California · Pipeline Atlas
Every California high school feeding college sport.
5,111 schools tracked. 1,034 feeders.
Football is the engine, accounting for 75.9% of all college placements.
Source · 1,900+ NCAA rosters/NCES verified/5yr rolling window
Schools tracked
5,111
Top sport
Football
How feeder tiers work
Tiers are percentile rankings across every U.S. high school for a given sport and college division, measured over the last 5 years.
Elite
Top 2% of U.S. high schools in this sport and division.
Strong
Top 10% (excluding elite schools).
Rising
Top 25% (excluding elite and strong schools).
Emerging
At least one verified placement in the 5-year window.
Football is ranked separately for FBS (top-level D1) and FCS (D1-AA). Every other sport uses a single D1 tier.
The Leaderboard
Top 25 California feeders.
The top 25 out of 1,034 California feeders, ranked by college roster volume over the last 5 years. Schools whose roster links we are still checking are left out. Visit the national index to search all 1,034 by name.
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California high schools A to Z
Every California high school with alumni on the college rosters we track.
A
- Abraham Lincoln High
- Abraham Lincoln Senior High
- Academy (The)- Sf @McAteer
- Acalanes High
- Adelanto High
- Adolfo Camarillo High
- Adrian Wilcox High
- Agoura High
- Aims College Prep High
- Alameda High
- Albany High
- Alexander Hamilton Senior High
- Alhambra High
- Alhambra Senior High
- Alisal High
- Aliso Niguel High
- Alta Loma High
- Amador High
- Amador Valley High
- American Canyon High
- American High
- Anaheim High
- Analy High
- Angelo Rodriguez High
- Animo South Los Angeles Charter
- Ann Sobrato High
- Antelope High
- Antelope Valley High
- Antioch High
- Apple Valley High
- Aptos High
- Aquinas High School
- Aragon High
- Arcadia Christian School
- Arcadia High
- Arcata High
- Archbishop Mitty High School
- Archbishop Riordan High School
- Archie Williams High
- Argonaut High
- Arise High
- Ark Christian Academy
- Arlington High
- Armijo High
- Army & Navy Academy
- Arnold O. Beckman High
- Arrowhead Christian Academy
- Arroyo Grande High
- Artesia High
- Aspire Golden State College Preparatory Academy
- Atascadero High
- Atwater High
B
- Bakersfield Christian High School
- Bakersfield High
- Balboa High
- Balboa School
- Baldwin Park High
- Banning High
- Barstow High
- Beach K-12 Independent Study
- Beacon Hill Christian Academy
- Bear Creek High
- Beaumont Senior High
- Bell Senior High
- Bellarmine College Preparatory
- Benicia High
- Benjamin Franklin Senior High
- Berean Christian High School
- Berkeley High
- Beverly Hills High
- Big Bear High
- Big Valley Jr. Sr. High
- Birmingham Community Charter High
- Bishop Alemany High School
- Bishop Amat Memorial High School
- Bishop Garcia Diego High School
- Bishop Montgomery High
- Bishop Mora Salesian
- Bishop Odowd High School
- Bishop Union High
- Bitney Prep High
- Blair Academy
- Blue Heron
- Blue Ridge Academy
- Bonita High
- Bonnie Academy
- Boys Academic Leadership Academy
- Branham High
- Brawley Union High
- Brea Olinda High
- Brentwood School
- Bret Harte Union High
- Bridge Academy
- Bridgepoint High
- Brookside Christian School
- Buchanan High
- Buena High
- Buhach Colony High
- Bullard High
- Burbank High
- Burlingame High
- Burroughs High (Burbank)
- Burroughs High (Ridgecrest)
C
- C. K. McClatchy High
- Cabrillo High
- Cajon High
- Calabasas High
- Calaveras High
- California Connections Academy North Bay
- California High
- California Lutheran High School
- California Military Institute
- California School For The Deaf-Fremont
- California School For The Deaf-Riverside
- California University Preparatory School
- Calvine High
- Cambridge High
- Campbell Hall School
- Campo High (Continuation)
- Campolindo High
- Canoga Park Senior High
