These Public or Charter High Schools were voted the Bay Area’s 2022 Best of the Best by Bay Area Parent readers. Read the full list of winners here.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Willow Glen High. Striving to prepare students to be thinkers, leaders and creators, it offers 13 Advanced Placement classes, a University Express program, Honors courses and more. San Jose. wghs.sjusd.org.
Silver: Pioneer High School. San Jose. pioneer.sjusd.org.
Bronze: Leigh High School. San Jose. leigh.cuhsd.org.
Peninsula
Gold: Carlmont High School. Its mission is to provide a supportive learning environment that helps all students be successful in academics and careers.Belmont. carlmonths.org.
Silver: Sequoia High School. Redwood City. sequoiahs.org.
Silver: Hillsdale High School. San Mateo. smuhsd.org/hillsdalehigh.
Bronze: Woodside High School. Woodside. woodsidehs.org.
San Francisco and Marin
Gold: Lowell High School. It is ranked one of the highest performing high schools in California and has been recognized four times as a National Blue Ribbon School, eight times as a California Distinguished School and once as a Gold Ribbon School. San Francisco. sfusd.edu/school/lowell-high-school.
Silver: George Washington High School. San Francisco. sfusd.edu/school/george-washington-high-school.
Bronze: Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts. San Francisco. sfusd.edu/school/ruth-asawa-san-francisco-school-arts.
East Bay
Gold: San Ramon Valley High School. This National Blue Ribbon School aims to provide an education that fosters the intellectual, physical and social development of each student. Danville. srvhs.schoolloop.com.
Silver: Castro Valley High School. Castro Valley. cvhs.cv.k12.ca.us.
Bronze: Monte Vista High School. Danville. mvhs.schoolloop.com.