Outstanding California Schools

Here are the California high schools that were among the 271 junior high, middle and high schools named Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Education in its annual search for outstanding schools:

Cate School, Carpinteria; Claremont High, Claremont; Clovis High, Clovis; Gretchen Whitney High, Cerritos; Homestead High, Cupertino; James Logan High, Union City; Los Gatos High, Los Gatos; Menlo-Atherton High, Atherton; Miramonte High, Orinda; Mission San Jose High, Fremont; Orange Glen High, Escondido; Palo Alto High, Palo Alto; Southwest High, San Diego; Torrey Pines High, Leucadia; University High, Irvine; Vacaville High, Vacaville; Valley High, Sacramento; Woodbridge High, Irvine.