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)
063459001538	151	Williams Elementary	Public	K-5	1150 Rajkovich Way	San Jose	95120	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6196	539	22	24.5	6.3%	121 (22.4%)	3 (0.6%)	38 (7.1%)	309 (57.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	67 (12.4%)	$10,168							97.1	97.6	129	22
062961004591	152	Juana Briones Elementary	Public	K-5	4100 Orme St.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 856-0877	260	13	19.3	8.5%	83 (31.9%)	4 (1.5%)	25 (9.6%)	120 (46.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (10.8%)	$15,069							97.1	93.9	440	288
060141014330	153	Hansen Elementary	Public	K-8	1400 South Durant Terrace	Mountain House	95391	San Joaquin County	Lammersville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 836-7260	923	37	24.6	5.3%	51 (5.5%)	18 (2.0%)	63 (6.8%)	710 (76.9%)	23 (2.5%)	4 (0.4%)	53 (5.7%)								97.1	95.6	314	161
063432005486	154	Jerabek Elementary	Public	K-5	10050 Avenida Magnifica	San Diego	92131	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 578-5330	714	26	27.2	12.5%	382 (53.5%)	5 (0.7%)	102 (14.3%)	112 (15.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	112 (15.7%)	$7,167							97.1	97.5	149	5
064128006839	155	Maple Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	1350 Maple Hill Rd.	Diamond Bar	91765	Los Angeles County	Walnut Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 861-6224	561	21	27.3	25.1%	18 (3.2%)	3 (0.5%)	68 (12.1%)	451 (80.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	19 (3.4%)	$6,908							97.1	97.7	125	30
060003204956	156	Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-5	600 Harkness Ln.	Redondo Beach	90278	Los Angeles County	Redondo Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 798-8631	582	24	24.2	9.6%	269 (46.2%)	13 (2.2%)	92 (15.8%)	98 (16.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	109 (18.7%)	$9,895							97.1	96	276	120
068450007051	157	Bonita Canyon Elementary	Public	K-6	1 Sundance	Irvine	92603	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-5450	426	16	26.6	14.8%	190 (44.6%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (9.4%)	131 (30.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (14.6%)	$6,230							97.1	97	191	34
062574007075	158	Los Perales Elementary	Public	K-5	22 Wakefield Dr.	Moraga	94556	Contra Costa County	Moraga Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 631-0105	370	16	23.1	3.2%	168 (45.4%)	2 (0.5%)	40 (10.8%)	83 (22.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	75 (20.3%)	$7,137							97.1	96	273	115
063846006458	159	Cherry Chase Elementary	Public	K-5	1138 Heatherstone Way	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8200	596	29	20.9	8.7%	143 (24.0%)	2 (0.3%)	59 (9.9%)	329 (55.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	60 (10.1%)	$10,973							97.1	97.3	162	3
060297000226	160	Camino Grove Elementary	Public	K-5	700 Camino Grove Ave.	Arcadia	91006	Los Angeles County	Arcadia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 821-8353	694	28	24.7	32.4%	57 (8.2%)	5 (0.7%)	113 (16.3%)	475 (68.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (6.3%)	$11,990							97.1	94.5	392	232

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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.