Best Elementary Schools in California

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the CAST and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 5862)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
060962000989	4081	Longfellow Elementary	Public	K-8	1101 South Dwight St.	Compton	90220	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6460	474	19	25	94.3%	3 (0.6%)	91 (19.2%)	368 (77.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.3%)	4 (0.8%)								28.3	30.2	3874	207
062865004435	4082	Lampson Elementary	Public	K-5	13321 Lampson Ave.	Garden Grove	92840	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 997-6153	582	18	32.1	90.4%	15 (2.6%)	5 (0.9%)	492 (84.5%)	57 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.1%)	$5,614							28.3	37	3347	735
062271002862	4083	Breed Street Elementary	Public	K-6	2226 East Third St.	Los Angeles	90033	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 269-4343	270	15	18	97.4%	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	263 (97.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$11,838							28.3	17.3	5124	1041
061392010362	4084	Chaparral Academy of Technology	Public	K-5	14000 Shadow Dr.	Fontana	92337	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5450	242	16	15.4	93.0%	8 (3.3%)	9 (3.7%)	212 (87.6%)	6 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)								28.2	24.1	4443	359
060285014525	4085	Thomas Gaines Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	K-8	4730 Sterling Hills Dr.	Antioch	94531	Contra Costa County	Antioch Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(925) 779-7640	291	19	15.2	83.5%	31 (10.7%)	85 (29.2%)	114 (39.2%)	25 (8.6%)	3 (1.0%)	17 (5.8%)	16 (5.5%)								28.2	22.5	4608	523
060240614327	4086	Connecting Waters Charter School - Central Valley	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2000 West Briggsmore Ave.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Connecting Waters Charter School - Central Valley District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 874-1119	708	40	17.6	48.7%	244 (34.5%)	10 (1.4%)	352 (49.7%)	27 (3.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (10.2%)								28.2	28.9	3988	98
063441005658	4087	Parks (Rosa) Elementary	Public	K-5	1501 O'Farrell St.	San Francisco	94115	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 749-3519	344	19	17.6	59.3%	33 (9.6%)	67 (19.5%)	90 (26.2%)	62 (18.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	88 (25.6%)	$6,103							28.2	43.7	2910	1177
060002213773	4088	Mendota Elementary	Public	K-6	605 Bass Ave.	Mendota	93640	Fresno County	Mendota Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 655-2014	844	35	24.1	98.9%	14 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	821 (97.3%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	$12,696							28.2	30.2	3876	212
062271003218	4089	Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary	Public	K-5	1109 West 96th St.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 756-1466	749	36	20.8	98.8%	7 (0.9%)	175 (23.4%)	543 (72.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	21 (2.8%)	$9,496							28.2	18.4	5008	919
063237007622	4090	Sam V. Curtis Elementary	Public	K-5	451 South Lilac Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 421-7366	671	29	23	86.9%	15 (2.2%)	42 (6.3%)	595 (88.7%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.5%)	$7,105							28.2	27.7	4109	19

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics, CAST Science test scores released by the California Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the California Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the California Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.