| County | District | School | Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda | Alameda City Unified | Lincoln Middle | Middle |
| Alameda | Albany City Unified | Albany High | High |
| Alameda | Fremont Unified | Mission San Jose High | High |
| Alameda | Oakland Unified | American Indian Public Charter | Middle |
| Alameda | Oakland Unified | American Indian Public Charter School II | Middle |
| Alameda | Oakland Unified | American Indian Public High | High |
| Alameda | Oakland Unified | KIPP Bridge Charter | Middle |
| Alameda | Oakland Unified | Montera Middle | Middle |
| Alameda | San Lorenzo Unified | KIPP Summit Academy | Middle |
| Contra Costa | Antioch Unified | Dozier-Libbey Medical High* | High |
| Contra Costa | Brentwood Union Elementary | William B. Bristow Middle | Middle |
| El Dorado | Pollock Pines Elementary | Sierra Ridge Middle | Middle |
| Fresno | Fresno Unified | University High | High |
| Fresno | Riverdale Joint Unified | Riverdale High | High |
| Kern | Delano Joint Union High | Cesar E. Chavez High | High |
| Kern | Delano Joint Union High | Delano High | High |
| Kern | Kern Union High | Centennial High | High |
| Kern | Rosedale Union Elementary | Rosedale Middle | Middle |
| Kern | Sierra Sands Unified | Burroughs High* | High |
| Lake | Lakeport Unified | Clear Lake High | High |
| Los Angeles | ABC Unified | Gretchen Whitney High | High |
| Los Angeles | Culver City Unified | Culver City High | High |
| Los Angeles | El Rancho Unified | Rivera Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | El Segundo Unified | El Segundo High | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Bright Star Secondary Charter Academy | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Granada Hills Charter High | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | ICEF Vista Middle Academy | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Port of Los Angeles High | High |
| Los Angeles | Manhattan Beach Unified | Mira Costa High | High |
| Los Angeles | Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified | Palos Verdes Intermediate | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Pasadena Unified | Blair High | High |
| Los Angeles | South Pasadena Unified | South Pasadena Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Torrance Unified | Calle Mayor Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Torrance Unified | Jefferson Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Torrance Unified | Torrance High | High |
| Los Angeles | Walnut Valley Unified | Suzanne Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | West Covina Unified | Hollencrest Middle | Middle |
| Madera | Alview-Dairyland Union Elementary | Dairyland Elementary | Middle |
| Marin | Shoreline Unified | Tomales High | High |
| Marin | Tamalpais Union High | Redwood High | High |
| Modoc | Modoc Joint Unified | Modoc Middle | Middle |
| Mono | Mammoth Unified | Mammoth High | High |
| Napa | Calistoga Joint Unified | Calistoga Junior-Senior High | High |
| Orange | Anaheim Union High | Oxford Academy | High |
| Orange | Brea-Olinda Unified | Brea-Olinda High | High |
| Orange | Capistrano Unified | Ladera Ranch Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Capistrano Unified | Newhart Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Orange Unified | Santiago Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified | Col. J. K. Tuffree Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Tustin Unified | Arnold O. Beckman High | High |
| Placer | Placer Union High | Del Oro High | High |
| Riverside | Desert Sands Unified | Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle | Middle |
| Riverside | Desert Sands Unified | La Quinta High | High |
| Riverside | Lake Elsinore Unified | David A. Brown Middle | Middle |
| Riverside | Riverside Unified | Amelia Earhart Middle | Middle |
| Riverside | Riverside Unified | Matthew Gage Middle | Middle |
| Sacramento | Elk Grove Unified | Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle | Middle |
| Sacramento | Galt Joint Union Elementary | McCaffrey Middle | Middle |
| Sacramento | Natomas Unified | Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep | High |
| Sacramento | Sacramento City Unified | Sutter Middle | Middle |
| San Bernardino | Bear Valley Unified | Big Bear High | High |
| San Bernardino | Chino Valley Unified | Ruben S. Ayala High | High |
| San Bernardino | Etiwanda Elementary | Day Creek Intermediate | Middle |
| San Bernardino | San Bernardino City Unified | Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy | Middle |
| San Diego | Coronado Unified | Coronado High* | High |
| San Diego | Lakeside Union Elementary | River Valley Charter | High |
| San Diego | Poway Unified | Oak Valley Middle | Middle |
| San Diego | Ramona Unified | Ramona High*† | High |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | Albert Einstein Academy Middle | Middle |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | Mira Mesa High *† | High |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | Preuss School UCSD | High |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | San Diego International Studies | High |
| San Diego | San Dieguito Union High | Diegueno Middle | Middle |
| San Diego | San Dieguito Union High | San Dieguito High Academy* | High |
| San Diego | San Marcos Unified | Mission Hills High† | High |
| San Diego | Sweetwater Union High | Rancho del Rey Middle | Middle |
| San Diego | Valley Center-Pauma Unified | Valley Center Middle | Middle |
| San Francisco | San Francisco Unified | KIPP Bayview Academy | Middle |
| San Francisco | San Francisco Unified | Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts | High |
| San Joaquin | Lodi Unified | Elkhorn School | Middle |
| San Joaquin | Lodi Unified | Middle College High | High |
| San Joaquin | Stockton Unified | Aspire Langston Hughes Academy | Middle |
| San Luis Obispo | Coast Unified | Coast Union High | High |
| San Mateo | Hillsborough City Elementary | Crocker Middle | Middle |
| San Mateo | Las Lomitas Elementary | La Entrada Middle | Middle |
| San Mateo | Portola Valley Elementary | Corte Madera | Middle |
| Santa Clara | Evergreen Elementary | Chaboya Middle | Middle |
| Santa Clara | Moreland Elementary | Moreland Middle | Middle |
| Santa Clara | Union Elementary | Dartmouth Middle | Middle |
| Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz City High | Harbor High | High |
| Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz City High | Santa Cruz High | High |
| Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz County Office of Ed | Pacific Collegiate Charter | High |
| Shasta | Shasta Union High | Shasta High | High |
| Solano | Dixon Unified | Dixon High | High |
| Sonoma | Healdsburg Unified | Healdsburg Junior High | Middle |
| Sonoma | Santa Rosa City Schools | Santa Rosa High* | High |
| Sutter | East Nicolaus Joint Union High | East Nicolaus High | High |
| Ventura | Conejo Valley Unified | Sequoia Middle | Middle |
* These schools also received an additional award for their Exemplary Career Technical Education Program.
† These schools joined the 2011 California Distinguished Schools Recognition Program in May 2011.