While California’s 77 selections and 24 No. 1s are clearly the best, the Golden State’s domination also finds the city of Long Beach with more than a third of those selections (28) and almost half of the No. 1s (11)…
California swept the rankings 3 times in the 3-deep era… Only California (’96, ’97, ’06) and Texas (’08) have come close to a sweep in the 5-deep era (’95–present), each with 4 of the top 5…
Aside from Poly and Wilson, 4 schools have more than 5 selections: Hawthorne (California) 7, Logan (Union City, California) 6, Skyline (Dallas) 6 and Westbury (Houston) 6… Hawthorne (3) and DeSoto (2) are also the only additional ones to join the Long Beach with multiple No. 1s.
| 1978 |
| 1 |
Jordan, Los Angeles, California |
| 2 |
Hill, San José, California |
| 3 |
Trimble Tech, Ft. Worth, Texas |
| 1979 |
| 1 |
Marshall, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2 |
Trimble Tech, Ft. Worth, Texas |
| 3 |
Westchester, Los Angeles, California |
| 1980 |
| 1 |
Kennedy, Granada Hills, California |
| 2 |
Berkeley, California |
| 3 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 1981 |
| 1 |
Berkeley, California |
| 2 |
Dorsey, Los Angeles, California |
| 3 |
Kennedy, Granada Hills, California |
| 1982 |
| 1 |
Dorsey, Los Angeles, California |
| 2 |
Berkeley, California |
| 3 |
Hawthorne, California |
| 1983 |
| 1 |
Smiley, Houston, Texas |
| 2 |
Hawthorne, California |
| 3 |
Texas, Texarkana, Texas |
| 1984 |
| 1 |
Hawthorne, California |
| 2 |
Central, Trenton, New Jersey |
| 3 |
Muir, Pasadena, California |
| 1985 |
| 1 |
Hawthorne, California |
| 2 |
Muir, Pasadena, California |
| 3 |
Smiley, Houston, Texas |
| 1986 |
| 1 |
South Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas |
| 2 |
Sterling, Houston, Texas |
| 3 |
Hawthorne, California |
| 1987 |
| 1 |
Hawthorne, California |
| 2 |
Ball, Galveston, Texas |
| 3 |
Kimball, Dallas, Texas |
| 1988 |
| 1 |
Carter, Dallas, Texas |
| 2 |
Hawthorne, California |
| 3 |
South Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas |
| 1989 |
| 1 |
Sterling, Houston, Texas |
| 2 |
Carter, Dallas, Texas |
| 3 |
Marshall, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1990 |
| 1 |
Muir, Pasadena, California |
| 2 |
Sterling, Houston, Texas |
| 3 |
Bakersfield, California |
| 1991 |
| 1 |
Morningside, Inglewood, California |
| 2 |
Kimball, Dallas, Texas |
| 3 |
Jasper, Texas |
| 1992 |
| 1 |
Madison, Dallas, Texas |
| 2 |
Morningside, Inglewood, California |
| 3 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 1993 |
| 1 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 2 |
Skyline, Oakland, California |
| 3 |
Temple, Texas |
| 1994 |
| 1 |
Wilson, Long Beach, California |
| 2 |
Skyline, Oakland, California |
| 3 |
Carter, Dallas, Texas |
| 1995 |
| 1 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 2 |
Wilson, Long Beach, California |
| 3 |
Carter, Dallas, Texas |
| 4 |
Logan, Union City, California |
| 5 |
Washington, Denver, Colorado |
| 1996 |
| 1 |
Logan, Union City, California |
| 2 |
Wilson, Long Beach, California |
| 3 |
St. Bernard, Playa del Rey, California |
| 4 |
Morningside, Inglewood, California |
| 5 |
Gratz, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1997 |
| 1 |
St. Bernard, Playa del Rey, California |
| 2 |
Westbury, Houston, Texas |
| 3 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 4 |
Logan, Union City, California |
| 5 |
Wilson, Long Beach, California |
| 1998 |
| 1 |
Westbury, Houston, Texas |
| 2 |
Montclair, New Jersey |
| 3 |
St. Bernard, Playa del Rey, California |
| 4 |
Skyline, Oakland, California |
| 5 |
Wilson, Long Beach, California |
| 1999 |
| 1 |
San Lorenzo, California |
| 2 |
Westbury, Houston, Texas |
| 3 |
Richardson, Texas |
| 4 |
Wilson, Long Beach, California |
| 5 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 2000 |
| 1 |
St. Thomas Aquinas, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida |
| 2 |
Berkeley, California |
| 3 |
North, Riverside, California |
| 4 |
Westbury, Houston, Texas |
| 5 |
Palm Beach Lakes, West Palm Beach, Florida |
| 2001 |
| 1 |
Wilson, Long Beach, California |
| 2 |
North, Riverside, California |
| 3 |
Lamar, Houston, Texas |
| 4 |
Reagan, Austin, Texas |
| 5 |
Ball, Galveston, Texas |
| 2002 |
