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)
063942006559	631	Hickory Elementary	Public	K-5	2800 West 227th St.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4672	815	31	26	16.0%	101 (12.4%)	30 (3.7%)	156 (19.1%)	439 (53.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	88 (10.8%)	$4,691							91.1	91.7	594	37
061584002000	632	Gravenstein Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	3840 Twig Ave.	Sebastopol	95472	Sonoma County	Gravenstein Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 823-5361	448	25	18.1	31.5%	273 (60.9%)	2 (0.4%)	108 (24.1%)	16 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.9%)	$8,710							91	88.4	800	168
060627000550	633	William Brooks Elementary	Public	K-5	3610 Park Dr.	El Dorado Hills	95762	El Dorado County	Buckeye Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 933-6618	365	15	24.3	18.1%	245 (67.1%)	6 (1.6%)	55 (15.1%)	28 (7.7%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	28 (7.7%)	$9,315							91	91	640	7
068450014114	634	Eastwood Elementary	Public	K-6	99 Meander	Irvine	92620	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-8100	624	24	26	13.9%	103 (16.5%)	7 (1.1%)	50 (8.0%)	405 (64.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (9.1%)								90.9	90.6	668	34
062235002673	635	Loma Prieta Elementary	Public	K-5	23800 Summit Rd.	Los Gatos	95033	Santa Clara County	Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 353-1106	266	11	24.3	10.2%	166 (62.4%)	1 (0.4%)	55 (20.7%)	11 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (12.4%)	$13,261							90.9	89.7	729	94
060002908565	636	Cole Canyon Elementary	Public	K-5	23750 Via Alisol	Murrieta	92562	Riverside County	Murrieta Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 696-1421	1,047	39	27.1	33.0%	521 (49.8%)	18 (1.7%)	346 (33.0%)	58 (5.5%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	100 (9.6%)								90.9	87.7	837	201
060190410870	637	Larchmont Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1265 North Fairfax Ave.	West Hollywood	90046	Los Angeles County	Larchmont Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 656-6418	1,620	71	22.8	47.8%	578 (35.7%)	71 (4.4%)	421 (26.0%)	368 (22.7%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	180 (11.1%)								90.9	89.8	724	87
060985011245	638	Temescal Valley Elementary	Public	K-6	22950 Claystone Ave.	Corona	92883	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 736-7110	935	34	27.5	61.6%	302 (32.3%)	66 (7.1%)	377 (40.3%)	126 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.5%)	59 (6.3%)	$7,881							90.9	83	1055	417
063386005317	639	Valencia Elementary	Public	K-6	25661 Paseo de Valencia	Laguna Hills	92653	Orange County	Saddleback Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 830-3650	538	21	25.2	23.8%	280 (52.0%)	5 (0.9%)	115 (21.4%)	70 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (12.6%)	$5,348							90.9	90.3	691	52
062577003857	640	Gussie M. Baker Elementary	Public	K-5	4845 Bucknall Rd.	San Jose	95130	Santa Clara County	Moreland	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 874-3200	453	21	21.5	16.6%	106 (23.4%)	10 (2.2%)	81 (17.9%)	188 (41.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (14.6%)	$5,816							90.9	93.2	491	149

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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.