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)
060002808271	661	Abby Reinke Elementary	Public	K-5	43799 Sunny Meadows Dr.	Temecula	92592	Riverside County	Temecula Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 302-6610	618	27	22.8	21.2%	298 (48.2%)	18 (2.9%)	183 (29.6%)	42 (6.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (12.1%)	$9,985							90.6	84.9	963	302
060474008119	662	John Muir Elementary	Public	K-5	2955 Claremont Ave.	Berkeley	94705	Alameda County	Berkeley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 644-6410	263	14	18.7	30.4%	123 (46.8%)	31 (11.8%)	39 (14.8%)	26 (9.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (16.0%)	$9,551							90.6	82.9	1060	398
062712004093	663	Newcastle Elementary	Public	K-8	8951 Valley View Dr.	Newcastle	95658	Placer County	Newcastle Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 663-3307	151	11	14.3	25.2%	104 (68.9%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (10.6%)	$13,548							90.6	86.2	908	245
060003204957	664	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	2223 Plant Ave.	Redondo Beach	90278	Los Angeles County	Redondo Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 798-8646	592	26	23.2	14.7%	273 (46.1%)	13 (2.2%)	96 (16.2%)	112 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	96 (16.2%)	$10,032							90.6	92.2	560	104
063432005422	665	Birney Elementary	Public	K-5	4345 Campus Ave.	San Diego	92103	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 497-3500	501	21	23.8	39.7%	166 (33.1%)	49 (9.8%)	189 (37.7%)	12 (2.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	82 (16.4%)	$7,459							90.5	91.6	597	68
064015007203	666	Peters Canyon Elementary	Public	K-5	26900 Peters Canyon Rd.	Tustin	92782	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7540	471	19	25.4	18.5%	87 (18.5%)	7 (1.5%)	104 (22.1%)	211 (44.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (13.0%)	$10,154							90.5	89.4	746	80
061062001181	667	Pioneer Elementary	Public	K-6	5215 Hamel St.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5480	582	24	24.7	16.3%	249 (42.8%)	22 (3.8%)	78 (13.4%)	156 (26.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	74 (12.7%)								90.5	93	501	166
062724007194	668	Maude B. Davis Elementary	Public	K-6	1050 Arlington Dr.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange County	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 424-7930	545	22	24.6	28.6%	237 (43.5%)	3 (0.6%)	170 (31.2%)	49 (9.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (15.4%)								90.5	92.3	551	117
063384005290	669	William Land Elementary	Public	K-6	2120 12th St.	Sacramento	95818	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4890	351	16	21.9	54.7%	33 (9.4%)	15 (4.3%)	72 (20.5%)	180 (51.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (14.0%)	$7,091							90.5	90.8	654	15
062308003517	670	Branch Elementary	Public	K-6	970 School Rd.	Arroyo Grande	93420	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 474-3720	244	11	21.8	36.5%	153 (62.7%)	1 (0.4%)	66 (27.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (9.0%)	$4,968							90.5	89.1	762	92

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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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Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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