| 1 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 2 |
Elsik, Alief, Texas |
| 3 |
Peoria, Arizona |
| 4 |
Roosevelt, Greenbelt, Maryland |
| 5 |
Logan, Union City, California |
| 2003 |
| 1 |
Elsik, Alief, Texas |
| 2 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 3 |
Wilson, Long Beach, California |
| 4 |
Skyline, Dallas, Texas |
| 5 |
Northrop, Ft. Wayne, Indiana |
| 2004 |
| 1 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 2 |
Skyline, Dallas, Texas |
| 3 |
Logan, Union City, California |
| 4 |
Wilson, Long Beach, California |
| 5 |
North Shore, Houston, Texas |
| 2005 |
| 1 |
Skyline, Dallas, Texas |
| 2 |
Wilson, Long Beach, California |
| 3 |
West, Tracy, California |
| 4 |
Evers, Brooklyn, New York |
| 5 |
MacArthur, Houston, Texas |
| 2006 |
| 1 |
Wilson, Long Beach, California |
| 2 |
Logan, Union City, California |
| 3 |
Rancho Verde, Moreno Valley, California |
| 4 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 5 |
Taylor, Alief, Texas |
| 2007 |
| 1 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 2 |
Rancho Verde, Moreno Valley, California |
| 3 |
Wilson, Long Beach, California |
| 4 |
Skyline, Dallas, Texas |
| 5 |
Lancaster, Texas |
| 2008 |
| 1 |
Dunbar, Ft. Worth, Texas |
| 2 |
Skyline, Dallas, Texas |
| 3 |
Elsik, Alief, Texas |
| 4 |
Westbury, Houston, Texas |
| 5 |
Landstown, Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| 2009 |
| 1 |
Roosevelt, Greenbelt, Maryland |
| 2 |
Skyline, Dallas, Texas |
| 3 |
Marshall, Missouri City, Texas |
| 4 |
Withrow, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 5 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 2010 |
| 1 |
Rancho Verde, Moreno Valley, California |
| 2 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 3 |
Westbury, Houston, Texas |
| 4 |
Columbia, Maplewood, New Jersey |
| 5 |
St. Mary’s, Inglewood, California |
| 2011 |
| 1 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 2 |
Anderson, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida |
| 3 |
Lake Wales, Florida |
| 4 |
Garland, Texas |
| 5 |
Western Branch, Chesapeake, Virginia |
| 2012 |
| 1 |
King, Lithonia, Georgia |
| 2 |
Anderson, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida |
| 3 |
Garland, Texas |
| 4 |
Lancaster, Texas |
| 5 |
Serra, Gardena, California |
| 2013 |
| 1 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 2 |
Westlake, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 3 |
Garland, Texas |
| 4 |
Anderson, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida |
| 5 |
Chandler, Arizona |
| 2014 |
| 1 |
Poly, Long Beach, California |
| 2 |
McEachern, Powder Springs, Georgia |
| 3 |
St. Thomas Aquinas, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida |
| 4 |
Westlake, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 5 |
Northwestern, Miami, Florida |
| 2015 |
| 1 |
DeSoto, Texas |
| 2 |
Northwestern, Miami, Florida |
| 3 |
Oaks, Westlake Village, California |
| 4 |
Judson, Converse, Texas |
| 5 |
Cypress Springs, Cypress, Texas |
| 2016 |
| 1 |
DeSoto, Texas |
| 2 |
Carson, California |
| 3 |
Nansemond River, Suffolk, Virginia |
| 4 |
Cypress Springs, Cypress, Texas |
| 5 |
Cedar Hill, Texas |
| 2017 |
| 1 |
Bullis, Potomac, Maryland |
| 2 |
Horn, Mesquite, Texas |
| 3 |
North, McKinney, Texas |
| 4 |
Cypress Springs, Cypress, Texas |
| 5 |
Western Branch, Chesapeake, Virginia |
| 2018 |
| 1 |
Western Branch, Chesapeake, Virginia |
| 2 |
Nansemond River, Suffolk, Virginia |
| 3 |
DeSoto, Texas |
| 4 |
Buford, Georgia |
| 5 |
Bullis, Potomac, Maryland |
| 2019 |
| 1 |
DeSoto |
Texas |
| 2 |
Buford |
Georgia |
| 3 |
Summer Creek |
Houston, Texas |
| 4 |
Northwestern |
Miami, Florida |
| 5 |
St. Thomas Aquinas |
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida |
| 2021 |
| 1 |
Seven Lakes |
Katy, Texas |
| 2 |
Reagan |
San Antonio, Texas |
| 3 |
Bullis |
Potomac, Maryland |
| 4 |
Renaissance |
Detroit, Michigan |
| 5 |
DeSoto |
Texas |
| 2022 |
| 1 |
Westlake |
Atlanta, Georgia |
| 2 |
Bush |
Richmond, Texas |
| 3 |
East |
Plano, Texas |
| 4 |
Southridge |
Miami, Florida |
| 5 |
Bullis |
Potomac, Maryland |
| 2023 |
| 1 |
Bullis |
Potomac, Maryland |
| 2 |
Southridge |
Miami, Florida |
| 3 |
Klein Forest |
Houston, Texas |
| 4 |
Carson |
California |
| 5 |
Duncanville |
Texas |