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)
062025002634	2591	Sweetwater Springs Elementary	Public	K-6	10129 Austin Dr.	Spring Valley	91977	San Diego County	La Mesa-Spring Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 668-5895	435	17	25.5	69.2%	76 (17.5%)	51 (11.7%)	230 (52.9%)	32 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (10.6%)	$5,833							49.2	42.8	2954	363
063867006501	2592	Standiford Elementary	Public	K-5	605 Tokay Ave.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Sylvan Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-5400	396	22	17.9	69.4%	95 (24.0%)	24 (6.1%)	210 (53.0%)	35 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	30 (7.6%)								49.2	49.5	2561	31
063360010034	2593	Ferris Spanger Elementary	Public	K-5	699 Shasta St.	Roseville	95678	Placer County	Roseville City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 771-1820	305	18	17.4	60.7%	169 (55.4%)	7 (2.3%)	94 (30.8%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (9.5%)								49.2	53.8	2349	244
061233005016	2594	Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary	Public	K-6	7000 Cranleigh Ave.	Sacramento	95823	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 688-8586	674	26	25.9	55.0%	34 (5.0%)	136 (20.2%)	188 (27.9%)	208 (30.9%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (2.1%)	93 (13.8%)	$6,872							49.1	42.8	2963	369
063237012561	2595	Nancy R. Kordyak Elementary	Public	K-5	4580 Mango Ave.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 421-4203	608	29	20.9	56.1%	65 (10.7%)	41 (6.7%)	454 (74.7%)	31 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	15 (2.5%)	$8,204							49.1	47.2	2682	87
063432005571	2596	Whitman Elementary	Public	K-6	4050 Appleton St.	San Diego	92117	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 935-2900	89	7	12.7	74.2%	10 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (67.4%)	8 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (11.2%)	$13,042							49.1	34.5	3541	945
062274008219	2597	Westside Union Elementary	Public	K-6	659 K St.	Los Banos	93635	Merced County	Los Banos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 827-9390	585	23	25.4	61.4%	80 (13.7%)	18 (3.1%)	458 (78.3%)	18 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	7 (1.2%)	$8,934							49.1	55.5	2257	340
060237913747	2598	Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep	Public, Charter	K-5	70 South Jackson Ave.	San Jose	95116	Santa Clara County	Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(877) 806-0920	560	18	31.1	75.4%	9 (1.6%)	4 (0.7%)	441 (78.8%)	98 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)								49.1	38.8	3230	632
060015811816	2599	Sandra Tovar Medeiros Elementary	Public	K-6	651 West Springer Dr.	Turlock	95382	Stanislaus County	Turlock Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 668-9600	751	33	22.7	52.5%	266 (35.4%)	22 (2.9%)	334 (44.5%)	72 (9.6%)	6 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	48 (6.4%)	$9,704							49.1	59.9	2057	542
061527001958	2600	Stanton Elementary	Public	K-5	725 South Vecino Ave.	Glendora	91740	Los Angeles County	Glendora Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 852-4604	545	24	22.7	65.3%	80 (14.7%)	12 (2.2%)	364 (66.8%)	59 (10.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.0%)	$6,571							49.1	62	1958	642

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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.