Dougherty Valley High School Named As One Of The Best In The Bay Area

SAN RAMON, CA — Dougherty Valley High School has been named as one of the top high schools in the Bay Area according to new rankings from the education platform Niche.

Niche’s 2024 Best Schools and Districts rankings include data on 94,058 public schools, 30,809 private schools and 12,192 school districts.

This year’s rankings include 7,375 newly ranked public schools, including 312 public high schools in the Bay Area.

Niche gave Dougherty Valley High School a letter grade of A+. Grades in specific categories were:

Academics: A+

Teachers: A

Clubs and activities: B-

Sports: C+

Resources and facilities: B

Diversity: B

College prep: A+

Administration: C+

Food: C-

The school, which has 3,340 students in grades 9-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 25 to 1, received high marks from students, parents and teachers.

For more information, read the full report on Dougherty Valley High School.

The platform said its rankings were created to provide families with valuable information — both quantitative and qualitative — on schools in their area or in a neighborhood they’re not familiar with yet.

The Top 25 Public High Schools In The Bay Area list was dominated by the Peninsula, Santa Clara County and the East Bay, although one school in the North Bay broke through.

This year’s rankings include 7,375 newly ranked public schools, including 312 public high schools in the Bay Area.

Here are the Top 25 public high schools in the Bay Area, according to Niche:

1. Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto Unified School District
2. Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto Unified School District
3. Saratoga High School, Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District
4. Lowell High School, San Francisco Unified School District
5. Los Altos High School, Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District
6. Mountain View High School, Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District
7. Redwood High School, Larkspur; Tamalpais Union High School District
8. University Preparatory Academy Charter School, San Jose
9. Lynbrook High School, San Jose; Fremont Union High School District
10. Campolindo High School, Moraga; Acalanes Union High School District
11. Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton Unified School District
12. Cupertino High School, Cupertino; Fremont Union High School District
13. Miramonte High School, Orinda; Acalanes Union High School District
14. Homestead High School, Cupertino; Fremont Union High School District
15. Foothill High School, Pleasanton Unified School District
16. Aragon High School, San Mateo Union High School District
17. Mills High School, Millbrae; San Mateo Union High School District
18. Mission Early College High, Santa Clara Unified School District
19. Piedmont High School, Piedmont City Unified School District
20. Carlmont High School, Belmont; Sequoia Union High School District
21. Burlingame High School, San Mateo Unified School District
22. Alameda Science & Technology Institute, Alameda Unified School District
23. San Mateo High School, San Mateo Union High School District
24. Los Gatos High School, Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District
25. Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon Valley Unified School District

The rankings differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that it also includes input from students, alumni and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.

The top 25 school districts in the Bay Area and the letter grades assigned by Niche include:

1. Palo Alto Unified School District, Palo Alto, A+
2. Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District, Los Gatos and Saratoga, A+
3. Fremont Union High School District, Sunnyvale, A+
4. Tamalpais Union High School District, Larkspur, A+
5. Acalanes Union High School District, Lafayette, A+
6. San Mateo Union High School District, San Mateo, A+
7. Pleasanton Unified School District, Pleasanton, A+
8. Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District, Mountain View and Los Altos, A+
9. San Ramon Valley Unified School District, San Ramon, Danville, and Blackhawk, A+
10. Piedmont City Unified School District, Piedmont, A+
11. Sequoia Union High School District, San Mateo County, A+
12. Dublin Unified School District, Dublin, A+
13. Santa Clara Unified School District, Santa Clara, A
14. Berkeley Unified School District, Berkeley, A
15. Albany City Unified School District, Albany, A
16. Castro Valley Unified School District, Castro Valley, A
17. Alameda Unified School District, Alameda, A
18. Fremont Unified School District, Fremont, A
19. Campbell Union High School District, Campbell and San Jose, A
20. San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, A
21. Liberty Union High School District, Brentwood and Oakley, A
22. East Side Union High School District, San Jose, A
23. New Haven Unified School District, Union City, A-
24. Benicia Unified School District, Benicia, A-
25. Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, Livermore, A-

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