- Cantwell Sacred Heart Of Mary
- Canyon Crest Academy
- Canyon High (Anaheim)
- Canyon High (Canyon Country)
- Capistrano Valley High
- Capuchino High
- Cardinal Newman High School
- Carlmont High
- Carlsbad High
- Carmel High
- Carmel Valley High
- Carondelet High School
- Carson Senior High
- Caruthers High
- Casa Grande High
- Casa Pacifica Nonpublic School
- Casa Roble Fundamental High
- Castaic High
- Castilleja School
- Castlemont High
- Castro Valley High
- Cate School
- Cathedral Catholic High School
- Cathedral City High
- Cathedral High School
- Ceiba College Preparatory Academy
- Centennial High (Bakersfield)
- Centennial High (Compton)
- Centennial High (Corona)
- Center High
- Central Catholic High School
- Central East High
- Central High
- Central Union High
- Central Valley Christian Academy
- Central Valley Christian Schools
- Central Valley High
- Ceres High
- Cerritos High
- Cesar Chavez High
- Chaffey High
- Chaminade College Preparatory-High School
- Champs - Charter HS Of Arts-Multimedia & Performing
- Channel Islands High
- Chaparral High
- Charter Oak High
- Chatsworth Charter High
- Chico High
- Chino High
- Chino Hills High
- Christian Brothers High School
- Christopher High
- Chula Vista Senior High
- Cis Academy
- Citrus High
- Citrus High (Continuation)
- Citrus Hill High
- Citrus Valley High
- City Honors International Preparatory High
- Cl Academy
- Clairemont High
- Claremont High
- Classical Academy High
- Clayton Valley Charter High
- Cloverdale High
- Clovis East High
- Clovis High
- Clovis North High
- Clovis West High
- Coast High
- Cobalt Institute Of Math And Science Academy
- Colema Academy
- Coleville High
- Colfax High
- College Park High
- Colony Basic Skills Alternative High
- Colony High
- Community High (Continuation)
- Compton High
- Concord High
- Contra Costa County Rop
- Contreras Learning Center-School Of Social Justice
- Convent & Stuart Hall Schools Of The Sacred Heart
- Corcoran High
- Corona Del Mar High
- Corona High
- Coronado High
- Costa Mesa High
- Cosumnes Oaks High
- Country Christian School
- Covina High
- Crean Lutheran High School
- Crenshaw Sci Tech Engr Math And Med Magnet
- Crescenta Valley High
- Crespi Carmelite High School
- Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High School
- Crossroads High (Alternative)
- Crystal Springs Uplands School
- Culver City High
- Cupertino High
- Cypress High
D
- Da Vinci Rise High
- Dana Hills High
- Davis Senior High
- De La Salle High School
- Death Valley High Academy
- Deer Valley High
- Del Campo High
- Del Norte High
- Del Oro High
- Delano High
- Delta High
- Denair High
- Desert Christian Academy
- Desert Oasis High (Continuation)
- Desert Sands Charter
- Destinations Academy
- Diablo Valley
- Diamond Bar High
- Diamond Ranch High
- Dinuba High
- Dixon High
- Dominguez High
- Don Antonio Lugo High
- Dos Palos High
- Dougherty Valley High
- Downey High
- Dublin High
E
- Eagle Rock High
- East Bakersfield High
- East Bay Innovation Academy
- East High (Continuation)
- East Nicolaus High
- East Union High
- Eastlake High
- Eastside High
- Edison High (Fresno)
- Edison High (Huntington Beach)
- Edison High (Stockton)
- Ednovate - Usc Hybrid High College Prep
- Ef Academy
- El Camino High (Oceanside)
- El Camino High (South San Francisco)
- El Camino Real Charter High
- El Capitan High (Lakeside)
- El Capitan High (Merced)
- El Cerrito High
- El Diamante High
- El Dorado High (Placentia)
- El Dorado High (Placerville)
- El Modena High
- El Rancho High
- El Segundo High
- El Toro High
- Eleanor Roosevelt High
- Elite Academy
- Elk Grove High
- Elm High
- Elsinore High
- Encina Preparatory High
- Enterprise High
- Envision Academy For Arts & Technology
- Epic Charter (Excellence Performance Innovation Citizenship)
- Ernest Righetti High
- Escalon High
- Escondido Charter High
- Esperanza High
