Unified Fresno Centinela Valley Union CA Lawndale High Lawndale Los Angeles High CA Leland High San Jose San Jose Unified Santa Clara CA Livingston High Livingston Merced Union High Merced CA Los Alamitos High Los Alamitos Los Alamitos Unified Orange CA Los Amigos High Fountain Valley Garden Grove Unified Orange Los Gatos-Saratoga CA Los Gatos High Los Gatos Santa Clara Joint Union High CA Los Osos High Rancho Cucamonga Chaffey Joint Union High San Bernardino CA Middle College High Santa Ana Santa Ana Unified Orange CA Mills High Millbrae San Mateo Union High San Mateo Manhattan Beach CA Mira Costa High Manhattan Beach Los Angeles Unified Produced by Standard Poor's School Evaluation Services www.schoolmatters.com Page 3 of 20 Silver Medal Winners U.S. News World Report America's Best High Schools 2008 State School City District County CA Mira Mesa Senior High San Diego San Diego Unified San Diego CA Miramonte High Orinda Acalanes Union High Contra Costa San Ramon Valley CA Monte Vista High Danville Contra Costa Unified CA Moorpark High Moorpark Moorpark Unified Ventura CA Mt. 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