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)
060297000231	421	Holly Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	360 West Duarte Rd.	Arcadia	91007	Los Angeles County	Arcadia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 821-8355	781	32	24.4	47.4%	47 (6.0%)	16 (2.0%)	137 (17.5%)	526 (67.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	50 (6.4%)	$11,357							94.1	92.1	566	145
060003204950	422	Alta Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	815 Knob Hill Ave.	Redondo Beach	90277	Los Angeles County	Redondo Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 798-8650	551	25	22.4	10.9%	244 (44.3%)	11 (2.0%)	120 (21.8%)	90 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (15.6%)	$10,113							94.1	91.2	624	202
064104007280	423	Sixth Street Prep	Public, Charter	K-6	15476 Sixth St.	Victorville	92395	San Bernardino County	Victor Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 241-0962	228	10	22.8	74.6%	19 (8.3%)	18 (7.9%)	180 (78.9%)	7 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	$11,740							94.1	93	502	79
061296003826	424	Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary	Public	K-5	6989 Kenyon Way	Alta Loma	91701	San Bernardino County	Etiwanda Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 989-6120	863	35	24.5	31.3%	152 (17.6%)	31 (3.6%)	255 (29.5%)	346 (40.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	78 (9.0%)	$5,989							94.1	92.3	555	131
060987001070	425	Coronado Village Elementary	Public	K-5	600 Sixth St.	Coronado	92118	San Diego County	Coronado Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 522-8919	778	32	24.6	15.6%	470 (60.4%)	12 (1.5%)	174 (22.4%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	114 (14.7%)	$8,992							94.1	91.9	580	155
064015010995	426	Hicks Canyon Elementary	Public	K-5	3817 Viewpark	Irvine	92602	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 734-1878	859	32	26.5	34.0%	166 (19.3%)	12 (1.4%)	115 (13.4%)	470 (54.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	94 (10.9%)	$10,510							94.1	93.1	495	69
061350001544	427	San Onofre Elementary	Public	K-8	200 Pate Rd.	San Clemente	92672	Orange County	Fallbrook Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 731-4360	526	27	19.4	62.9%	285 (54.2%)	25 (4.8%)	151 (28.7%)	14 (2.7%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	44 (8.4%)	$7,764							94.1	87.4	851	424
062718011329	428	Pico Canyon Elementary	Public	K-6	25255 Pico Canyon Rd.	Stevenson Ranch	91381	Los Angeles County	Newhall	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 291-4080	834	32	26	33.6%	246 (29.5%)	17 (2.0%)	226 (27.1%)	243 (29.1%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	96 (11.5%)	$8,451							94	94.1	422	6
063597010910	429	Tesoro del Valle Elementary	Public	K-6	29171 Bernardo Way	Valencia	91354	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5380	522	20	26.1	30.3%	169 (32.4%)	26 (5.0%)	119 (22.8%)	142 (27.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	62 (11.9%)	$9,964							94	94.5	387	42
063513005960	430	Vista Grande Elementary	Public	K-5	667 Diablo Rd.	Danville	94526	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 314-1000	545	22	24.5	4.4%	335 (61.5%)	2 (0.4%)	40 (7.3%)	93 (17.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (13.6%)	$7,395							94	95.2	344	86

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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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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.