- Estancia High
- Etiwanda High
- Eureka Senior High
- Everett Alvarez High
- Exeter Union High
F
- Fairfax Senior High
- Fairfield High
- Fairmont Private School
- Fairmont Private Schools Anaheim Hills
- Fall River Junior-Senior High
- Fallbrook High
- Feather River Academy
- Ferndale High
- Field Middle School
- Fillmore Senior High
- First Baptist Academy
- Flintridge Preparatory School
- Florin High
- Folsom High
- Fontana A. B. Miller High
- Fontana High
- Foothill High (Bakersfield)
- Foothill High (Pleasanton)
- Foothill High (Santa Ana)
- Foothill Preparatory School
- Foothill Technology High
- Foothills Christian High School
- Forest Charter
- Foresthill High
- Fortuna Union High
- Foundations Academy
- Fountain Valley High
- Francis Parker School
- Francis W Parker School
- Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High
- Franklin High (Elk Grove)
- Franklin High (Stockton)
- Fred C. Beyer High
- Frederick Kc Price Iii School
- Freedom High
- Fremont Christian School
- Fresno High
- Frontier High
- Fullerton Union High
- Fulton
- Fusion Academy-Huntington Beach
G
- Gabrielino High
- Gahr (Richard) High
- Ganesha High
- Garces Memorial High School
- Garden Grove High
- Gardena Senior High
- Gateway High
- Gateway To College High At Laney College
- George Washington Preparatory High
- Gilroy High
- Glen A. Wilson High
- Glendale High
- Glendora High
- Glory Heights Christian Academy
- Golden Valley High (Bakersfield)
- Golden Valley High (Merced)
- Golden Valley High (Santa Clarita)
- Golden West High
- Gonzales High
- Granada High
- Granada Hills Charter
- Granite Bay High
- Granite Hills High (Apple Valley)
- Granite Hills High (El Cajon)
- Grant Union High
- Great Oak High
- Greenfield High
- Grossmont High
- Grove
H
- H. Glenn Richardson
- Half Moon Bay High
- Hamilton
- Hamilton Community Day
- Hamilton High
- Hanford High
- Hanford West High
- Harbor High
- Harker
- Hart Rop
- Harvard-Westlake
- Hawthorne High
- Hayward High
- Head Royce School
- Headlands Preparatory School
- Healdsburg High
- Health Sciences High And Middle College
- Helix High
- Hemet High
- Henry High
- Henry J. Kaiser High
- Henry M. Gunn High
- Herbert Hoover High
- Hercules High
- Heritage Baptist Academy
- Heritage Christian School (Granada Hills)
- Heritage Christian School (Northridge)
- Heritage High
- Hesperia Christian School
- Hesperia High
- High Tech High
- High Tech High Mesa
- Highland High (Bakersfield)
- Highland High (Palmdale)
- Hillcrest Christian School
- Hillcrest High
- Hillsdale High
- Hilltop Senior High
- Hollister High
- Homestead High
- Hoover High
- Horace Mann Ucla Community
- Hueneme High
- Hughson High
- Huntington Beach High
I
J
- James A. Garfield Senior High
- James C. Enochs High
- James Logan High
- Jc Academy
- Jefferson High
- Jesuit High School
- Jewish Community High School Of The Bay
- John C. Fremont Senior High
- John C. Kimball High
- John F. Kennedy High (Fremont)
- John F. Kennedy High (Granada Hills)
- John F. Kennedy High (La Palma)
- John F. Kennedy High (Sacramento)
- John H. Francis Polytechnic
- John H. Glenn High
- John H. Pitman High
- John Marshall Senior High
- John Muir High
- John W. North High
- Jordan High
- Joseph A. Gregori High
- Jserra Catholic High School (San Juan Capistrano)
- Jserra Catholic High School (San Mateo)
- Julian High
- Junipero Serra High School
- Jurupa Hills High
- Justin Garza High
- Justin-Siena
K
L
- La Canada High
- La Costa Canyon High
- La Costa Valley Preschool & Kindergarten
- La Habra High
- La Jolla Country Day School
- La Jolla High
- La Mirada High
- La Quinta High
- La Salle College Preparatory
- La Serna High
- Laguna Beach High
- Laguna Blanca School
- Laguna Creek High
- Laguna High
- Laguna Hills High
- Lakeside High
- Lakewood High
- Lancaster High
- Las Lomas High
- Lassen High
- Lawndale High
- Leigh High
- Leland High
