Top ranked high schools in La Jolla, 2026-27
2 high schools in La Jolla are ranked in this edition, ordered by California state rank.
- Preuss School UCSD — La Jolla · #27 in CA · #198 nationally
- La Jolla High School — La Jolla · #141 in CA · #886 nationally
La Jolla compared with California
Preuss School UCSD, the best-ranked school in La Jolla, is #27 of 1,598 ranked schools in California, in the top 1.7% of the state's list.
2 of the 2 ranked schools in La Jolla are in the national top 1,000.
The median ranked school in La Jolla enrolls 818 students, compared with a median of 873 for ranked schools across California.
Ranks are from the 2026-27 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools edition. How HighSchoolTrends uses this data.
Sources
- U.S. News & World Report, Best High Schools, 2026-2027 edition, California list, read Aug 20, 2026. California list (live page; it may have changed since we read it)
Used for: national rank, state rank, counts of ranked schools, median school figures.