- Lemoore High
- Leuzinger High
- Liberty Christian School
- Liberty High (Bakersfield)
- Liberty High (Brentwood)
- Liberty Ranch High
- Lincoln (Abraham) High
- Lincoln High (Lincoln)
- Lincoln High (Stockton)
- Linden High
- Live Oak High
- Livermore High
- Lodi High
- Lompoc High
- Los Alamitos High
- Los Altos High (Hacienda Heights)
- Los Altos High (Los Altos)
- Los Angeles Academy Of Arts And Enterprise
- Los Angeles Senior High
- Los Gatos High
- Los Osos High
- Louisville High School
- Lowell High
- Loyalton High
- Lucerne Valley High
- Luther Burbank High
- Lynbrook High
- Lynwood High
M
- Madera South High
- Madison High
- Malibu High
- Manteca High
- Maranatha Christian School
- Maranatha Christian Schools
- Maranatha High School
- Maria Carrillo High
- Marin Academy
- Marin Catholic High School
- Marina High
- Marlborough School
- Martin Luther King Jr. High
- Mater Dei Catholic High School
- Mayfair High
- Mayfield Senior School
- McCloud High
- McClymonds High
- McFarland High School Early College
- McKinleyville High
- McLane High
- Menlo School
- Menlo-Atherton High
- Merced High
- Middletown High
- Midland School Corporation
- Milestones Montessori Of Lake Forest
- Millikan High
- Mills High
- Milpitas High
- Mira Costa High
- Mira Mesa High
- Miramonte High
- Mission Bay High
- Mission College Prep Catholic High School
- Mission Hills High
- Mission Lutheran School
- Mission Oak High
- Mission San Jose High
- Mission Viejo High
- Mission Vista Academy
- Mission Vista High
- Mit Academy
- Modesto Christian School
- Modesto High
- Monrovia High
- Monta Vista High
- Monte Vista
- Monte Vista High (Danville)
- Monte Vista High (Spring Valley)
- Monterey Trail High
- Montessori Academy Of Arcadia
- Montgomery High
- Montgomery Senior High
- Moorpark High
- Moreau Catholic High School
- Morro Bay High
- Morse High
- Mount Carmel Academy
- Mount Miguel High
- Mountain House High
- Mountain View High
- Mt. Carmel High
- Mt. Diablo High
- Mt. Sac Early College Academy At West Covina
- Mt. San Jacinto High
- Murrieta Mesa High
- Murrieta Valley High
N
- Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High
- Nevada Union High
- New Roads School
- Newark Memorial High
- Newbury Park High
- Newport Harbor High
- Nipomo High
- Nogales High
- Norco High
- Nordhoff High
- Norte Vista High
- North High (Bakersfield)
- North High (Torrance)
- North Hollywood Senior High
- North Tahoe High
- Northgate High
- Northridge Academy High
- Northview High
- Northwood High
- Norwalk High
- Notre Dame Academy Girls High School
- Notre Dame High School (Riverside)
- Notre Dame High School (Sherman Oaks)
- Novato High
- Nueva Vista Continuation High
O
- O'Connell (John) High
- Oak Grove High
- Oak Hill School
- Oak Hills High
- Oak Park High
- Oak Ridge High
- Oakdale High
- Oakland Charter High
- Oakland Technical High
- Oakland Unity High
- Oakmont High
- Oaks Christian School
- Ocasa College Prep
- Ocean View High
- Oceanside High
- Olympian High
- Ontario Christian School
- Ontario High
- Orange County Classical Academy
- Orange Glen High
- Orange High
- Orange Vista High
- Orangewood Academy
- Orestimba High
- Orland High
- Oroville High
- Otay Ranch Senior High
- Oxnard High
P
- Pacific Academy (Costa Mesa)
- Pacific Academy (Irvine)
- Pacific Baptist School
- Pacific Collegiate Charter
- Pacific Grove High
- Pacific High
- Pacific View Academy
- Pacifica Christian High School
- Pacifica Christian High School, Orange County
- Pacifica High (Garden Grove)
- Pacifica High (Oxnard)
- Palisades Charter High
- Palm Desert High
- Palm Springs High
- Palma School
- Palmdale High
- Palo Alto High
- Palo Verde High
- Paloma Valley High
- Palomar High
- Palos Verdes High
- Palos Verdes Peninsula High
- Paraclete High School
- Paramount High
- Pasadena High
- Paso Robles High
- Patterson High
- Peninsula High (Continuation)
- Pentecostal Way Of Truth School Academy
- Perris High
- Petaluma High
- Peter Johansen High
- Piedmont High
- Piedmont Hills High
- Pierce High
- Piner High
- Pinewood Private Of Los Altos
- Pinole Valley High
- Pioneer High (San Jose)
- Pioneer High (Whittier)
- Pioneer High (Woodland)
- Pioneer Programs-Community School Of San Diego Hig
- Pioneer Valley High
- Pittsburg Senior High
- Placer High
- Pleasant Grove High
- Pleasant Valley High
- Point Loma High
- Polytechnic High
- Polytechnic School
- Pomona High
- Ponderosa High
- Portola High
- Poway High
- Presentation High School
- Princeton Landing High (Cont)
- Prospect High
- Providence High School
- Providence School
R
- Ramona High
- Rancho Bernardo High
- Rancho Buena Vista High
- Rancho Campana High
- Rancho Christian School
- Rancho Cotate High
- Rancho Cucamonga High
- Rancho Verde High
- Rancho Vista High
- Raymond Granite High
- Red Bluff High
- Redlands East Valley High
- Redlands Senior High
- Redondo Beach Virtual Learning
- Redondo Union High
- Redwood High (Larkspur)
- Redwood High (Visalia)
- Reedley High
- Reseda Charter High
- Rialto High
- Ribet Academy
- Ridgeview High
- Rio Americano High
- Rio Hondo Prep
- Rio Mesa High
- Ripon Christian Schools
- Ripon High
- River City High
- River Oaks Academy
- River Valley High
- Riverside Preparatory
- Riverside Stem Academy
- Robert Fulton College Preparatory
- Rocklin High
- Rolling Hills Preparatory
- Roosevelt High
- Rosamond High Early College Campus
- Rosary Academy
- Rose & Alex Pilibos Armenian School
- Rosemont High
- Roseville High
- Royal High
- Ruben S. Ayala High
- Rubidoux High
S
- S.A.G.E. Academy
- Sacramento Baptist School
- Sacramento Country Day School
- Sacred Heart Elementary School
- Sacred Heart Schools Atherton
- Saddleback High
- Sage Creek High
- Salesian College Preparatory
- Salinas High
- Salisbury High (Continuation)
- San Antonio High (Continuation)
- San Benito County Opportunity
- San Bernardino High
- San Clemente High
- San Diego High
- San Diego Mission Academy
- San Diego Scpa
- San Dieguito HS Academy
- San Dimas High
- San Domenico School
- San Francisco Christian School
- San Francisco School
- San Francisco Schoolhouse
- San Francisco University High School
- San Gorgonio High
- San Jacinto High
- San Joaquin High (Continuation)
- San Joaquin Memorial High School
- San Jose High
- San Juan High
- San Juan Hills High
- San Leandro High
- San Lorenzo High
- San Lorenzo Valley High
- San Luis Obispo Classical Academy
- San Luis Obispo High
- San Marcos High
- San Marcos Senior High
- San Marin High
- San Marino High
- San Mateo High
- San Pasqual High
- San Pedro Senior High
- San Ramon Valley High
- Sanger High
- Santa Ana High
- Santa Barbara Senior High
- Santa Clarita Christian School
- Santa Cruz High
- Santa Fe Christian Schools
- Santa Fe High
- Santa Maria High
- Santa Monica High
- Santa Paula High
- Santa Rosa High
- Santa Teresa High
- Santa Ynez Valley Union High
- Santiago High
- Saugus High
- Sava - Sacramento Academic And Vocational Academy - Scusd
- Scale Leadership Academy - East
- Scotts Valley High
- Scripps Ranch High
- Scy High (Southern California Yeshiva High School)
- Seaside High
- Segerstrom High
- Selma High
- Sequoia High (Redwood City)
- Sequoia High (Visalia)
- Serrano High
- Servite High School
- Shadow Hills High
- Shafter High
- Shasta Charter Academy
- Shasta Collegiate Academy
- Shasta High
- Sheldon High
- Sierra High (Manteca)
- Sierra High (Tollhouse)
- Sierra Pacific High
- Sierra Vista High
- Silver Creek High
- Silverado High
- Simi Valley High
- Simi Valley Montessori School
- Skyline High
- Soledad High
- Sonoma Academy
- Sonoma Valley High
- Sonora High (La Habra)
- Sonora High (Sonora)
- Soquel High
- Sotomayor Arts And Sciences Magnet
- South East High
- South High
- South Hills High
- South Pasadena Senior High
- South San Francisco High
- South Tahoe High
- Southern California Montessori School
- Southern California Roc
- Southwest High
- Southwest Senior High
- Spring Academy
- St Andrew'S Academy
- St Anthony High School
- St Augustine High School
- St Bernard High School
- St Bernard'S Academy
- St Bonaventure High School
- St Catherine Laboure School
- St Francis Catholic High School
- St Francis High School (La Canada Flintridge)
- St Francis High School (Mountain View)
- St Francis High School Salesian College Prep
- St Genevieve High School
- St Ignatius College Preparatory
- St James Catholic School
- St John Bosco
- St John Of San Francisco Orthodox Academy
- St John'S Lutheran School
- St Joseph High School (Lakewood)
- St Joseph High School (Santa Maria)
- St Joseph Notre Dame High School
- St Lucys Priory High School
- St Margaret S Episcopal School
- St Mary'S Academy
- St Mary'S Catholic School
- St Mary'S College High School
- St Mary'S High School
- St Marys High School
- St Matthew Catholic School
- St Patrick Catholic School
- St Patrick-St Vincent High School
- St Paul High School
- St Pius X - St. Matthias High School
- St Rita School
- St Thomas More School
- St Vincent De Paul High School
- Stagg Senior High
- Stanford Online High School
- Stanislaus Academy
- Star Academy
- Steele Canyon High
- Stevenson School
- Stockdale High
- Stone Ridge Christian School
- Sultana High
- Summit High
- Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert
- Sunny Hills High
- Sunnyside High
- Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High
- Sutter County Special Education
- Sutter High
- Sweetwater High
T
- Taft Charter High
- Taft Union High
- Tahoe Truckee High
- Tamalpais High
- Tehachapi High
- Temecula Valley High
- Temescal Canyon High
- Templeton High
- Tennyson High
- Terra Nova High
- Tesoro High
- The Athenian School
- The Bay School Of San Francisco
- The Bishop'S School
- The Branson School
- The College Preparatory School
- The King'S Academy
- The Nueva School
- The Phillips Academy
- The Thacher School
- The Webb Schools
- Thomas Downey High
- Thousand Oaks High
- Tokay High
- Torrance High
- Torrey Pines High
- Total Child Preschool Learning Link Inc.
- Trabuco Hills High
- Trace
- Tracy Independent Study Charter
- Tri-City Christian School
- Trinity Knox Classical Academy
- Triton Academy
- Troy High
- Tulare Union High
- Tulare Western High
- Turlock High
- Tustin High
- Twelve Bridges High
U
V
- Vacaville High
- Vail High (Continuation)
- Valencia High (Placentia)
- Valencia High (Valencia)
- Valley Christian High School
- Valley College High
- Valley High (Continuation)
- Valley View High
- Vanden High
- Vasquez High
- Venice Senior High
- Ventura High
- Viewpoint School
- Villa Park High
- Village Christian School
- Vintage High
- Vista Del Lago High (Folsom)
- Vista Del Lago High (Moreno Valley)
- Vista Murrieta High
- Vista School
- Visual And Performing Arts At Legacy High School Complex
W
- Walnut High
- Warren (Earl) High
- Washington (George) High
- Washington High (Colton)
- Washington High (Fremont)
- Washington High (Fresno)
- Watsonville High
- Way Christian School
- Wells (Ida B.) High
- West Campus
- West Covina High
- West High
- West Hills High
- West Park High
- West Ranch High
- West Valley High
- Western High
- Westlake High
- Westmont High
- Westview High
- Westwood High
- Whitney (Gretchen) High
- Whitney High
- Whittier Christian School
- Whittier High
- William C. Overfelt High
- William J. (Pete) Knight High
- William S. Hart High
- Willow Glen High
- Willows High
- Wilmer Amina Carter High
- Wilson High
- Windsor High
- Windward School
- Winston School
- Woodbridge High
- Woodcreek High
- Woodland Christian School
- Woodrow Wilson Senior High
- Woodside High
- Woodside Priory School
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